Well as far as looks goes well its a black rifle. This my second wby rifle my first was a mark V in 300 wby very nice rifle at near three times the cost and three times the recoil. After about three rds of 300 wby you start looking around for something else to shoot. I sold off the 300 after a few years and wised up and got the 257 for hunting in the lower 48 in my option theirs nothing better and recoil even with hot loaded 120 gr bullet its less than a 270 in 130 gr so whatever a 270 can kill so can 257 wby. I put a Burris scope on and some 110 accubonds handloads and went to the range 1 inch groups at 100yds you can't ask for better for a kit that cost under 600 bucks. Because I reload I would says get this gun if you want to shoot the rifle alot and don't reload then I'd look at the 270 or the 270wsm why 257 wby factory ammo is about double the cost of 270 or 270wsm. You can resize 7mm mag brass for your 257 wby to save even more I have and it does work great.

This gun absolutely rocks!!! Look up the ballistics at Weatherby. I only have access to a 25 yard range, but it's three shots with 1.5 holes. Bud's always gets my orders to me quickly. I had an FFL dealer that was I was unable to get a pistol from after Buds had shipped it. I called Buds and they sent another pistol to a different FFL dealer the next day. Awesome customer service!!!

Great rifle! Extremely accurate and smooth as silk. Perhaps the best rifle bargain availabel today.