Thread: 257 roberts

I've got a .257 in a custom Mauser, it too is a VZ33 Brno action. Its a fine cartridge. The .257 Roberts will do anything the .243 will do, only better, and the .243 can do everything....comparing it to the .25/06, it's not as fast. LOL. (But let's remember that often .25/06's are not as fast as people want them to be either, I had one and couldn't get more than 3050fps with a 117 grain bullet out of it.) But I have nothing against the .25/06.

If you want to compare it with something, compare it with a 6.5x55 or a .260 Remington shooting 120 grain bullets; with 100 grain bullets, it's like a .243.
It is a very friendly cartridge.
If you don't like it because you think its 'obsolete', that's fine, but I think you would have to get creative to make an argument that you couldn't hunt anything you liked in this country with one and do just as well as any other high powered rifle cartridge, except with less recoil. But people who think that way are usually .308 or 7mm-08 owners, and shouldn't be allowed on threads about interesting cartridges.

I would get one instead of a .260 Rem. I would get one instead of a 6.5x55. I would get one instead of a .243. I would get one instead of a .25/06, but I wouldn't if I already had one. I would get one if I was a handloader.

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

If you don't like it because you think its 'obsolete', that's fine, but I think you would have to get creative to make an argument that you couldn't hunt anything you liked in this country with one and do just as well as any other high powered rifle cartridge, except with less recoil. But people who think that way are usually .308 or 7mm-08 owners, and shouldn't be allowed on threads about interesting cartridges.

That's good.

I don't really see the point of 25cal guns, seems like a random projectile size that no companies seem bothered about. 2506 obviously has a bit of a following and is readily available in new guns, but unless you already owned one, theres no real reason to get a 257 Roberts or a 250 Savage, that is unless you just want to be different.

In that range of the caliber spectrum, if you wanted the most practical rifle possible you'd be better off to go for a 260 and load lighter bullets. The 120gr bullets have similar BCs to the equivalent 25cal ones and will do a similar speed to a 2506. But you then have the ability to load heavy bullets and have an awesome longrange rifle that'll take down anything in NZ.
2506 might have better factory ammo choices, but Ive honestly never looked.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

but unless you already owned one, theres no real reason to get a 257 Roberts or a 250 Savage, that is unless you just want to be different.a

You could be talking about the 6.5x47 fad that swept through here a few seasons back...

But since we are talking quarter bores here's my .25 worth. ...

The .25 calibers are so intrinsically gay that you may as well own one of the cuter oddball ones like the savage or the roberts, which are ironically more practical and just as useful. Then you won't need to defend the fact you own a a quarter bore

All this coming from a 250 Sav model 99 owner