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.