Thread: 257 roberts

Originally Posted by gimp

also the .243, correctly loaded, has more potential than a .25-06. well, bye again

Normally your comments are quite reasonable.......but now you are talking from La La Land!

Similar weight projectiles are available in both .243 and .257 calibres. And with the 25-06 you can load them to be doing the same speeds as a .243 or load them to go faster if you desire....therefore I would suggest the 25-06 has more potential.

I still have the dies sitting in my cupboard and one day I'll get another Roberts. With the advances in powder projectile design since I was using mine in the 90's and early 2000's I think it has the potential to be better than it was. I would love to try the 115gn barnes projectiles, or even their 100gn pills! I can see those National Park Stags cringing now with fear!!!

Originally Posted by Kudu

Normally your comments are quite reasonable.......but now you are talking from La La Land!

Similar weight projectiles are available in both .243 and .257 calibres. And with the 25-06 you can load them to be doing the same speeds as a .243 or load them to go faster if you desire....therefore I would suggest the 25-06 has more potential.

I still have the dies sitting in my cupboard and one day I'll get another Roberts. With the advances in powder projectile design since I was using mine in the 90's and early 2000's I think it has the potential to be better than it was. I would love to try the 115gn barnes projectiles, or even their 100gn pills! I can see those National Park Stags cringing now with fear!!!

Potential is a quite open term, fortunately.

I'd never own a .25-06 but another .243 would definitely be on the cards.

Originally Posted by gimp

Potential is a quite open term, fortunately.

I'd never own a .25-06 but another .243 would definitely be on the cards.

Not really comparing apples with apples there @gimp.
I would be interested to hear YOUR definition of 'potential" though.

Originally Posted by gimp

Potential is a quite open term, fortunately.

Very true. Potentially I could be the worlds greatest lover, and potentially I could hit a chamois at 1000 yards with an open sighted .303! Both not bloody likely though!

I'm with you though @gimp I'll never own another 25-06. Been there done that.

also .257 Roberts has a certain intangible factor of being "neat". Bye for real this time

Originally Posted by gimp

also .257 Roberts has a certain intangible factor of being "neat". Bye for real this time

Indeed it does, it has a certain old school cachet.

Whenever I write something its always about killing deer, and with a 6.5 and 120's, I found that the 120's killed deer better in the 6.5x55 than the 140's. I thought there was a definite difference.

Your comment about the .243 having more potential than a .25/06, I don't quite understand, perhaps a typo and you meant the .257 Roberts, but I would disagree with you even there, assuming both loaded to the same pressures. But this is not a put down of the .243 because I love that little killer like a brother and I am trying not to buy another one at the moment.

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

Indeed it does, it has a certain old school cachet.

Whenever I write something its always about killing deer, and with a 6.5 and 120's, I found that the 120's killed deer better in the 6.5x55 than the 140's. I thought there was a definite difference.

Your comment about the .243 having more potential than a .25/06, I don't quite understand, perhaps a typo and you meant the .257 Roberts, but I would disagree with you even there, assuming both loaded to the same pressures. But this is not a put down of the .243 because I love that little killer like a brother and I am trying not to buy another one at the moment.

You just haven't been using the correct 140 grain bullets, I think.

Absolutely not a typo, but as above, it depends how you define potential.

comparing it to a 6.5 shooting 120s seems odd, because you'd be mad to use 120s in a 6.5


well, bye

lol
no they all seem to be .270

No one who knows what a ballistic coefficient would ever own a 25cal for related reasons. I own and use a 257 Roberts for one reason, it's just cool... There are no free lunches in physics so you may as well get a 280 if you're going to burn as much powder as you do in any 06 case...

was going to say pluto but maybe its your anus

I said "bye" 3 times, does it seem likely that I meant it?

Originally Posted by gimp

I said "bye" 3 times, does it seem likely that I meant it?

You also said you'd be mad to use 120s in a 6.5?
Now I don't know what to believe....

Originally Posted by Shearer

You also said you'd be mad to use 120s in a 6.5?
Now I don't know what to believe....

I only said that once. Hope this clarifies the situation.

Originally Posted by Shearer

You also said you'd be mad to use 120s in a 6.5?
Now I don't know what to believe....

Why would anyone use 120g in 6.5? For varmint/rabbit control???


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