- Location
- Van. Is. B.C.
One of the things I enjoy about reloading is the money savings and I am as cheap as hell. I have lots of ‘06 brass but no new brass money LOL.
257 roberts
- Thread starter chuckAA
- Start date
- Location
- Yellowknife, NWT
I keep wanting just one more; I've had several but not yet a tackdriver.
I've stuck with the .250 Savage and its AI version for the last few years.
I think the Bob a truly great cartridge.
I've stuck with the .250 Savage and its AI version for the last few years.
I think the Bob a truly great cartridge.
I have long wanted a 257 Roberts. Always liked what I was hearing when reading about it.
I started out in the quarter bores with the 250 AI and 250 Savage. Been having fun with them to date.
Still need to finalize a load in the AI (LH Rem 700 CDL) with the 110 gr AccuBond. Fireforming Winchester brass by shooting the factory 250 Savage 100 gr ammo would produce sub-MOA groups. My wife enjoyed shooting it enough, she bought her own 250 Savage (Lipsey's Edition Ruger No.1)
I have rebarreled a Winchester Model 88 to 250 Savage with a 22" Wilson barrel in a Boyd's laminate stock. It will shoot HSM's 100 gr SGK ammo into 0.209" groups at 100 yards!
I recently acquired a beautiful custom LH Sako L591 in 257 Roberts, with a Shilen 22" barrel with 1:10 twist, in a beautiful walnut stock. With a Leupold VX-IIc 3-9 compact scope it weighs 8 lbs 1 oz. So far it will shoot the Nosler 110 gr AccuBond ammo into a 0.582" group. I am currently working on developing a load with the 115 gr Ballistic Tip. I have one load with Re-22 that requires a little more work to fine tune for its full potential. Otherwise I still have a couple more powders to try (IMR and H-4831). The challenge with this small action is the length of the magazine box...I won't be able to load out as long as I would like; can't even load out to COAL as per the reloading manuals. In the end, any load that will produce MOA will be satisfactory as the rifle is so nice, and to handle and shoot.
I started out in the quarter bores with the 250 AI and 250 Savage. Been having fun with them to date.
Still need to finalize a load in the AI (LH Rem 700 CDL) with the 110 gr AccuBond. Fireforming Winchester brass by shooting the factory 250 Savage 100 gr ammo would produce sub-MOA groups. My wife enjoyed shooting it enough, she bought her own 250 Savage (Lipsey's Edition Ruger No.1)
I have rebarreled a Winchester Model 88 to 250 Savage with a 22" Wilson barrel in a Boyd's laminate stock. It will shoot HSM's 100 gr SGK ammo into 0.209" groups at 100 yards!
I recently acquired a beautiful custom LH Sako L591 in 257 Roberts, with a Shilen 22" barrel with 1:10 twist, in a beautiful walnut stock. With a Leupold VX-IIc 3-9 compact scope it weighs 8 lbs 1 oz. So far it will shoot the Nosler 110 gr AccuBond ammo into a 0.582" group. I am currently working on developing a load with the 115 gr Ballistic Tip. I have one load with Re-22 that requires a little more work to fine tune for its full potential. Otherwise I still have a couple more powders to try (IMR and H-4831). The challenge with this small action is the length of the magazine box...I won't be able to load out as long as I would like; can't even load out to COAL as per the reloading manuals. In the end, any load that will produce MOA will be satisfactory as the rifle is so nice, and to handle and shoot.
Scoutertracker
CGN Regular
- Location
- North Bay, ON
If I'm headed afield, the rifle that I'm most likely to pick up is my Ruger M77 Ultralight in .257 Roberts. My interest in the .257 started with a found casing on a summer job when I was a teenager.
I was at the range this morning trying a few loads(ladder) with a 110gn nosler accubond in the 257 bob AI… shot 3 and 4 are nicely hugging each other, so I think I’m on my way to have something descent! Velocity wise they are not really close though… #3 being 3054fps and #4 at 3100fps so I’m thinking I will try 3 of each at 51.5, 51.7 and 52gn of H4831SC and see if one of those will be a sub 1/2 moa load lol!
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257Roberts
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Peterborough ON
Been a 257 fan for a long time.
Currently have 3, a Ruger Mark II and a Mark II ultralight.
My favorite is my Browning BLR Model 81.
Some day I will have a Ruger #1 and a Winchester Featherweight.
Just a great cartridge.
Currently have 3, a Ruger Mark II and a Mark II ultralight.
My favorite is my Browning BLR Model 81.
Some day I will have a Ruger #1 and a Winchester Featherweight.
Just a great cartridge.
The 257 Roberts is a vg chambering for deer hunting but there are better practical choices out there.
257 rifles are scarce, ammo and brass also scarce and expensive. One would be better served with a good 6.5CM or 308 for a list of reasons.
"The 257 Roberts is a vg chambering for deer hunting but there are better practical choices out there."
In some areas of the country like SW ONT there a caliber restrictions. So a '44 customized Mauser .257 serves one well hunting coyotes and varmint in the region.
Just saying...
In some areas of the country like SW ONT there a caliber restrictions. So a '44 customized Mauser .257 serves one well hunting coyotes and varmint in the region.
Just saying...
I think that has a lot more to do with your physiology. I prefer straight stocks over monte Carlo stocks for recoil dispersion. But I have a fat face. - dan
