Anybody shoot my favorite caliber...the 257 Roberts?

one caliber I don't have yet, but by luck an old friend of mine that passed away left me one and I have yet to go get it, also looking at a Ruger M77 in one, I am edging 60 and getting away from larger calibers I can do without.

I am a .257 Bob shooter, but I had trouble finding exactly what your post had to do with the cartridge per se.

Never tried one of these. What common caliber best resembles the recoil of the .257 Roberts? Just curious.

My wife shoots a 257bob. I wish I could get her to let me rebarrel it to a .260 but she wont have it.

The gal I am dating currently, shoots a .257 Roberts.

I have a Remington Classic in .257R and have used it to take quite a few deer. I like the cartridge and my rifle. I get 3200fps with 100grn bullets.

I grew up toting a Remington 722 in .257 Roberts. I couldn't wait to get a real gun.

I rather wish I still had the old .257 The light quarter bores would be an excellent deer/coyote/wolf cartridge. A bit light for elk I believe.

My grandfather did. Though his father thought it was obsolete when he gave it to him he wasn't going to throw away a decent gun. He died in 1977.

Although I don't own a Roberts I've owned a .25-06 for 36 years. I'm a big fan of the .257 bore.

There are a few that love this caliber but most want nothing to do with it and favor the 6mm or 6.5mm.

Cleaners, I would never use JB paste again. Since having my rifle rebarreled I use Sweets to get the copper out followed by Outers and than oil.

257 Bob

the only one I ever shot was a tack driver (literally)
three shots-one hole (1/2" to 11/16") with three different loads

.25-06 count? I like the quarter bore. The little .256 win mag is fun too.

I can't say that I "shoot" one, because it's not quite done yet:



I'm going to glass bed it this weekend (hopefully) and finish the stock next weekend. I haven't decided what the metal finish will be. I'm hoping to rust blue it, but I haven't had time yet.

I've wanted a 257 Bob for many years and I finally have one. I'm going to be building a 6mm Remington to go along with the 257, 7x57, and 8x57 that I already own.

Matt

I do. I've got one I made on a '95 Mauser action, with a very attractive zebra wood stock. Unfortunately, I hunt deer in a Shotgun only area, so I've yet to take deer with it...

dose a 25WSSM count my next 25 will be a 25-06 then maybe a Bob,

The Mrs. shoots and claims this M70 in 257 Roberts......



I worked up a load for it back in 82 -83 using 120gr Sierra's and that's all it's ever been fed since. It's worked superbly for her.

The Roberts is my Go-To Rifle

I have a Ruger M77 tang safety chambered in .257 Roberts, and I love tha rifle! I bought it from an LGSnear where I lived at the time, and it was in early 1982. I had wanted a .257 Bob from about age 14, and I don't know why. When I walked into the shop to buy a die set for one of my other guns, I saw it in the rack and asked the guy about it. He said it had been ordered against a $50 deposit about a year earlier, and the guy never came back. We ended up with him giving me a price for the rifle, I hammed and hawed about trying to explain it to my wife, and I managed to get him to give me a Leupold 3-9x40 scope, a set of dies, and a leather sling for a very good price!

When I took the rifle out the first time, it didn't group at all.

Then a buddy and I discovered that the forend wood had taken a "set" and was bearing against the barrel at about 8 o'clock, 1/4 of the way back from the forend tip. I did a little sanding, worked up some loads (Nosler 117gr. Partitions), and the darned thing shot better than 1/2moa! I took it to Montana for its first outing, and took an antelope and a muley buck with 2 shots, both DRT.

I have since installed a Timney trigger, and had to fuss with the bedding some, but the old gal is right back to driving tacks. That rifle and I are now up to 6 animals, with 6 shots, all DRT.

My "pet load" is a Nosler 115gr. Ballistic tip (or Partition) pushed by 36.0gr. of IMR 8028 XBR, with a CCI 200 primer. 100 yd. results in photo.

Got my third one now - built it for my son so I wouldn't have to loan him mine.
Just took a Savage 243 and swapped the barrel for a 257 Roberts barrel.

To answer an earlier question - recoil and noise level would be similar to a 243. Many of the bullet weights are similar between the two. 257 is just pushing a 25 cal bullet instead of a 24 cal (6mm).

Certainly not a mainstream caliber - a lot of shops may not carry the ammo. It's more of a nostalgia thing for me since I had one in the 60s.

As to cleaning bores, I don't think there is much out there that won't work. I still use Hoppes for fouling and Sweets or Bore Tech for copper, if needed.

I did trade for an old 257 in a 722 back in the 70s that wouldn't shoot under 1 1/2". I spent a few evenings cleaning it with Sweets and it would then shoot my regular loads into about 3/4". Then, the guy I got it from wanted it back and I made money on it. One of the few times that's happened. It is still his primary whitetail rifle and he can afford to buy anything he wants.

An Interesting Note on the .257 Bob

A longtime friend who is now living in the Bankrupt Republik of West Amerika has lately become much more interested in shooting, joined a club, bought a handgun (M&P 40), and was recently in a small group of members when the topic of the .257 Roberts' distinctive "THWACK!" sound when the bullet hits game (as in deer, antelope, etc.). I had mentioned this to him over the years, so he called me to let me know that the guys in this conversation felt, as I do, that the sound of impact from a .257 Bob into hide and meat is kind of uniquely identifiable. -Interesting to know that others share that thought.

Not a 257bob, but I shoot an old M77 in 250sav. 100gr partitions and ballistic tips group 5 shots in 3/4" at 100yds. Great round with enough power to get the job done right with minimal recoil, noise and muzzle blast.

IWAC, I didn't mean to come off snippy.

I'm glad you're here, and I'm glad to see one more person still shooting the Bob.

One of my favorite bolt-action, center-fire sporters that I have is a tang-safety, Ruger Model 77, chambered in .257 Roberts, that I bought new in 1975. I have a Weaver "Micro-Track V7" (2x7 power) scope mounted on it. This is a very accurate rifle with factory ammunition (I prefer 120 grain Remington "Core-Lokt" bullets for whitetails).
When "extreme" antelope hunting is in the picture, I like a Weatherby (Howa-actioned) Vanguard, chambered in .257 Weatherby Magnum. This is also a very accurate rifle and it has a Redfield 4x12 "Revolution" scope mounted on it with Talley rings and mount.
I suppose if one limited himself to owning only one quarter-bore rifle for all appropriate big game duties, a good argument could be made for the .25-06.
Welcome to The High Road, IWAC!

I'm a fan of the .257 Roberts. I've been using my Kimber 84M in .257 Roberts the last 3-4 years as my primary deer rifle and it has worked like a charm on 5 whitetails. I find the recoil most similar to a .243.

I also have .257 Roberts chambered rifles in a Ruger 77 ultralight and a Winchester M70 XTR Featherweight such as dubbleA's wife's rifle. The Ruger I got last year and unfortunately I shot a few times after scoping it and it has extraction issues so I've not hunted with it. Ruger told me to send it to them to look at but I haven't done that yet. My M70 is NIB unfired.

I just shoot the Hornady 117gr BTSP in mine and it shoots well and kills deer just fine. I haven't started reloading yet but I'm slowly gathering the gear and supplies.