257 Roberts

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Ruger Ultralight here. It's my favorite gun.
That’s what mine is too, I’m a bit disappointed with it though, doesn’t shoot all that well. Don’t think I’ve ever got a group under 1-1/2” yet. Since I don’t hunt anymore and have plenty of 22 and 6mm varmint rifles I just haven’t shot it much. Really don’t have any need or use for it. But from my youth I always wanted one as well as a 35 Whelen, I have both and have no real use for either one. No, they aren’t for sale!
 
Another favorable feature of the .257 Bob is that it is a an excellent candidate for custom rifles built on '98 style Mauser actions. This is due to the convenient fact that the Robert's case is based on the 7X57 Mauser cartridge, meaning that they feed and function smoothly in most Mauser actions with no need to adjust or tune the bolt face or extractor, receiver rails or magazine follower. The additional length is also beneficial to handloaders who have been frustrated by Remington rifles with short actions. This slick working custom .257 Bob was built around a '09 Argentine, with crested receiver ring. DSC_0057 (3).JPG DSC_0068 (3).JPG DSC_1196 (3).JPG DSC_1204.JPG
 
I've build a handful of 257 Roberts rifles over the last couple of years, and it's my most-shot chambering. I have a couple of range-oriented versions (Savage actions with heavy barrels in a chassis or B&C varmint stock), a couple of lighter walkabout versions, and an AR10 using an X-Caliber 22" barrel.

Buy the brass and ammo when you can - it tends to be a seasonal run and when it's gone, you're stuck until the next season's run.
 
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Another favorable feature of the .257 Bob is that it is a an excellent candidate for custom rifles built on '98 style Mauser actions. This is due to the convenient fact that the Robert's case is based on the 7X57 Mauser cartridge, meaning that they feed and function smoothly in most Mauser actions with no need to adjust or tune the bolt face or extractor, receiver rails or magazine follower. The additional length is also beneficial to handloaders who have been frustrated by Remington rifles with short actions. This slick working custom .257 Bob was built around a '09 Argentine, with crested receiver ring.View attachment 979469 View attachment 979470 View attachment 979471 View attachment 979473
Beautiful
 
I had a custom build crafted in ‘83 on a 1939 Spanish M98 LaCarouna action.
Shaw barrel, Bishop #2semi fancy classic feather wt stock.

I’ve killed over 100 whitetail deer with it, and wife and two daughters killed their deer with it.
With similar bullets, it kicks a .243’s axx. I got a couple of those, too...

As some gun writer wrote once, it “makes them flinch harder when you hit them”...
It’s not a bubba’d milsurp. It’s an heirloom...
 
The 1980's and 1990's Winchester XTR's are a better rifle than most of the pre-64's. Winchester changed to push feed in 1964, but the quality of the rifles didn't just drop suddenly in one year. The model 70's made after WW-2 were already declining in quality. That decline continued through the 1970's, but Winchester was sold to a group of investors in 1980. From then up until some point after 2000 they made some very nice rifles. The ones from that era are under appreciated and under valued IMO.
 
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