257 Roberts won't group

[Skylerbone]

I am with 243winxb. There nothing more satisfying than dumping an accuracy dud on an unsuspecting fool in a trade.

Not at all High Road and honestly, if that's the most satisfying part of your life I pity you. The OP has been offered 4 or 5 free or inexpensive suggestions that should isolate the problem.

I hope he avails himself of these remedies and is rewarded with an accurate rifle rather than losing hundreds in trade out of laziness. I fail to see the satisfaction in that or in knowing you've just sold a lemon firearm to a now armed individual who might take it personally.

 

[dranrab]

Someone missed a little sarcasm.

I see it on forums all the time. People seem to gloat over unloading an accuracy dud.

 

[beerslingercrm]

Thank you for all the responses and ideas. I'm going to keep trying to get better results.

 

[DRYHUMOR]

Change up components. I seem to think I was using Fed GMM primers at the time with the charge weights below. Work up!

Set up a dummy round to find the lands, your rifle may shoot better at jam rather than jump. That Berger load was at 2.845, and is a hammer in mine.

38-38.5 IMR 4831, 115 Berger

44 RE19, 100 Nosler BT

FWIW, factory 257 Roberts ammo has never been very impressive. Usually it is only good for foulers, scope sighters, and generating cases. It does shoot minute of deer, sometimes.

 

[MCMXI]

FWIW, factory 257 Roberts ammo has never been very impressive. Usually it is only good for foulers, scope sighters, and generating cases. It does shoot minute of deer, sometimes.

Yes, it does seem to be a handloaders cartridge.

 

[joed]

I've heard a lot of complaints about accuracy with superformance ammo. I tried it in an AR and was disappointed.

Few years ago I picked up a stainless Featherweight in .243 Win. I was actually surprised at the accuracy I get out of this thin barrel rifle.

Came pretty close to picking up the Roberts chambering they had but passed already owning a .25-06 and went with the .243.

 

[AABEN]

You need to call and ask what the screws torch in inch pound in the stock this does make a big different Good Luck

 

[30Cal]

I've got a savage in 257 Ackley. It puts that red box hornady 117gr into a tight little wad.

If it was mine, I'd carve out the bedding a re-do it for the cost of about $10 with some pressure a the before I threw in the towel completely.

 

[Hanshi]

The .257R is a somewhat challenging caliber to get to shoot tiny groups. I've owned two and still have a Remington I bought over 30 years ago. So far have only loaded 100 grain bullets at 3200 fps and have taken quite a few deer with it. Never have done lots of experimenting with load; and have yet to try heavier than 100 grain bullets. The load I hunted with never came close to moa; but it gave 1.50" groups on a good day or 1.75" on a bad one. For hunting, that will kill deer at over 300 yards, no problem. I've never, in all my lifetime of hunting, seen a missed game animal that was due to rifle inaccuracy.

 

[joed]

I will also say one thing about the torque of the screws on the stock. On my featherweight before I shot it I checked the torque and tightened the screws to 60 in lbs if I remember correctly. The screws were nowhere near that torque when I got it home.

I refuse to believe a .257 R will not shoot good groups. Try different ammo.