Which cartridge doesnt belong? or maybe it does, you tell me.

[PT1911]

http://www.snowymtnrifles.com/vs1varmint.htm

In their VS1 varmint rifle.....3k price tag!
17 Remington, 204 Ruger, .223, 22-250,.243, 6mm, .257 Roberts, 6.5 X 47 Lapua, 6.5 x .284, .308

So, a friend of mine was looking at their inventory and, honestly, it looks like a game of which cartridge doesnt belong...Custom rifles set up for medium to long range precision shooting and available in a Variety of modern and/or awesome cartridges... I have a 257 rbts and love the cartridge, but it seems a little out of place in this crowd...

 

[kludge]

Heck, why not! Of all the calibers listed, it is perhaps the most verstile one there, and one of the least likely to burn up a barrel.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Evidently, it's a slightly long short action (true short actions won't chamber a mauser-based case like the 6mm Rem and .257 Roberts), but not long enought to chamber the king of varmint cartridges, the .25-06 Remington. So the .257 Bob was a logical decision for slipping a quarterbore into the line-up.

 

[PT1911]

Like I said, I have a bob and love it... I guess I would have liked to have been in the conference room when it was suggested...


"alright boys, we have 9 cartridges that I am sure the benchrest community will approve of, but I want to make it an even 10"
guy in the back raises his hand
"Now stay with me on this guys, THE 257 ROBERTS!!!!"

It just struck me as funny.

 

[HGUNHNTR]

It seems at home in that group to me. It's a wonderful intermediate deer round imo. Maybe the 6.5x55 swede would be sexier though.

 

[blackwell bikes]

I that it was that .17 ......................... 257 is far better than many rounds on there. 6.5x55 bahah get a real 6.5 the .256 newton. =p