Thread: 257 roberts

was going to say pluto but maybe its your anus

Originally Posted by gimp

This one. It depends what "potential" means to you.

haha.
made you come back.

I said "bye" 3 times, does it seem likely that I meant it?

everyone seems hooked up on muzzle velocity no one has touched on accuracy ,recoil,barrel life,or noise level ?

Originally Posted by gimp

I said "bye" 3 times, does it seem likely that I meant it?

You also said you'd be mad to use 120s in a 6.5?
Now I don't know what to believe....

Originally Posted by Shearer

You also said you'd be mad to use 120s in a 6.5?
Now I don't know what to believe....

I only said that once. Hope this clarifies the situation.

Originally Posted by sakkaranz

everyone seems hooked up on muzzle velocity no one has touched on accuracy ,recoil,barrel life,or noise level ?

Im unlike everyone else who has commented so far as I have no real world experience with all the above mentioned cartridges ...so I'd just get a .260. Cheap to run, good barrel life, recoil zero and usable on varmints deer etc... and you can be Gimps' mate not these other prick's mate bye


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Originally Posted by gimp

also .257 Roberts has a certain intangible factor of being "neat". Bye for real this time

Indeed it does, it has a certain old school cachet.

Whenever I write something its always about killing deer, and with a 6.5 and 120's, I found that the 120's killed deer better in the 6.5x55 than the 140's. I thought there was a definite difference.

Your comment about the .243 having more potential than a .25/06, I don't quite understand, perhaps a typo and you meant the .257 Roberts, but I would disagree with you even there, assuming both loaded to the same pressures. But this is not a put down of the .243 because I love that little killer like a brother and I am trying not to buy another one at the moment.

Originally Posted by Danny

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You and gimp have sooo degraded the term "bye".

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

Indeed it does, it has a certain old school cachet.

Whenever I write something its always about killing deer, and with a 6.5 and 120's, I found that the 120's killed deer better in the 6.5x55 than the 140's. I thought there was a definite difference.

Your comment about the .243 having more potential than a .25/06, I don't quite understand, perhaps a typo and you meant the .257 Roberts, but I would disagree with you even there, assuming both loaded to the same pressures. But this is not a put down of the .243 because I love that little killer like a brother and I am trying not to buy another one at the moment.

You just haven't been using the correct 140 grain bullets, I think.

Absolutely not a typo, but as above, it depends how you define potential.

Originally Posted by gimp

also the .243, correctly loaded, has more potential than a .25-06. well, bye again

Normally your comments are quite reasonable.......but now you are talking from La La Land!

Similar weight projectiles are available in both .243 and .257 calibres. And with the 25-06 you can load them to be doing the same speeds as a .243 or load them to go faster if you desire....therefore I would suggest the 25-06 has more potential.

I still have the dies sitting in my cupboard and one day I'll get another Roberts. With the advances in powder projectile design since I was using mine in the 90's and early 2000's I think it has the potential to be better than it was. I would love to try the 115gn barnes projectiles, or even their 100gn pills! I can see those National Park Stags cringing now with fear!!!

Originally Posted by Kudu

Normally your comments are quite reasonable.......but now you are talking from La La Land!

Similar weight projectiles are available in both .243 and .257 calibres. And with the 25-06 you can load them to be doing the same speeds as a .243 or load them to go faster if you desire....therefore I would suggest the 25-06 has more potential.

I still have the dies sitting in my cupboard and one day I'll get another Roberts. With the advances in powder projectile design since I was using mine in the 90's and early 2000's I think it has the potential to be better than it was. I would love to try the 115gn barnes projectiles, or even their 100gn pills! I can see those National Park Stags cringing now with fear!!!

Potential is a quite open term, fortunately.

I'd never own a .25-06 but another .243 would definitely be on the cards.

Originally Posted by gimp

Potential is a quite open term, fortunately.

I'd never own a .25-06 but another .243 would definitely be on the cards.

Not really comparing apples with apples there @gimp.
I would be interested to hear YOUR definition of 'potential" though.

"potential for me to own it" would be one way of looking at it


"offering the right mix of characteristics to make it an attractive and sensible choice" might be another way of phrasing it, although meaning the exact same thing