Thread: 257 roberts

Originally Posted by gimp

"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

more 'suitability' than potential then.

Originally Posted by gimp

Potential is a quite open term, fortunately.

Very true. Potentially I could be the worlds greatest lover, and potentially I could hit a chamois at 1000 yards with an open sighted .303! Both not bloody likely though!

I'm with you though @gimp I'll never own another 25-06. Been there done that.

Just remembered I had a couple of old pics of my Roberts' victims.

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....

Not gimp. He's talking out his arse.

Intresting the way this thread has gone, I kinda like the 1/4 bore, currently own a finlight 2506, shot a few deer, goats etc, worked as well as anything else, I have used, But the old 2506 is limited a bit with a short 22" barrel and likely no faster that a 257 Roberts.
Shot a few deer with a 250 savage, another old but capable deer cal.
Only about 3g difference in powder capacity, between the 243 and 257 bob, so really not a lot of difference, the bob being able to handle heavier bullets at sensiable speeds. 110gr accubond at 2900 ish.
The 1/4 bore, is the dog, in long range bullets, no one makes a decient BC bullet, good enough to 400 , after that pick some thing else. 6.5, 7mm etc.
Local gun store selling cooper fire arms, said he sell lots of .257 Roberts, and even more off the improved version,
I would like one, in a win M70 featherweight, but already got a featherweight in 7x57, so no real need.
As the starting poster asked about 22-250, I had two and sold them both off, might have kept one, but the 1-14 twist is a handicap, they are too noisy and expensive for varminting, great for long range predator hunting, If either of mine would have been able to shoot a 70-75gr bullet might have keep it , but I traded them off for a New CDL 6mm Remington.

I to have used the .25 cal for many years in both 25/06 and 25/08 IMP but also only out to 500M, and yes the 06 is better off with a 24" barrel which is why I had the 25/08 made as I could get over 3000 fps with the 120 grn out of a 22" barrel with only 49 grns of powder.
Great cal but have now changed to the 6.5 and at this stage it doesn't do anything that the .25 couldn't do, so who knows maybe ill have another 25/08 soon.

This has been a great thread. So entertaining.
It pretty much proves that if you haven't done it a lot, or seen it a lot, you are just guessing.

Originally Posted by Tahr

This has been a great thread. So entertaining.
It pretty much proves that if you haven't done it a lot, or seen it a lot, you are just guessing.

You don't have to take a big ol' bite out of a shit sandwich to make an educated guess that it's not real tasty

Originally Posted by gimp

You don't have to take a big ol' bite out of a shit sandwich to make an educated guess that it's not real tasty

I thought you said "bye".

Thrice

I hope this thread carries on, I'd like to hear some real world experience of a 24" 25-06 running an accurate 100gr Nosler Bt at 31-3200fps.
Take a bit of beating over 3-400 yrds.

lol me too ... sorry if im a little hard to understand im just finishing my shit sandwich

Originally Posted by jakewire

I hope this thread carries on, I'd like to hear some real world experience of a 24" 25-06 running an accurate 100gr Nosler Bt at 31-3200fps.
Take a bit of beating over 3-400 yrds.

3200fps is not hard to achieve with a 24" barrel however I mainly used 120Grn Hornady Hp and they worked great at 3100fps, I did use the 100 Nosler BT in my 25/08 and the 110 AB and they ended up being my main loads with N160 powder.

Originally Posted by jakewire

I hope this thread carries on, I'd like to hear some real world experience of a 24" 25-06 running an accurate 100gr Nosler Bt at 31-3200fps.
Take a bit of beating over 3-400 yrds.

I tried a couple box's of 20, (100BT)in my finlight, they didn't group all that good, 2.5" groups, but much better than the 100gr barns, they looked like a shotgun pattern, I shot one sika and about 20 goats to 200m, worked ok, but I have settled on the 110gr accubond,
Winchester Factory loads are 3100fps, and I was 50fps faster over a mates crony, around 1" five shot groups, Only shot game to about 250m, and one shot and done, the only long (350) range chance I fluffed, by being to smart, and got spotted getting into position, should have shot from ten meters back, but I am sure, I aren't the only one, To have tried to get up to a better rest and been outwitted.
I think that the 110-115gr window, is a good place to be with the 2506, 3250-3150 fps and a .450 bc bullet, 100gr, might as well just use a .243 or 6mm rem,
I got my hands on 200 matrix 125gr bonded bullets to try, loaded up 20 and started development, should get back on that again.

I doubt I will get another .25/06, again, I have had two of them so far. Although my caliber selections depend more on the rifle really. I am looking for a .243 though in a desultary fashion. Mainly for sentimental reasons; the .257 Roberts has that work covered.

( I just bought one after posting on this thread the other day, but the bastard thing wouldnt extract, so I took it back. )