Originally Posted by gunswizard
Often wondered why Winchester never offered the .257 Roberts in the pre'64 Featherweight. I recently acquired a pre'64 FWT whose previous owner had installed a Douglass barrel in the original FWT profile, it wure is a sweet rifle.


Most likely because the 243 Win. was introduced in the Fwt. configuration in 1955....


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