Thanks for the information that the 722's came with 24" barrels. A buddy and I hunted chucks together and he had a 722 in the 257R and I carried my 722 in 222. Both rifles were heavy, plain and accurate and I though his barrel was the same as my 222.
His rifle was kind of loud for chucks on the farms. He shot the 87 gr bullet then.
None of the cartridges were as accurate as those that came out after about 1950 when Sierra started up and used the sizing up principle of bullet making. Thus many said that some new cartridge, like the 243, that came out about then is more accurate.
Never the less the 257R is dead and best at nothing.
