The 257 Roberts Classic was only made in 1982, on a short action and never in stainless.
This could be some distributor special but no Remington collector would ever recognize it as a Classic. None were stainless ever.
Sounds like a nice rifle and no doubt is a better rifle than the 82' 257 Bob Classic.
Hard to find anything like this for a tad more than a grand today.
Suggest you check with Roy Marcott to see if Remington ever built any short action cartridge on a long action.
I know for a fact that Remington made a special run of these rifles...in stainless, in classic stocks. Local gun store had one in stock. Guy behind the counter bought it. Told me to order...and order fast. The price at that time was less than $600. I thought about it too long. Went in to order, supplies were gone.
The guy "behind" the counter still has the rifle. He reminds me of it quite often.
Good luck with the sale.
