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I found a cool looking old custom Mauser in a local pawn shop. It has a very nice walnut custom stock and very nice jeweling on the bolt. Overall very neat looking old rifle, but the barrel is stamped 257 REM and nothing else. I know Remington was the first to make the 257 Roberts a commercial cartridge, but did anyone ever call if the 257 Remington even early on? I recently sold all the 257 Roberts ammo I had so can't just go back and see if it chambers.
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Yes it's the same cartridge
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IIRC .... There were a couple very similar wildcat versions before it was standardized.
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.257 Remington Roberts , Yes.
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Yes it's the same cartridge You and I have owned a rifle marked thusly. … and MD owned it in between us. FC
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I have an early box of .257 ammo, it is marked .257 Remington Roberts.
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They may have called it .257 Remington rather than Roberts to distinguish the shoulder angle change from Robert's original design.
Last edited by Riflehunter; 04/26/23.
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Remington stamped 30 Express rifles 257 REM. LOL Folically, I have been thinking about that rifle all day today!
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Several, including Remington, tried to "own" it. I have a piece of brass with a 257 REM headstamp. I also have an old box of Griffin & Howe brass manufactured to an earlier, slightly different spec.
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I knew you guys would come through. Lots of knowledge here as always. I may take a chance on it. Looks to be a quality build.
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Good thing I looked it over again before buying. Whoever drilled the holes for the scope base must have been drunk at the time.
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My May 1935 dated Rem 30 is stamped 25 Roberts, same as the different earlier wildcat cartridge was named. That's probably why they added the 7.
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