Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 257 ROBERTS vs.308 WIN for whitetail only hunting

Title pretty much says it all. platform will be a Kimber 84m Montana. I like the 257 because of its "cool factor" and my general affection for "oddball" cartridges. just dont want to sell my self short. someone give me an education on the Roberts(vs.308) Thanks fellas!

Go Rob u won't be disappointed,It's all you'll ever need

For whitetails only?......Then imo, go the 257.

Deer and 25 calibers is the ultimate proof of God's existence.

A cold draft at Hooters after buildin tanks in 100 degrees or so for ten hours is proof of gods existence... for deer go Bob....

Yep.

Quarterbores rule for deer, and the Bob rules the quarterbores.

It is deer hunting nirvana.

Praise the Lord and pass the .257

Amen!!!

I'd go the Bob, or better yet if you want cool factor .250-3000.

I like the way you think taylorce1...... maybe 250 AI?

Only if it's twisted 1 in 3 and shoots a 6" long bullet with a BC of 8.999. Never know when you might have to whack one from 1800 yards in a stiff crosswind.

Remember reading an article by some fairly respected writer (whose name escapes me) back a few decades ago who put all the factors together and came up with the conclusion that the .308 is the perfect whitetail caliber.

John Wooters - the name finally came to me.

Of course, that was in the days of cup and core. Now he'd probably say the .204 Ruger with monometals is where it's at.

I'll be the loan vote for the 308!

.308.....make it two.

+1....so make it 3. Nothing wrong with the Bob though.

A Mr.Bob or a Sir Bob AI, but in reality with the modern +P loads or hand loading the Mr. Bob you will get close to the AI, mine and my son's favorite loads for deer in our AI's is 100gr partitions, and for bigger game, Elk it is the 115 or 120gr partitions. A fun gun to shoot all day because of the lack of recoil compared to a .308, which is a fine cartridge, but you said just for deer!!!
Bob

Make it 4 for the .308.

Another vote for Bob...all you need for deer.

Never owning a Bob Im taking the 308 vote to 5

The .308 or '06 would be my choices for all around North American rifle, but for whitetails alone the Bob seems perfect.

I have to admit that I look at the .308 the way I do the '06... too perfect for the rifleman who wants to justify owning other rifles... I mean seriously... if you have one of these you don't really "need" anything... of course I have 2 '06s but no .308s and do in fact intend to rectify that...

That is to say, you couldn't go wrong either way.

I've got both, a Kimber .308 and a Ruger .257. Only way of improving my setup is if the .257 was in the Kimber.