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

1. anybody with a computer can order all the .257 Roberts ammo they want. Cabelas in Gonzales had three flavors when I was there yesterday. Most Academy's have some if you get stuck. Most whitetails are not shot in some remote wilderness area, so ammo availability isn't much of an issue.

2.is a function of placement and bullet, not caliber.

3.you planning on borrowing ammo from a sniper or machine gunner? it's going to be FMJ, so I'm not sure how that's relevant.

for whitetails only, Roberts, hands down.

For whitetails: .257 Roberts.

Why not just get a 223? If you really want "oddball" don't go for standard chamberings. I don't see anything "cool" about a cartridge that is older than most of us here on this forum. I'd call it "old school".

Whitetail deer don't take much killing.

I've taken WT with both the 257 and 308. Pick the one that speaks to you and pile up dead deer.

For the most part, I'd say rifles speak to me more than the cartridges they are chambered for. With that being said, there are some cartridges that just don't interest me, and it would take a mighty sexy rifle to convince me to bring home another .270.

Nothing wrong with the cartridge, I just can't fall in love with it, no matter how much sense it makes. There are others, like the .284 Winchester, I have never felt the desire to own, in spite of a penchant for favoring cartridges that are "not your common choices."

I have a Bob, a .250 Sav, and several .308's. A Sav 99 in .308 goes deer hunting with me. My last two deer were 8 points. One 70yd and the other a measured 313yd. Both were shot high and dropped in their tracks with the 99 in .308.

With the .308 any cup & core will do. The .257 will require gay, mono-metal, & expensive bullets.

But have if you're into wasting money to get the jod done the .257 may be for you.

BS

That one was especially funny!

Spoken by someone with no experience!

If 700 is agin-it I'm fer it.

257 Roberts all the way. Nothing at all wrong with a 308, but it ain't a bit better for whitetails than the 257. YMMV

Sure nuff the .257 should be fitted with a youth stock to suit the feminine frames of those for whom it's most suited.

Having seen your picture, that's pretty funny!

I have one old man, and like it, do you suggest my frame is feminine?

More Bull !!!

+1

My .25-06 kills deer just fine with 117-120 grain Sierras. I usually don't respond to Swampy, but even 100 grain Remington Core Lokt bullets put pronghorn down easily.

He's just hiding behind the internet, stirring [bleep].

Gay bullets.....

This guy cracks me up!

Yes. He needs to get a life.

The Roberts kills better than it should.....