I was sorely tempted to buy a mannlicher stocked 257 Roberts earlier today.
It has a quilted maple stock with a skeleton grip-cap and butt-plate that probably cost whoever bought it the asking price for the whole package.
The downside is that it was built on a Chilean 1895 small ring action. The action was made by Ludwig Lowe and has had a cock-on-opening kit installed, but it is still over 100 yeas old.
It came to the shoulder and balanced really well, tempting, very tempting.
