Anyone else notice that the old Roberts, hand-loaded with 115-120 grain bullets (which is all that’s needed for deer/pigs a “normal” hunting ranges) is a ballistic twin to the vaunted 6.5CM.
Yep. I consider the 257Roberts, 260/6.5CM/6.5x47L, and the 7mm-08 to all be on fairly equal footing when shooting game bullets of 100-130gr. You can run the lighter mono bullets at 3,000-3,200 or the traditional stuff at 2,800-2,900, but they all kill pretty dang well without a lot of recoil. I'd certainly feel like I had enough gun for pigs with a Roberts shooting the 115/120gr Partition at 2,800 to 2,900.
