Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters 257 Roberts whats the attraction

Exactly.

Before my first western hunting trip I spent almost the whole summer on a public hay field south of my home with my then-8 yo son, my .257 AI, and truckloads of water-filled recyclables.

Samuel would spot for me... we had as far as 390 yds... and once I was feeling confident he shot, learning to plug water filled milk jugs out to 250 yards on the first try 9 out of 10 times.

No surprise that when the time came for him to choose a cartridge for his first big game rifle he chose a .257 Rob

Has served him well too:



Add to that the fact that I have a thing for Mauser actions, and the .257 Roberts just makes sense.

Of course I’d not argue that a 6mm Rem, 6.5x55, or 7x57 wouldn’t work just as well...