I agree the 257 Robert never set the gun industry on fire. I believe the 243 was viewed as a better dual purpose rifle that the Roberts and most people could only afford one rifle at the time of introduction , plus the 243 was new . I like the 257 Roberts, with my personal rifle in 257 being the Ack version with this said i would take my 243 over it if i could only have one or the other.

A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.