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I've been eye-balling one in a local Pawn shop for a couple months now. They are asking $450 but told me today that they would sell it for $325 out the door. I "think" that is a decent price for that gun but the on-line sites are all over the place for those guns. It's in fair shape, this gun has obviously been used but other wise take care of...no rust or serious dings in the metal or wood. It is missing the rear sight and the front sight blade.

It's not a gun I would use much but the combination of gun and caliber is drawing me to it.

Is this one I shouldn't pass up at $325?

Grab it!

They were a bit heavy for a light round like the Bob, but they shoot great...and it's a 257 ROBERTS!

Buy it! .......... It will soon become your favorite rifle. My 257 will be the last one I sell.

An excellent buy for $325! You'll never lose $$ if you can buy it for that price and decide that you don't care for it.

One thing I'd check before buying is the extractor. If the extractor breaks it's sometimes difficult to find a replacement, and you either have to have a different type of extractor fitted, or replace the entire bolt with Remington 700 short-action bolt. Both work but add considerably to the price.

A 722 .257 with a price tag around $300 sat in a local store several months last year, because the extractor was broken. Somebody finally bought it, apparently deciding they could get around the problem somehow.

John,

I'm curious as to the cost to change to a Sako type extractor? I pondered that before I sold my 722 257 Roberts.

Are they as dangerous as Butch Lambert maintains?

I bought it.

Thanks for the tip on the extractor.... checked it with a magnifying glass and it is good. They threw in a full box of Remington ammo and an old Lyman All American 4x that looks like it's never been on a gun.

Sounds like you stole it. I have a 722 in 257 Bob. It is my go to gun for down here. It is very accurate. Congrats on what sounds like a heck of a deal.

Bruce,

I dunno if they're dangerous or not. Have fired a lot of Sakos with "Sako" extractors over the decades, as well as other rifles with similar designs, without a problem.

I've never had the job done, partly because I've never had a 700/722 extractor break in at least 100,000 rounds fired. But have heard prices start at around $125.

MikeByrge,

Good deal, especially with the classic scope!

One thing I'd do now is use a spray degunker, something that dries quickly, to blow out the inside of the bolt face all around the extractor. One reason they can break is bits of brass getting caught underneath the extractor. It's something I do now and then with my own .257 722, as well as my 700's.

Perfect set-up just find some vintage bases & rings.


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Vintage Buehler base and split low rings would be about perfect.

Great snag.

DF

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GREAT SNAG!

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MikeByrge: Good for you!
I have owned a lot of Remington 722's and 721's - they are good, reliable, safe and usually rather accurate Rifles.
It'll be fun finding and re-attaching those sights if you plan on that.
My close friend out in western Washington bought each of his three sons a Remington 722 Rifle in caliber 257 Roberts when they were around 12 - 13 years old and taught them gun safety then marksmanship and then took all of them Hunting with these Rifles. His sons are about 40 to 45 years old now and they all still have their Rifles.
Each of those sons has killed a Washington State Mt. Goat with their 257's and each was reported to me to have been a "one shot kill"!
The 257 Roberts with good bullets and good shot placement is a superb Deer and Antelope cartridge.
A number of years ago (eight?) I sold a Remington Model 722 in 257 Roberts.
I was selling it at a gunshow here in Dillon, Montana for a friend of mine and he wanted me to ask $500.00 for it.
It was in EXCELLENT and all original condition.
I was hoping that Rifle would not sell and once the gunshow was over I would offer him $400.00 for it and have a minty and nifty little 722 for my collection.
Well that didn't work out, as an elderly fellow from Idaho saw it and bought it for full asking price!
So much for my plan!
I hope you enjoy your 722 as much as I have enjoyed mine.
Let us know how it shoots.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

MD,

That's about what I paid 3 years ago to have a Sako extractor put in a 300sav just before deer season. The old extractor wasn't "broken" just worn to where it wasn't doing its job.

Mike,

I would have paid that for it in a heartbeat, and then taken the heat when I got home 😀

Mine is one of my faves. So easy to shoot and load for.

I'm glad you bought it Mike. I passed up a Remington Mountain Rifle in .257 Roberts almost 20 years ago and have never seen another once since. Considering the price it had on it I don't know why I ummed and ahhed so long. So sometimes you just gotta jump in with both feet and grab it. Congratulations.

I searched for one of those yrs ago & finally found one owned by an older fellow in Ontario. I pestered him for over a year to sell but to no avail. Ended up having one built.

Good score. I've always had a soft spot for 721/722s.

That was cheap.....