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The 100 gr Partition at about 2800 out of the Bob was my father's "big" gun for elk for well over a decade. He was a hunter, and an amazing field shot. He never had to shoot twice with the Bob and Partitions.
That said, I don't think they are a requirement for close-up deer, given the not-quite-magnum speeds produced by the 257. Shoot what you prefer. They are all good, and they will all work. Unless he sized it too much I bet his brass lasted a good long time too. That's a mild load for a 257 Roberts. He used the same box of 20 for his hunting. When he sold that gun and all accessories, I'd shot it more on a handful of deer than he had in 15 years of deer and elk hunting. That was Nosler's accuracy load, btw, loaded with IMR4350. It certainly was mild.
I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.
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The 100 gr Partition at about 2800 out of the Bob was my father's "big" gun for elk for well over a decade. He was a hunter, and an amazing field shot. He never had to shoot twice with the Bob and Partitions.
That said, I don't think they are a requirement for close-up deer, given the not-quite-magnum speeds produced by the 257. Shoot what you prefer. They are all good, and they will all work. Unless he sized it too much I bet his brass lasted a good long time too. That's a mild load for a 257 Roberts. He used the same box of 20 for his hunting. When he sold that gun and all accessories, I'd shot it more on a handful of deer than he had in 15 years of deer and elk hunting. That was Nosler's accuracy load, btw, loaded with IMR4350. It certainly was mild. Seems like he knew well what he was doing. Maybe I'm an old stick in the mud, but over time I've come to believe most people are over gunned and under practiced.
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For deer at "100 yards or so" I use the Hornady 117-grain RN. Very accurate and holes them like a German torpedo hit on the Lusitania.
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He did. Sadly, I didn't get to hunt with him much. He knew how to get close, but he also knew how to shoot far, before the days of chronos, dial turrets, and range finders. His prize was a Salmon River mtn goat, taken in the late sixties.
I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.
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I've used the 100gr Partition in the 250 Savage loaded to Nosler's manual max with very good accuracy and performance on deer. Shoule do the same in the Roberts. The only deer I've shot with my Roberts has been with Federal Premium 120 Partition. Also accurate and effective on deer.
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I’ve had excellent luck from Ramshot Hunter & 100 gr NBTs which are nice & tough. I don’t think you can go wrong w/ any of those three, but can’t inagine spending premium dollars on deer bullets when NBTs kill stuff beautifully.
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