Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 257 Roberts Bullet Choice

If you seek the KISS principle,performance interests you and the long Ruger is your action preference,the 25-06Ackley is perhaps your Holy Grail.

I've built many an excellent rifle on various Rugers and wouldn't be afraid to twist up another..................

Chris,

Last Month (Dec, 2002) we loaded up a 257 Roberts for a Texas hog hunt.

It was my intention to test my new bullet to see how it would fare against a hog.

A 150lb hog was shot and killed with my 101gr EXP bullet - it dropped on the spot. The bullet performed as designed, we had a complete pass through.

The load that was used:
101gr EXP Groove Bullet
50gr of Reloader 19
CCI-BR2 primer
Win Case
Stock Rem ADL rifle with a 22" barrel
Average velocity was 3182 FPS
Group size was .499" (3 shots)
No pressure signs at all.
This was our initial load.


The 101gr EXP bullet is currently being loaded in a 25 STW and our goal is to obtain 4000 FPS velocity whithout pressure signs while maintaining 1/2 MOA accuracy.

Have a good one,

Don <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Stick,

I'm not sure the holy grail has been found??? But some things are closer than others.

Funny you should mention the 25-06 Ackley - I also have a soft spot for anything on an 06 case.

I am also finding more 25-06 used than the 257 right now in AZ.

Maybe just the way to go. Would a 24" barrel work with and Ackley? how about the Gibbs version and advantage going that way?

Thanks again

35

Welllll,close to the Holy Grail anyhow(grin).

I couldn't guess how all 25-06Ackley's do with a 24" tube,but mine is plum amazing in my opinion. She favors Re-22 and the 100gr XLC is what I lean on for critters,it will reach 3600fps with R/P brass.

In my opinion it is a very excellent chambering,as it is startin' to knock on the 257Wby's door and I don't take such things lightly..............

I have shot a couple of dozen deer with the 90 grain Sierra BTHP and it sure will put them down. The bad part is that the bullets are very fragile and will make a large, but shallow, wound, so you must aim to shoot through the ribs and into the lungs. They might be the best Sierra bullet for the 250-3000 and 257 Roberts, but the 87 grain Speer is better and, since Speer makes an 87 grain TNT too, you can use the standard 87 for deer, and the TNT 87 for woodchucks and coyotes, without changing the zero on your scope.

Jeff

That's why I love the 75gr V-Max and 75gr X in my 25-284's. Trajectories are interchangeable and a guy can have his cake and eat it too.

3750fps tends to get critter's attention,I love them "itty-bitty" bullets...................