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Sierra ain't much to flaunt or hope for.

Hint................

yep your right,but for now that`s all i got is Sierra 131 gr. bullets,so i will punch paper with these bullets.i still hoping other bullet manufactures start building heavier grain .257 bullets and better built for hunting deer and elk sized animals. Barnes ,Nosler,Swift,Berger,Hornady or anyone else would certainly be nice if they would make these bullets.

Yep, me too...

Blueprinted 700 LA with a 24" Brux in a Ti take off stock converted from ADL to BDL by me.

Smith was Ron Lampert, MN, mentioned by Jim Carmichael in his book, The Modern Rifle as "one of the country's top metal specialists". Ron had cut two Mauser actions, shortened one to mid length, took the pieces from that one and extended the other from std. to full magnum length. The work was exceptional, you couldn't see the welds. The short one is a .250 Savage, the lengthened one, a .375 H&H.

No matter where you place the .257R round in the box mag of this LA 700, feeding is as slick as any rifle I own and I have some good ones. Ron tuned the Walker trigger to perfection.

It shoots several loads very well. One of the best is the 100 TTSX over H-100V, referred by gunner500 as a "little buzz saw". It is a proven WT and hog killer. Note the COAL and velocity. H-100V is the speed champ in the Roberts. H-4350 also works very well, said to be more temp stable.

DF

I shoot that boolit at 3400fps+ in a trio of 25-284's.



None of which can hang with a .224" 88 ELD.

Hint.................

I bet it messes up stuff, kills'em dead about like my 26 Nos, 120 TTSX (or E-Tip) at 3,450.

You load is pretty close.

I like it.

DF

Dirtfarmer -

I'm getting 3233fps with the 100TTSX and 48.0g H4350. It was my primary hunting load for the Roberts until I started using the 110AB @ 3163fps with 46.5g H4350. Have not tried H100V in the Roberts but love what it does in a couple others, including my 22" .338WM.

H100V seems to be a niche powder, a real performer in certain applications. It’s reportably not as temp stable as H-4350. I’ve had excellent results with H-4350 and 115 NBT’s, groups as good or better than the TTSX/H100V load posted. Not as fast but also a real killer.

Guess you can tell I like the Roberts, especially in a LA with a good barrel.

DF

i am also rebuilding a real nice Remington 30 express with a new Brux 7 1/2 twist barrel chambered 257 Roberts. >when you wanna talk speed my 257 Weather Mag. with a 27 inch Brux barrel on my Ruger # 1 i get 3800 fps with a Nosler Partition 100 gr. RL.22 powder out my Ohler.

Have you “splashed” any critters with that 3,800 fps, 100 gr NPT?

DF

no those NPT hold together surprisingly well out of my Weatherby 257 ,i also use Swift 100 grain. A-Frames. but a poor made bullet would not be pretty on a animal ,i tried a old B.T. years ago on a doe antelope and that was a mess " ick ". with this new 257 Roberts built i will have 4 - 257 Roberts for my family members in their future hunts ,i will build plenty ammo too for them too, my hunting land is paid for now too.

Good deal on your hunting land. You can be justly proud of that.

DF

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/131-blackjack.3968301/


More info on 131 gr. .257

That25-284 is sure sumptin’

I think I'd refer to the 250AI as the original 25CM.

another update on the Savage 25 Creedmoor rifle its back together after i glass bedded rifle. after sight-in with my 12-42x Nightforce scope took 6 bullets at 100 yards to center of bulleye, i cleaned rifle after every shot with wipe-out. took 1 fouler maybe should have done 2 foulers ? rifle shot a 3- shot 3/8 group ,last 2 in same hole,its 90 degrees and very humid ,so i quit and went back in the house. brass was new Hornady cases so i expect the Lapua brass to shoot even better with these 131 gr. Black Jack Bullets.

Probably shoot 131 grain bullets for starters.

another update on the 25 Creedmoor: rifle is starting to show signs of cleaning easier and accuracy too. Hornady brass just is not as accurate as Lapua out of this rifle. with Lapua brass 5 shot groups are always 3/8 groups and matter a fact most have 4 in same hole and one off 3/8. so with so much rain yesterday i resized new Lapua 6.5 Creedmoor brass,weighed and sorted this brass ,then neck turned some brass. so today will try shooting this rifle again with H4350 powder and see if my groups improve off the bench. i might try my old go to powder H414 which has always shot well for me in many different cartridges like 22-250,220 swift,243 Win.,7mm-08 ,308 Win. even my 338 Win. Mag. some others too ?

>as far as the 257 Roberts goes its a great cartridge and i own 4 - 257 Roberts rifles and have a new Brux 7 1/2 twist barrel for another one,i plan on giving these rifles to family members to hunt with. i do feel the case design of the Creedmoor has more accuracy potential , Lapua brass availability in 6.5 Creedmoor, ease in resizing this brass and just something different that no one else is using much yet is why i am shooting and reloading a 25 Creedmoor or should i say just for more fun !

Due to mag constraints, the 25 x 47 lapua would give you some lattitude in OaL, about the same as a 25/250 ai

Hey Pete,

Now that you've got the rifle & are shooting it, how about you throw up some pics ?

yes your right i almost went with that case " 25X47 Lapua " but i decided Creedmoor had a neat name and i kinda wanted to blow those 6.5 Creedmoor guys brain a little at the range too . GRIN !