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I've shot a handloaded 257 Roberts round in my 6.5 x 57... there was no worries of pressure problems etc.....accuracy stunk...
tried it for the reason is I like the 117 grain RN bullets from Hornady..
I don't recommend this as a regular practice..
just wish Hornady would make periodical runs of their old 129 and 140 grain Round Noses... or I just happen to find someone who liked me so much they gave me about a 1000 of each, just because I was such a peachy guy..
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Selmer,
You need to go ahead and treat yourself to that Ruger. You'll be glad you did.
Best Regards
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I've shot a handloaded 257 Roberts round in my 6.5 x 57... there was no worries of pressure problems etc.....accuracy stunk...
If it was a real 6.5x57 and not the 257 Roberts necked up and often called 6.5x57, you had a bunch of extra headspace, too. The 6.5x57 (1.752) has a longer body length than the Roberts(1.728) The 57mm family has several different body lengths. http://stevespages.com/page8d.htmBruce
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Ya know BCP, the rifle was marked 6.5 x 57, and that is what I wanted... it was custom built on a model 70 long action..
but when reloading it, I have to bump the shoulder back with a 257 Body Die before it will chamber...
so maybe the smith just used a 257 Roberts reamer and made me a 6.5 x 257 and just labeled it as my requested 6.5 x 57...
its a good shooter and I've learned to live with that at the reload bench...
I profess tho, that it is my favorite cartridge, as I see it as the most practical all around cartridge out there.... a 6.5 x 55 in more commonly available brass..I neck up 6mm Rem or 257 Roberts..
I also still shoot the 6.5 x 55 and the 260..but if I was parred down to one rifle by the government, the 6.5 x 57 would be the one I kept..
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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