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Part of the allure of the .257 R is the size of the rifle it can come in, imo. If you are going with a 24" barrel, it cost less and weighs the same to have it in 25-06. It's the 22" and 20" 257 R's that are so handy to shoot and carry.

Mine is a 22" tang safety Ruger, and I wouldn't change a thing about it. Great rifle and very effective.

I would add a 257 Roberts LT (long throat) to your list.

I think that Savage sells 25-06 rifles with 22" barrels.

Jeff

I prefer to shoot bullets in the 75 to 100 grain range in my short action 257 Roberts rifles, no need (and no added value) for me to own a long throated 257.

Jeff

It's pretty easy to get 2900+ with 117-120's out of a SA 257. IME the velocity increase you get from going to a LA is less than the SD of velocity of many loads.

both of the Ruger .257s I've owned were long action ('06 length, 3.34" mag length) rather than short action (.308 length, 2.82" mag length). For me, the combination of long action short barrel never felt quite right.

My last was a short 700 with the mag extended for a 2.97" max OAL by milling the action bottom to accept Wyatt's sheet metal. That gun had a 22.5" Lilja barrel on it. Worked well. Right now there's a different barrel on the action. Someday I may put it back together as a .257.

Tom

Perfect balance @ 24"

Alan

beautiful rifle...is that a Biesen stock?

26" on the dedicated chuck rifle, 23" on the custom 95 Mauser, 22" on the new (to me) Montana actioned rifle.

Nope!

Have owned a Remington 700 Classic, Remington 722 and Pre 64 Model 70....all had 24" factory tubes.

Theres a Model 70 257 Roberts and a Remington 760 in 257R in my
gun safe. One with a 22" barrel and the other with a 24"
barrel. At my age 65 and with 2 bad shoulder, I wish both were
lighter. I dont see that a 2" barrel length make much
difference. By the way if you us 6mm magazines in the 760
Remington you can load the bullets longer.