Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Any 257 Roberts fans for whitetail?

My beloved Wby mkv .257 usually gets to make the trip for whitetails, especially when hunting over wide open hay or grain fields.
However- some opportunities are at much closer ranges, such as stand hunting in more timbered areas.
I'm thinking that a lite Bob, pushing 100 gr. bullets at 3000+ speed, would be the perfect complement to my Roy, for whitetail.
Any experience, comments, or recommendations?

I loved my 257 Bob and I want another.Mine was stolen.

It's on the short list of cartridges for my son - when I decide to surprise him with a new rifle.

Bighorn - I no longer have a 257 Bob but I recently got his big Sister - the 6.5 Swede. The cases are virtually identical.

Obviously the 257 is what it is & the 6.5 is 264. With the proper bullets, I doubt there is any noticeable diff. WITHIN normal hunting ranges.

YES there are a lot of 257 Rob fans on the fire. Wait a little and they'll show up.

You're not going to find ANY Bob fans here, man !

I built a 257 AI on a Czech mauser a few years ago and LOVE it. I have a quarterbore Roy and love that too, but the Better Bob is SO much more "shootable".

This pronghorn that I killed with a 200 yard offhand shot resulting in a DRT seemed to have been impressed:



I wouldn't even start such a build today; I would pick up a 84 Classic and call it better than good!

My Bob a Ruger MKII with some tweeks done to it kilt lots of deer, mostly from other family members Muleys and whitetails both. Along with yotes and other ground burrowing and flying vermin.

My 14 year old shoots it well. She killed here first whitetail off of my shoulder last year at 120 some yards. It was a "DRT" deal.

The wife smoked her first muley buck with it at around 200 yards. Dropped, flopped around till outa site. Found it very dead not feet from where it had been shot, just flopped into a low spot.

As for a sole deer cartridge, I would not hesitate to use the Bob.... I just get lured away by louder, harder kicking rifles

The loads that did good on deer were 100 partition nudging 3100 fps and 117 grain btsp hornady at 2900 fps. Both shot easy 1/2 inch groups at 100 yds.

Got a hold of some OLD school partitions, in 117gr. simi-spitzers. Now them puppies leave holes in deer and shoot beautifully. To bad I only have less than 50

257 Roberts fans? They are legion.

I think Ingwewife would say it was OK

What is there NOT TO LIKE about the 257 Roberts for shooting whitetails?

A 20" or 22" rifle built in a format like the Kimber Montana, Remington 700 MR or 700 Ti, Ruger 77 RL, or Winchester 70 Featherweight would probably get you to the outcome you're looking for.

Jeff

Ingwewife says the Bob works on Mule deer too!

Good to see she's not a dink killer...

Dat was mean....

Me thinks she cathes bigger fish too!

Is that a 721 she's toting? That's a nice looking rifle...

AAHHHH, the .257 Roberts, there is know finer dual purpose cartridge!!!

I catch bigger feesh!


Its a Remington 722 ( the short action version) Her dad gave it to her when she was 16, and its her fave...so if you ever meet her, remember...the rifle is only 13 years old.......

Hey Ingwe -- why all them pics of her with game at DARK??

Won't they come in before sunset??

She needs a better GUIDE.
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NO INNUENDO.....only fun.

My wife and I have shot dozens of pronghorns, whitetails and mule deer with the .257, including some with my grandmother's Remington 722. The animals have included some of our better trophies, including the biggest whitetails Eileen and I have taken, at ranges out to 400+ yards. Have used a bunch of bullets, including 100 Hornady Interlock, 100 Barnes TSX (both tipped and not), 100 Speer Hot-Cor, 115 Berger VLD, 117 Sierra and Hornady, 100 and 115 Nosler Ballistic Tips, and 100, 115 and 120 Nosler Partitions. Oh, and one of my biggest mule deer was taken with the old 120-grain Nosler Solid Base. All the bullets worked fine.

Huh, are these trick questions?
The Bob works just fine up close or way out. I've killed a few antelope at over 350 yards with the Bob, and deer up close at less than 35 yards with Ned's dandy.
Like this W/T with my custom Browning 1885 Lo-Wall:



IMHO, the Bob is perfect for antelope and deer, and it doesn't seem to matter what type of bullet you shoot. For example, I've had plenty of success with conventional cup and core bullets like a 100 grain Sierra, or with 100 gr Nosler Partitions, and now with my fav Bob bullet - the 100 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. Usually, a very good load with any of these 3 bullets in a 257 Bob is approximately 46 grains of H-4350.

You should give a good Bob a fair trial, you just might end up leaving the 257 Roy in the safe, and never looking back...

SuperCub ----a pic is worth 1000 words.

Man you sure said a lot.

THANKS