Major Score!

[diverwcw]

I scored this beauty being sold on consignment at a LGS. A Ruger M77 in caliber .257 Roberts!

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[Garv]

Congrats!

[Red-Osier]

Congrats diver, I know nothing about .257 roberts.

[JackEllis]

A friend of mine has one. Good for medium-sized game but too little gun for large African plains game.

Maybe I need to start carrying a bore light with me when I'm out and about. Lots of pawn and gun shops in the largest nearby town that probably have interesting wares to peruse.

[sealocan]

Congratulations I don't know much about that cartridge either.

^ And as for a bore light you can always go old-school and fold up a business card using the white backside (or any white piece of paper ) placed into the receiver and held up to either the ceiling lights or your cell phone flashlight while you look down the barrel.
Not as good as a bore light but better than not looking at all.

(I think most pawn and gun stores are going to have a flashlight to loan a potential customer unless they're hiding something anyway.)

[Kingair001]

Congrats !

[pennstater]

diverwcw,
That is a great score. You don't run across many of those. Great cartridge for varmints, any deer[mulies, whitetail], pronghorn. You have yourself a fine rifle there. You can do a lot with set-up. Enjoy.

[Jimmy's]

Very Very nice, great mid size cartridge.

[plumbum]

Aww man - hella jelly right naw!

Very cool, I got a soft spot for the 77, and excellent caliber.

[Garandimal]

Nice small deer and antelope rifle.

Should be a pleasure to shoot.

MidwayUSA has some HDY 117 gr. +P for $28.49/20 box.




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[-hanko]

Congrats diver, I know nothing about .257 roberts.

Developed by a guy named Ned Roberts. Brass is identical to 7mm Mauser necked down to .25 caliber. The only factory loading I've seen is the 119gr round point in +P loading. I can get 90gr bullets close to 3000fps for coyotes. Muzzle energy is close to that of a .25-06 and on par with a 6.5 x 55. Ken Waters has a lot of good info on the cartridge in Pet Loads.

It's a soft-shooting cartridge that gets you a lightweight and very versatile rifle. Mine is a Remington 760 pump action made iirc in 1951.

[Jimmy's]

100 grain bullets make the .25 calibers shine. Especially the 257 Roberts and the 250-3000 Savage. They are not long range darlings but at normal hunting ranges they get the job done. For Yotes and stuff the 85 grain bullets far excede 3000 fps.

[1recluse]

Nice Gun, cool caliber. I have been looking for a Pre 64 Model 70 in 257 Roberts for awhile. A shooter grade that just goes unloved and unshot so I can wear it out.

[Divernhunter]

Nice rifle.
I got one for my daughter years ago. She shot it so much she shot the barrel out of it. I rebarreled it and she still hunts with it.
Do not let anyone kid you about what it can do. She took it to Africa with my 120gr Swift A-Frame had loads and took Kudu, Zebra, several Impala, several warthogs and a Red Hartebeest at ranges of 135 to 410 yards. Most were at 275-375 yards. All were one shot kills with no tracking. She has also taken deer and pigs here using 100gr Nosler and Swift bullets.

Factory ammo(American) is loaded light due to the weak actions on some rifles still out there. European ammo is hotter but it really shines when handloaded. If you load I have a bunch of data over my Chrono I can email you.

I would love to find another Ruger Tang Safety M77 in 257R for my grand-daughter. Then I could set it up just like the one her mother has.

If you want to sell it I would be interested. If you find another I also would be interested.

Do not under estimate that cartridge and do not listen to people who say it is only a deer/pronghorn cartridge. I read an article where it was suggested for use on Elk with correct bullets and have to agree. I have seen it at work on larger, harder to kill people say animals in Africa. It works as well as my 338win mag.

Put a Leupold scope on it and you have a hunting machine as well as a great fun target rifle.

[Sailormilan2]

Score!
I'm putting a .257 Roberts together for my daughter. I'm just trying to decide if I want to make it a 3" .257 Roberts.