ORIGINAL: diyj98
Clay Harvey is a gun rag writer that's been around for quite a while. He's written a few books as well. I don't value his opinion any more or less than any other gun writer or person on this forum. The magazines and various internet forums are full of self proclaimed "experts". I was just pointing out his book. It's an interesting read that discuss his experienc with various calibers as well as reloading data.
Again, although I wasn't impressed with one 257, I wouldn't condeem the cartridge based on one rifle. I've also shot a few inaccurate 30-06's, .243's, etc.
I understand what you're saying! I also have shot inaccurate .243's and .30/'06's! A rifle can be inaccurate regardless of caliber, and, generally speaking, there are NO cartridges that are inherently inaccurate, if the powder/bullet/brass/primer quality is high, the combination of components is correct, AND they are fired in a precision rifle! However, there are a lot of cartridges that are harder to get to shoot well than others. Perhaps the .257 Roberts is one of these, I don't know! However, a lot of people bad-mouth the 7X57mm's accuracy, yet my experience with about ten of these has been just the opposite!