257 Roberts/6.5x55 Swede/7x57 Mauser
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Nontypical Buck
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257 Roberts/6.5x55 Swede/7x57 Mauser
Better choices are available for each of these old cartridges..... so why would anyone expect them to survive in the flood of choices?
#12
Nontypical Buck
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A few guys at the range were saying that the US Military is comptenplating this round as a new sniper round.dont know if it's true or where they got their info from.
#13
Spike
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I'm not 100% sure either. But I know that after I read a few articles on the round, I said to myself " If I ever had good amount of extra money to blow on a "project", I would send it out and have one of the better known rifle makers do me up a pretty nice rifle with all the fixins' in that round."
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
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I guess it is a combination of things and changing times. Reloading started out basicly as a cheap way to get ammo and for guys that only could afford one or two guns. When I was a kid reloading really had a bad name. Same with calibers of rifles. A lot of rumors really shot down some of those rounds for the general hunting public. Some calibers just carry a stigma. Years back metric cartridges had to be jammed down the hunting public's throat. Now days a lot of guys are taking hunting trips and need (Or think they do) that magnum rifle. I guess it is a lot of things. I don't know, I find myself going smaller every year for deer. I have a 6.5x55, 7x57, and recently got rid of one .257. I don't care for the .257 and probably will give the other one to my Buddy's kid.
No reason, I just don't like them.
No reason, I just don't like them.
#16
There was just a big story about the new US Sniper rounds going to the .300 Win Mag. Here's a link...
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...um-Ammo-05493/
I picked up a 25-06 Rem. last year and really like the way it shoots. Not sure it's balistically any better than my .270 Win but it does not kick as hard.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...um-Ammo-05493/
I picked up a 25-06 Rem. last year and really like the way it shoots. Not sure it's balistically any better than my .270 Win but it does not kick as hard.
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Nontypical Buck
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There was just a big story about the new US Sniper rounds going to the .300 Win Mag. Here's a link...
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...um-Ammo-05493/
I picked up a 25-06 Rem. last year and really like the way it shoots. Not sure it's balistically any better than my .270 Win but it does not kick as hard.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...um-Ammo-05493/
I picked up a 25-06 Rem. last year and really like the way it shoots. Not sure it's balistically any better than my .270 Win but it does not kick as hard.
#19
The popularity has wained. For a couple reasons. They are a mid length case that usually requires them to be chambered in a long action gun. If buying a long action why not go for a case that has more capacity and thus better performance. A 25-06 over a 257 Roberts, or a 280 Remington over a 7x57 Mauser. Add to that the newer cartridges like the 260 Remington that duplicates the 6.5x55 or the 7mm-08 that duplicates the 7x57 but in a short action rifle. Factory loadings that are kept to lower presures due to older weaker guns also contributed, a handloader can soup them up but if you don't reload your stuck with weak loads. And of course MAGNUM MAINIA is a factor too.
This answer pretty much covers my thoughts as well. I am fascinated with the history of the 7x57 and 6.5x55 and, because I am a rifle looney, I own a couple of rifles in each caliber, two of which are custom Mausers, which I consider family heirlooms. With the excellent short action .260 and 7mm-08 rifles now available, most non-looney riflemen will opt for the relatively speaking "modern" calibers. Of course, loonies will own at least a couple of rifles in these calibers as well, and I just added a Sig in .280 because I really like the 7mm bullet offerings. Nothing like choices when it comes to rifles. The only caliber I have not yet talked myself into buying is a .257 bob. My Sako AV in .25-06 satisfies me completely so far.
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I received a Cabelas catalog the other day.They teamed up with a few gun makers for special limited editons offerings in some of these cals.The Win in .257 is a thing of beauty as is the Ruger Number 1 in 7x57 but the same can be said for most all these guns.Sadly they're all fairly expensive as well.