beer...makin white boys dance since 1857

Thanks for the picture & report Jason N.
Could you do us another favor & tell us what the retained weight is?

Thanks,

Wolf Killer

He already did WK right under the pic.

Thanks Pittsburghunter. I guess I need to start drinking?[] Beer has helped several other poster vision.

Beer and bullets.....I suppose this is about the only time the two mix well!

What do those materials have in common with Bone and Meat? I shot 140grainers from a 270 into a tree stump and they looked like that.

Roskoe, I did a little bit of searching and found this place has 5 boxes of 110gr Accubonds.

http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=3941&dir=278|281|292|328

The goverment mixes Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms.

I saw on the Nosler website were they had a 257 Roberts load with the 110 gr. Accubond rated at 3075 fps. My 257 Rob. loaded with 48.0 gr. or RL19 under a 100 gr BT only gives me 3000 fps over my chrony. I would guess you are maybe running 2850-2900 fps. I haven't given the Accubonds a try but I did give up on the 100 gr. BT's because of poor performance on whitetail deer and feral hogs. I switched to the 117 gr. Hornady BTSP over H4831 with a MZ of about 2900 fps and good accuracy. I've tried the Accubonds in my 280 Remington and like them alot. I haven't run across a box of the 110 gr. in my area.

I'm sure you know that most manuals load the Roberts anemic even with what they consider +P loads. The only manual I have that loads to the Roberts velocity potential is the Barnes manual in my opinion. As always use safe loading practices watching for pressure signs and have fun. I'm glad to see someone else using the 257 Roberts.

I know I'll be shooting about 200 fps slower than any data shows since I have a 20" BBL and most books show data with a 24" BBL. I've considered buying a chrony, but I just can't justify it. I'd only use it a couple of times a year and I don't care much about velocity....so long as the accuracy is there anyway. Thanks for the info! I've not looked at a Barnes manual, but I do know that even the +P load are really anemic. Every load I've ever shot out of this rifle is above max with no signs of pressure, save one. When I use Remington primers they tend to flatten a bit. I don't put much stock in this though simply because I've loaded down about 10% from max on a non +P load only to find they do the same thing. No other pressure signs at all and an accurate rifle. While we're on the subject, has anyone found Rem. 9-1/2's to flatted a bit even with light loads such as described? It doesn't happen with CCI's in my rifle....just the Rems. Rems give me better performance, so that's what I'm sticking with....just curious.

I think this is one of the best whitetail calibers out there, but it seems to have never really gotten much respect. I love it and won’t be trading it off ever as far as I can tell. Loading it truly is the only way to get the designed performance out of it anyway.