Having a barrel made for my encore. It has been difficult to find a 257 Roberts otherwise.

Unfortunately, I had a Hawkeye 257 in the early 2000s and let it go. Glad to be reunited with the 257 Roberts.

Anyone else use this caliber?

have wanted one a long time and just never found the right deal.

Great caliber, had a couple friends with them, but never owned one myself.

I have a big brother to it so to speak a .25-06 Remington , at the time it was a toss up between the .25-06 and a .257 Weatherby mag .
A family member wanted me to have the .257 Roberts they first hunted with when I was a young kid but strange family dynamics suddenly got placed in the mix .

Sadly like some other great calibers it's fallen behind in the mix of new and so called improved calibers .

In recent years Ruger did a run of .257 Roberts in their beautiful No. 1 single-shot rifle. I found one with a gorgeous walnut stock and snapped it up. There may be some still available.

I also have a No. 1 in the Robert's big brother, the .25-06, an older rifle with the red pad stock. Shoots 1.5" hundred-yard groups. which I consider tolerable fair.

Jim

I've got one in a Ruger 77,haven't shot it in years but when it was my primary deer rifle I shot alot of deer with it,my son shot his first deer with it too.Great shooter,accurate.Ammo was easy to get when I first got it,not so much now but if you look you can still find it.

I have and older 721 Rem,in the 257 robt cal!
with 100 grain it is a deer worst enemy.(ha ha)
It is a pleasure to shoot with very little recoil,but
new ammo is hard to find, lucky i reload.

Pipe dream but if I were to ever have a bespoke small ring mauser made up the Bob would be a natural fit.

Wolfdog's 80s thread has me remembering the gun magazines back in the day and my lusting after the Claro walnut stocked custom mausers in the full page layouts.

I have a 1982 Remington 700 Classis in .257 Roberts topped with a Leupold 2.5x8 scope, I have shot some deer and antelope with it, also prairie dogs and coyotes, I don't shoot it much anymore. I shot hand loaded 85gr Nosler ballistic tips out of it with dime sized groups.

I have a 1954 Winchester Model 70 in that caliber and also a custom Mauser in the same caliber. Pretty cool rifles with a lot of our old hunting camp history behind them.

I had a Kimber select in 257 that had gorgeous wood and shot 100gr Barnes very well. Killed one buck with it and sold it. It was too nice and I found I was leaving it in the safe in fear of scratching it.

I also had a custom Win M70 in 257 AI. It was a great shooter but ended up being too heavy to carry all day so ended up trading it for some other shiny object.

I love the 25 caliber and current have 4 rifles chambered. 2 25-06, 25-06AI and a 25-284.

If a guy could find a 257 bob, where would you get the ammo or brass to feed it? Not sure you can even find 7mm Mauser to make it.

I have a Winchester M70 FWT. It has dropped a bunch of caribou, a musk ox and a moose.

Have a BLR in 257 crummy trigger but the wife and daughter shot it well

certainly not cheap but https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2900121729?pid=121729
some still available

I have one that has been in my family since the late 40s. It is a Remington Model 722. MY uncle traded my dad the rifle for an old car in the 50s. It is now my wifes rifle. It has killed elk,moose black bear,mule deer,whitetails and numerous predators. The old factory loads were under powered because it had to be safe in the rebarreled old jap rifles. I reload 115 to 120 grain partitions in it because of the heavier animals she hunts. It is a joy to shoot with no recoil. I haven't seen any factory loads for several years but I have brass for two lifetimes. I also have a Ruger in 257 that I bought for my daughter.

Hornady,federal,and Hendershots are three that come to mind.You might have to order it though.When L/M Fleet opened in Escanaba they carried the .257 rbts.ammo,I didn't buy any and when I went back a month or so later they were out and I haven't seen it there since.

Leftlane you hit it on the head with the,"...young and stupid" Sold off many guns with the "grass is greener " thought...yep young and foolish.