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The original 257 Roberts was loaded as I recall to a very anemic 48,000 lbs. pressure. The newer SAAMI specifications has raised this to 58,000 in the designated +P loads. Still shy of the 60,000 - 65,000 for comparable centre fire rifle cartridges.

I sincerely believe the 257 Roberts is a classic cartridge that deserves a better fate than the dust bin of history. As such here is what I have done to restore this cartridge to everything that I believe Ned Roberts intended it to be. The cartridge on the right is the standard factory offering...

The classic 257 Roberts as offered by Remington was indeed built on the short action. Which is its chief downside, chambering a medium/ long action cartridge in a short action rifle meant seating the bullet deeply into the case, defeating the generous case dimensions of the parent case, the 7x57...

I sincerely hope so.

I am a lifelong fan of 25 calibers and 257 Roberts in particular. My original is a Ruger M77 tang safety which I have added extra freebore. This rifle is very accurate and effective with 117 grain bullets. Over a period of more than 40 years I have taken everything from coyotes to moose and elk...

Hello and thanks for letting me join this forum. My first question concerns the 257 Roberts. I would like to compare the case capacity of the 257 Roberts with the 257 Roberts AI and the 25 Creedmoor. I haven’t had much luck find ing a source for this information and the sources I have found have...