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Hey all.
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Short version
Will the Hornady 117 gr. .257 Roberts +P round physically fit in a Remington 7600 magazine box, and function properly in the rifle?
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Long dang version
I've been wanting a rifle in .257 Roberts for a long time.
Seein's how it's gotten to the serious stage, I'm starting to examine some of the particulars.
As I understand it, Ned Roberts' cartridge was treated quite shabbily by Remington, in the early years in particular.
They underloaded it, to where it really wasn't much more than a .250 Savage (250-3000, whatever).
And they built their .257 rifles with short box magazines, to where the bullet had to be set deep in the case to even FIT in the magazine. And then the bullet had a big jump to the rifling. The whole thing was just FUBAR as far a I can tell.
So, as I'm trying to think my way down this road I'm heading on,
I would really like... well, let's just say "more instead of less" performance out of the .257 I get.
And in that regard, this Hornady 117 gr. .257 Roberts +P round looks like the cat's meow to me (or maybe "the dog's bark" would be more applicable!).
But that 117 gr. bullet would not have come even close to fitting in the .257 Roberts rifles of yesteryear.
What about today?
In particular, there's this Remington 7600 in .257 Roberts I'm looking at.
Made in... 1992 I think maybe.
Does anybody know if between 1934 and... sometime anyway,
the rifle manufacturers gave that cartridge some "room to grow," room to breathe?
Specifically will that 117 gr. Hornady round "fit" in a Remington 7600 magazine, and otherwise function nicely?
Thanks,
James
.
Hey all.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Short version
Will the Hornady 117 gr. .257 Roberts +P round physically fit in a Remington 7600 magazine box, and function properly in the rifle?
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Long dang version
I've been wanting a rifle in .257 Roberts for a long time.
Seein's how it's gotten to the serious stage, I'm starting to examine some of the particulars.
As I understand it, Ned Roberts' cartridge was treated quite shabbily by Remington, in the early years in particular.
They underloaded it, to where it really wasn't much more than a .250 Savage (250-3000, whatever).
And they built their .257 rifles with short box magazines, to where the bullet had to be set deep in the case to even FIT in the magazine. And then the bullet had a big jump to the rifling. The whole thing was just FUBAR as far a I can tell.
So, as I'm trying to think my way down this road I'm heading on,
I would really like... well, let's just say "more instead of less" performance out of the .257 I get.
And in that regard, this Hornady 117 gr. .257 Roberts +P round looks like the cat's meow to me (or maybe "the dog's bark" would be more applicable!).
But that 117 gr. bullet would not have come even close to fitting in the .257 Roberts rifles of yesteryear.
What about today?
In particular, there's this Remington 7600 in .257 Roberts I'm looking at.
Made in... 1992 I think maybe.
Does anybody know if between 1934 and... sometime anyway,
the rifle manufacturers gave that cartridge some "room to grow," room to breathe?
Specifically will that 117 gr. Hornady round "fit" in a Remington 7600 magazine, and otherwise function nicely?
Thanks,
James
.