Reading riddleofsteel’s post about his (and his son’s) 6.5 I felt compelled to write about my own remarkable little rifle
This season I took five deer with a Remington model 722 .257 Roberts shooting factory 117grain core-lokt soft points. The shots ranged from 120yards to 170 yards and each deer fell from one round and the largest of the three bucks was nine points and 218lb field dressed. Of the five four had one collapsed lung plus major shock trauma, two were hit in the heart or the aorta and in one the heart was laying lose in the chest cavity! I like aim small hit small also
Two remarkable things about this little rifle. One is that I purchased it for $25.00 at a garage sale. When I asked about what the old boy wanted for that old rifle in the corner he said “what that old .22? Oh, 25 bucks should do.” I never considered haggling over the price of “that old .22) and nearly hurt myself getting to my wallet fast enough!
The other things is, that in nearly 20 years this weapon’s scope has never been adjusted! It has Weaver rings which hold and old Weaver K-4 scope, and each year I pull it out and shoot a three leafed clover at 100 yards and forget about touching that scope again for a year. Now if it were a larger caliber rifle, say 30.06 or larger I am sure the shock from discharging the firearm would be cause to adjust the scope from time to time. However with the .257s near non-existent recoil is what I assume is the case for about twenty years of tack driving with this rifle.
I will someday need to replace my stolen .300WM because I will not use the .257 on large white tails over 200yards nor will I be able to use it for elk or muley hunting. But for now I will brag day in and out about the clean killing power of my little rifle.
This season I took five deer with a Remington model 722 .257 Roberts shooting factory 117grain core-lokt soft points. The shots ranged from 120yards to 170 yards and each deer fell from one round and the largest of the three bucks was nine points and 218lb field dressed. Of the five four had one collapsed lung plus major shock trauma, two were hit in the heart or the aorta and in one the heart was laying lose in the chest cavity! I like aim small hit small also
Two remarkable things about this little rifle. One is that I purchased it for $25.00 at a garage sale. When I asked about what the old boy wanted for that old rifle in the corner he said “what that old .22? Oh, 25 bucks should do.” I never considered haggling over the price of “that old .22) and nearly hurt myself getting to my wallet fast enough!
The other things is, that in nearly 20 years this weapon’s scope has never been adjusted! It has Weaver rings which hold and old Weaver K-4 scope, and each year I pull it out and shoot a three leafed clover at 100 yards and forget about touching that scope again for a year. Now if it were a larger caliber rifle, say 30.06 or larger I am sure the shock from discharging the firearm would be cause to adjust the scope from time to time. However with the .257s near non-existent recoil is what I assume is the case for about twenty years of tack driving with this rifle.
I will someday need to replace my stolen .300WM because I will not use the .257 on large white tails over 200yards nor will I be able to use it for elk or muley hunting. But for now I will brag day in and out about the clean killing power of my little rifle.
I would have to agree with Frank Barnes [Cartridges Of The World] that it's not far off from being the "most useful rifle cartridge ever developed".
