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    The .257 Roberts neither gone nor forgotten

    Nov 30, 2019 5 minutes
    John Denman

    With newer propellants and better bullets, something old is becoming new again. Ned Roberts probably had no idea that his wildcat could end up with such a long shelf life. Most people consider the .243 Win to be the main reason for the decline in support for the .257 Roberts, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the .25-06 was the real culprit. At the very least it may have delivered the final blow.

    But was there really a ‘final blow’? Reaching back into the 1920s the Roberts was a pretty handy cartridge. Up to that point the .250-3000 was the best you could obtain in a 25-calibre. Being the first ‘quarter bore’ to reach 3000fps, it was a great cartridge. But the Roberts, with its bigger case, courtesy of an even older cartridge for the parenting job,

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