.257 Roberts Ammo - What?

[RadSav]

The wife has been shooting Hornady ammo out of her .257 Roberts the past few years.  Both her gun and mine like the Hornady stuff better than any of the others.  We went out and used up her ammo to sight in a new scope.  Went to the store and they were out of all .257 Bob ammo.  Checked everyone in Portland and Vancouver...nothing but Nosler which neither of our guns like.  Went on-line and Hornady says, "Production Temporarily Suspended".  Midway - Out, Cheaper TD - Out, Sportsman's HQ - Out, etc, etc, etc!  Remington shoots well, but does not feed well.  But same deal there too - Out of Stock!

Guess Nosler at $68.00 a box is going to have to do.  Also means we have to go sight in again as the Nosler doesn't group with the others.  All my guns love the Nosler stuff except when it comes to the 257 ROB.  Think they load it too far off the lands    Regardless, my .5" Bob shoots 3" with the Nosler for whatever reason.  Guess we are going to need to get her dang close to one this year! 

[bobcat]

Midway has "Doubletap" ammunition in 257 Roberts, with the 110 grain Nosler Accubond bullet. At $45 it's a little cheaper than the Nosler.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/750519/doubletap-ammunition-257-roberts-p-110-grain-nosler-accubond-spitzer-box-of-20

[Dan-o]

I've had Hornady 7MM Rem Mag ammo on back order for probably two months now......     

I don't know what the deal is, but I've never seen anything  like it.

(For the record, Hornady Superformance, 162 grain SST is what I've been searching for, and finally back ordered.)

[Maligator]

Here you go:


http://www.shootersproshop.com/nosler-products/nosler-blemished-2nds/nosler-blemished-ammo.html

I know it's not Hornady but it's available and not to expensive. $37 plus shipping.

[RadSav]

I've had Hornady 7MM Rem Mag ammo on back order for probably two months now......     

I don't know what the deal is, but I've never seen anything  like it.

(For the record, Hornady Superformance, 162 grain SST is what I've been searching for, and finally back ordered.)

I really tried to get the 162 SST to shoot out of my 7mm.  Could not for the life of me get it to shoot well.  The Nosler on the other hand is subMOA.  Not sure why other than bullet seating depth the roles are completely reversed with the Bob.

Double Tap loads their Accubonds to the same depth as Nosler.  And again my Sub-MOA gun will not shoot them either.  They do feed better than the Remington, but at 100 yards the Remington shoots better by 2" over the Nosler or Doubletap.  Even a bigger difference out of the wifes gun. 

I have not tried to shoot the 120 grain NP from Federal.  But I have been unable to find any of that ammo either.

[Dan-o]

My Savage 116 LOVES that 162 grain SST.

I was skeptical of the whole Superformance thing, and whether the stuff was any good, but it shoots incredible groups out of my rifle.

.

[RadSav]

Well, I decided it was time for us to start loading our own Bobs'.  Especially since I figured with both Hornady and Nosler bullet seating on the Bob being in excess of .145" off the lands I could probably get a little better accuracy, speed and consistency doing it myself.  Spent the past week doing my research and talking with guys shooting the same Ruger in .257 Rob.  So I was pretty confident in getting things rolling in a positive direction and getting these guns shooting better than ever.  Of course that was before I tried to find a decent powder

Went around the area to all the stores that sell powder looking for my first choice IMR4350 or my next two choices...NOTHING!  Got on the internet to try and find some...NOTHING!  OK, time to make a list of all possible powder choices.  Call the stores...still NOTHING!   Hit the web once again...still NOTHING!  Seems that unless I want to load for varmints or the 410 I'm basically screwed.  Wow, I knew it was bad getting supplies.  But man I had no idea it was this bad!!!

So I bought the last three boxes of the Nosler Trophy ammo in town.  The wife should be good as long as I can get her within 150 yards of her deer.  Quite a bit different than her usual comfort range.  But, I guess you work with what you can find these days!

[grundy53]

Gander mountain has Remington core-lokt 117 grain SP's in stock.

http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Remington-Core-Lokt-Ammo-30-06-Spring-180-Gr-PSP&i=414010&str=.257+robets&merchID=4005

[grundy53]

also 5 boxes of core-lokt here:

http://gooseislandsales.com/product/remington-257-roberts-117gr-core-lokt-soft-point-20rd-box-r257/

[jackelope]

I've had Hornady 7MM Rem Mag ammo on back order for probably two months now......     

I don't know what the deal is, but I've never seen anything  like it.

(For the record, Hornady Superformance, 162 grain SST is what I've been searching for, and finally back ordered.)

I really tried to get the 162 SST to shoot out of my 7mm.  Could not for the life of me get it to shoot well.  The Nosler on the other hand is subMOA.  Not sure why other than bullet seating depth the roles are completely reversed with the Bob.

Double Tap loads their Accubonds to the same depth as Nosler.  And again my Sub-MOA gun will not shoot them either.  They do feed better than the Remington, but at 100 yards the Remington shoots better by 2" over the Nosler or Doubletap.  Even a bigger difference out of the wifes gun. 

I have not tried to shoot the 120 grain NP from Federal.  But I have been unable to find any of that ammo either.

The Superformance stuff shoots lights out in my .280Rem but it's a weird rifle.
 

[RadSav]

Ordered in some Norma 204, URP and MRP powder yesterday.  Sounds like pretty good stuff even if the load data is limited.  Hopefully it is not a hard expensive lesson learned.  The Norma ammo always shot great out of my 7mm so maybe I'll get lucky.  Anyone use the Norma powders before?  Also found a buck load of 117 grain SST's that I have always been wanting to try.  If nothing else it should be fun!

[RadSav]

Also, I have both a digital scale and a counter balance scale.  I expect the old technology is probably better suited to measuring powder, but I thought I'd ask what others have found between the two.  Both are RCBS.

[grundy53]

Also, I have both a digital scale and a counter balance scale.  I expect the old technology is probably better suited to measuring powder, but I thought I'd ask what others have found between the two.  Both are RCBS.

I use a digital scale.

[kentrek]

Also, I have both a digital scale and a counter balance scale.  I expect the old technology is probably better suited to measuring powder, but I thought I'd ask what others have found between the two.  Both are RCBS.

I use a digital scale.

I use both..

[wiremonkey]

I bought a digital scale but found I like the 505 much more