250 Savage or 257 Bob?

[runningboard]

hey people,
was coming home from a family function in Montana and while travelling stopped in at Lilja precision rifle barrel shop in Plains MT. and they were nice enough to give me a tour and show me what goes into their barrels and before I left I bought a barrel blank in .257" for my model 600 Remington. great folks at Lilja by the way, nice, friendly, hunters as well as target shooters. I was originally gonna go 250 for nostalgic reasons along with nonexistant recoil but now I'm not so sure. 257 Roberts is also known for low recoil too, right? what would you do? I'm putting it together for my kids now 12 & 8 to grow into, my girl is still only 68 pounds at 12 and probably won't get much bigger than her 4'-11" mom.

[dbllunger]

Of those two the Roberts. 

[Coasthunterjay]

i started hunting at 12 years of age and shot my first mountain mulie at 12 with a boberts....i am a big fan of the .257 and will own one someday again........good caliber.

stay with the .257 roberts. it will not let you down. promise.....

[bankwalker]

love that round. personaly i have not shot anything with it. but my mom hunts with one. its an old remington model 722 i think. ive seen more deer drop to that rifle between her and my dad to make me love the round. all one shot kills out to 300yds

[PolarBear]

I  love my .250 but I would go with the .257.  Rounds for the .250 are really tough to come by and are pretty spendy when you do find them.  That is, unless you reload.  Both are great rounds.

[runningboard]

thanks for all the advice and tips. I dropped the 600 and the Barrel off at the gunsmith today and I decided to go with my gut and am gonna have it chambered for the 250 Savage since they are getting harder to come by and you can still buy 257 Bobs new. I do handload and will have dies, brass, powders by the time it's ready and since I already have a 25-06 and my daughter has a 25-35 we have a selection of 25 cal bullets around. I can and probably will just buy a roberts this summer.

[bankwalker]

thanks for all the advice and tips. I dropped the 600 and the Barrel off at the gunsmith today and I decided to go with my gut and am gonna have it chambered for the 250 Savage since they are getting harder to come by and you can still buy 257 Bobs new. I do handload and will have dies, brass, powders by the time it's ready and since I already have a 25-06 and my daughter has a 25-35 we have a selection of 25 cal bullets around. I can and probably will just buy a roberts this summer.

yeah if you reload you can load up some good rounds. if it was gonna be factory ammo i would have gone 257.

but sence you are reloading might as well be different and go with the 250.

thats what i would have done too.

[russ]

i love my savage 99 in 250sav. BUT, i think the 257 is a better choice becuase its easily found and cheaper.

[Bookworm]

I love shooting my 257. I only hunted with it one year because my grandpa hand built the stock on it. It would kill me if I damaged the stock.

[wapitislayer]

I HUNT WITH A MODEL  600 IN 350. REM. MAG . I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD PUT OTHER CALIBERS ON THIS MODEL. I AM AWARE THEY ALSO CHAMBERED A 6.5 MAG.

[runningboard]

I HUNT WITH A MODEL  600 IN 350. REM. MAG . I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD PUT OTHER CALIBERS ON THIS MODEL. I AM AWARE THEY ALSO CHAMBERED A 6.5 MAG.

Yep, I almost went with a 6.5-284 since it intrigues me and as I told a friend it is everything the 6.5 mag was supposed to be. but in the end I thought since this is for my kids and not me I'd better stick to the original plan.

i think the 257 is a better choice becuase its easily found and cheaper.

I can kinda agree with that, but when I did find 250 ammo it was less than 257's, not as many choice though. But since I am gonna be handloading and will buy at least 100 brass I should never be hurting for ammo, unless I leave it on the kitchen counter when I'm on my way out the door!

[wapitislayer]

when you get the gun back will it have a ventilated rib and a 18 1/2 inch barrel

[runningboard]

when you get the gun back will it have a ventilated rib and a 18 1/2 inch barrel

Nope, I told 'em to leave it & the sights off and to finish the barrel at 24".