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re: Looking to have a rifle built..update

Posted on 12/29/23 at 11:18 am to
Posted by Duckhammer_77
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Member since Nov 2016
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Posted on 12/29/23 at 11:18 am to
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tikka in 6.5x55

Can confirm this is one very accurate rifle, a one-shot dropper. Put lots of deer in the freezer for me.
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6149 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 12:20 pm to
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What’s your budget?


I’m still undecided. I’ll know more what I’m looking at after I meet with the gunsmith. I’m hoping for the 2500-3k range . The wife may fuss if it’s too much more .
Posted by saintsfan1977
West Monroe, from Cajun country
Member since Jun 2010
8307 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 12:29 pm to
Redhawk rifles has Bartlein sendero/ varmint.25 barrels for $450 in stock.
Posted by 257WBY
Member since Feb 2014
6060 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 12:42 pm to
Billy Tierce is a great gunsmith. He’s built several rifles for friends.
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6149 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 12:49 pm to
I’ve heard great things about him as well. He’s a little over an hour from here but looking forward to the trip. My son wants to be a gunsmith so he’s excited about going also.
Posted by Got Blaze
Youngsville
Member since Dec 2013
9030 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:42 pm to
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I have your number so you can take it down.
Thank you


PW

text me whenever as this is what I have found so far

- Ruger 77 tang safety in 257 Roberts

- Winchester BACO (US made / Browning) newer production Featherweight with box but it is not the best shooter! 1 1/4-1/2”. Really nice handling gun with some minor marks. $1050 shipped.

- Winchester 70 XTR featherweight in .257 Bob that has been sitting in the safe for a while now. Very good + condition. Shoots 100 gr loads well. (I have data as well)
Blued/Walnut.

- pre-64 model 70 .257 Bob

thx
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6149 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:48 pm to
Wow…thats a heck of a find on those .
Just messaged you
Posted by ItsBernie
Louisiana
Member since May 2019
312 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 7:08 pm to
Mr. Billy did some work on my Weatherby, great guy to deal with.
Posted by mfiredog
Stonewall
Member since Oct 2016
691 posts
Posted on 12/29/23 at 8:20 pm to
Have the chamber honed to Ackley Improved! Make it super cool
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6149 posts
Posted on 1/6/24 at 11:10 am to
A little bit of an update. Thanks to Got Blaze , I have a pristine Ruger Model 77 in 257 Robert’s on the way. It should arrive at my FFL early next week. Huge thanks to Got Blaze for finding this gun and putting me in contact with the seller. I won’t need to have one built as I was planning . I’m like a kid waiting on Christmas. I’ll post pics as soon as I have it.
Posted by TigerOnThe Hill
Springhill, LA
Member since Sep 2008
6943 posts
Posted on 1/7/24 at 2:32 pm to
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Have the chamber honed to Ackley Improved! Make it super cool

Well, I'm late to the party, but since you handload, I also was also going to suggest the Ackley Improved version of the 257 if you were going to get a new barrel, I used to load so 257 Roberts ammo for a friend, When he took a grandson deer hunting, he liked for him and the grandson to carry rifles chambered in the same round, the 257 Roberts. He was going to take them on a hunt in TX at a ranch that did not allow Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets (this was in early 2000) so I worked up a youth load using the 90 gr Sierra HP. They killed a bunch of deer w/ the load through the years until they grew into the 308.

Keep us updated w/ the gun project. Is Roberts brass hard to find?
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
25895 posts
Posted on 1/7/24 at 3:51 pm to
Barnes makes some TTSX that’s 110 or 115 grain. I have 4 or 5 boxes of it in .257 wby mag.

Don’t know if they’re hard to find. That’s of the only calibers I own that I don’t reload for.
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6149 posts
Posted on 1/7/24 at 4:03 pm to
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Is Roberts brass hard to find?


Very, the seller is nice enough to sell me 50 unfired brass as part of the deal. I’ve been reading a lot about a good round for deer for that gun. I’m interested in the Speer hot cor 100, nosler accubond 110, and a couple others.
This post was edited on 1/7/24 at 4:18 pm
Posted by jimbeaux82
Natchitoches, La
Member since Oct 2008
1342 posts
Posted on 1/7/24 at 4:54 pm to
I have a Kimber 84 in 257 Roberts. I shoot 120 gr Nosler Partition handloads and it is a killer
Posted by TigerOnThe Hill
Springhill, LA
Member since Sep 2008
6943 posts
Posted on 1/7/24 at 6:28 pm to
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Is Roberts brass hard to find?


Very

I guess you could expand the neck of 6mm Remington or neck down 7mm Mauser, although might need to turn the necks or trim the brass.
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6149 posts
Posted on 1/7/24 at 7:01 pm to
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guess you could expand the neck of 6mm Remington or neck down 7mm Mauser, although might need to turn the necks or trim the brass.


I could . Just a personal preference to have the correct headstamp.
I’ll have enough to last awhile. If I need some more, Gunbroker has it but it’s pricey.
This post was edited on 1/7/24 at 7:02 pm
Posted by TigerOnThe Hill
Springhill, LA
Member since Sep 2008
6943 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 11:47 am to
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Just a personal preference to have the correct headstamp.
HaHa! I understand. One of my hunting buddies ammo. The only guns w/ the "right" headstamp ammo are 221 Fireball, 22 Nosler, 260 Rem, 7-08 Rem and 284 Win. I've started putting loading instructions in each handloading notebook for my guns.
This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 11:52 am
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