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<blockquote data-quote="MooseChaos" data-source="post: 2202754" data-attributes="member: 117474"><p>I shoot 257 Roberts AI in a 1909 Argentine with an original P. O. Ackley barrel, I'm building a m98 small ring in 6.5-55AI that should weigh @6.5# when I'm finished, I have and shoot two other 6.5-55 standards along with a 7-57, a 7mag, an -06 and my beavy of 8-57s. When I reach and grab at the start of deer season i usually grab my 8-57 with the peep sights unless I'm going to my overlook stand where I can have 300+ yard shots. Them I'll pick oneof the 6.5s or the 257... often the 6.5 Tikka. </p><p></p><p>A lot of people look down on the old military cartridges from WW1-2, but they rurn around and praise rhe 5.56 & 300 blackout. I can't quite figure that out. Is it because they don't know how to handle recoil? Do they just not like old cartridges? These are extremely versitile rounds that will handle any game on this continent if the nut behind the gun does his/her work and will do so economically. I shoot 170-175 grain Spitzers OVER loads in the high 40's of 4320 or similar medium burn rate powder and plop those into hairy critters and single ragged holes qith boring regularity. Just sayin...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MooseChaos, post: 2202754, member: 117474"] I shoot 257 Roberts AI in a 1909 Argentine with an original P. O. Ackley barrel, I'm building a m98 small ring in 6.5-55AI that should weigh @6.5# when I'm finished, I have and shoot two other 6.5-55 standards along with a 7-57, a 7mag, an -06 and my beavy of 8-57s. When I reach and grab at the start of deer season i usually grab my 8-57 with the peep sights unless I'm going to my overlook stand where I can have 300+ yard shots. Them I'll pick oneof the 6.5s or the 257... often the 6.5 Tikka. A lot of people look down on the old military cartridges from WW1-2, but they rurn around and praise rhe 5.56 & 300 blackout. I can't quite figure that out. Is it because they don't know how to handle recoil? Do they just not like old cartridges? These are extremely versitile rounds that will handle any game on this continent if the nut behind the gun does his/her work and will do so economically. I shoot 170-175 grain Spitzers OVER loads in the high 40's of 4320 or similar medium burn rate powder and plop those into hairy critters and single ragged holes qith boring regularity. Just sayin... [/QUOTE]
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