.257 Roberts or 6.5X55 Swede, anybody still hunt with them?

[onzi710]

For the past three years since buying my 280AI, it has replaced all other big game chamberings. Yesterday while poking around in my reloading room, I found that I had all the components to load my Swede and hunt deer with it this fall.
A lot of fine memories came back.
I used to hunt desert deer with either a 30-06 or a .270. Both were way more than needed. I bought a Remington 721 in the Roberts, and used it for many years. I sold it and bought a featherweight stainless model 70 in the 6.5x55 the moment they came out. Now it is long out of production.

Maybe I should have kept the "Roberts" too. but I didn't.

Anyway, I know the 6.5 Creed is the king of this range of chamberings now, but I wondered if anybody else was still using either of these time honored calibers and wandering about the game fields hunting with an older rifle chambered for either one.
I used these chamberings for both Burro Deer and Inyo Deer. Great hunts they were.

 

[meketrefe]

The 257 has a nice selection of hunting bullets but the 6.5 even more and will have more killing power based on momentum and section alone.
When the bullet hits the target what casing came from has zero relevance.
If the bullet is the correct, impact speed above 2100-2200 fps for most projectile designs and one has a reliable and accurate rifle to shoot then the chambering is irrelevant to what that rifle and shooter can do.
The 6.5 creed is the current fashion now but in reality is the exact same thing as the 260 and the amazing 6.5x47 lapua that has been raking championships for 15 years.

 

[Saltwater60]

No need to upgrade if you have success. I don’t have either of those calibers and never did, but I’ve always liked old antique things. Enjoy whatever you’re using and get out there.