257 Roberts Improved thoughts

[roymunson]

My FIL was a gunsmith and was handing out some of the guns he had made to family over Christmas.
Pretty cool gesture.

So my family ended up with a 257 Roberts Improved. On a Mark V action with a milled barrel. Not sure it'll ever go to the woods, but what can you tell me about it. Didn't come with ammo. But my understanding is its the 28 degree shoulder and not the 40 degree AI version. I can reload, but i cannot even find anything online to buy ammo. Im not deep enough into reloading to reform brass, but would like to at least fire it and see how it works as a tribute to grandpa.

Any input anyone has, direction to go with ammo, etc, would be appreciated.

 

[The Guide]

My FIL was a gunsmith and was handing out some of the guns he had made to family over Christmas.
Pretty cool gesture.

So my family ended up with a 257 Roberts Improved. On a Mark V action with a milled barrel. Not sure it'll ever go to the woods, but what can you tell me about it. Didn't come with ammo. But my understanding is its the 28 degree shoulder and not the 40 degree AI version. I can reload, but i cannot even find anything online to buy ammo. Im not deep enough into reloading to reform brass, but would like to at least fire it and see how it works as a tribute to grandpa.

Any input anyone has, direction to go with ammo, etc, would be appreciated.

If the gun did not come with a set of reloading dies, your in kind of a pickle. You can fire standard 257 Roberts ammo in an Improved chamber and it will be fire formed to the chamber dimensions that you can then measure. Alternatively, you could have a gunsmith "slug" the chamber with lead and get measurements from that.

Jay