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This is Tina and I on our first big game hunt together. With Bighorn Outfitters in Buffalo Wyoming, 2022.
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Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, near Malta, Montana, about 14 or 15 years ago.
Remington Model 722, caliber .257 Roberts.
Sierra 117 grain flat base spitzer @ around 2850 fps.
Leupold 6x power scope with standard crosswires and 1 minute dot reticule.
The range was about 35-40 paces, after a long, tedious crawl and waiting for what seemed like forever for this buck to graze toward myself and the Guide while we waited in the sage brush, on our bellies.

The skull on my book shelf is one of my best memories from hunting in Montana.
The oil painting was done by my mother, many years before I was fortunate enough to hunt a pronghorn.
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This was shot in Oregon about 2000 with a patched round ball.
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This was about 12 years ago and shot with my pet 270, also in Oregon.
My largest, ironically, was in Wyoming. I've never scored him but he's probably right at B&C. I don't have a photo of him handy.
 
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I suppose I could have held out for a better one, but I was so happy my son suddenly asked if he could go with me to WY. Up until then he showed no interest in hunting or getting his hands dirty. I wanted to keep the hunt fun and fit a lot of things into the short trip. After butchering, we ended up soaking at the Hobo hot spring and meeting some cousins. Now one of my happiest memories.
 
Cool rifle and great old school scope in that pic. Who’s the maker? And what model optic is that?
That is a 9.3x62 built for me by Dennis Erhardt out of Helena MT. That scope is an early Lyman Alaskan. I have modern optics for that rifle, but I usually just leave the Alaskan on it because I enjoy it.

We were actually hunting elk, but held multiple other tags. Hence the reason she used the 9.3.
 
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, near Malta, Montana, about 14 or 15 years ago.
Remington Model 722, caliber .257 Roberts.
Sierra 117 grain flat base spitzer @ around 2850 fps.
Leupold 6x power scope with standard crosswires and 1 minute dot reticule.
The range was about 35-40 paces, after a long, tedious crawl and waiting for what seemed like forever for this buck to graze toward myself and the Guide while we waited in the sage brush, on our bellies.

The skull on my book shelf is one of my best memories from hunting in Montana.
The oil painting was done by my mother, many years before I was fortunate enough to hunt a pronghorn.View attachment 637347View attachment 637352
It is my steadfast opinion, that the .257 Roberts is the finest cartridge ever invented by the mind of man for the purpose of hunting Pronghorn.
 
That is a 9.3x62 built for me by Dennis Erhardt out of Helena MT. That scope is an early Lyman Alaskan. I have modern optics for that rifle, but I usually just leave the Alaskan on it because I enjoy it.

We were actually hunting elk, but held multiple other tags. Hence the reason she used the 9.3.

Beautiful work by Erhardt.. and I think your choice of the Lyman is really cool.. it tops the rifle really well...
 
It is my steadfast opinion, that the .257 Roberts is the finest cartridge ever invented by the mind of man for the purpose of hunting Pronghorn.
Hello skydiver386,

Indeed it is a real peach for animals of about that size, in conditions where shots of approximately 200 - 400 yards are typical.
There are other vintage - classic cartridges that likewise belong on the western prairies.
But I agree with you that the .257 Roberts is a dandy for same.
Likewise, over my longass lifetime, I’ve lost count of how many coyotes I’ve shot with this caliber, (mostly in Nevada and Soviet Occupied California).

For my grumpy old man way of thinking, nobody should start their young child out with a .243 on deer hunting.
At typical tree stand close range, the .257 with its slightly heavier bullet, breaks bones a wee bit more reliably.
And yet it shoots plenty flat for longer shots (such as with pronghorn and mule deer hunting).

If I was a big wheel with Remington, I would never have introduced the .244 - 6MM cartridge.
Instead, I would’ve pushed the .257 Roberts (and the 6.5x55 as well) vigorously.
But what do I know, some folks say I don’t know very much.:ROFLMAO:

Cheers,
Velo Dog.
 
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