257 AI in which Action

[brstevens]

What would work best for a 257 Roberts Improve? The Long or shot Axis action?

[jknox1030]

The axis will work for both long and short action calipers. You can also change the original bolt head to match the case.

[Rosco]

The .257 Roberts is a long action cartridge and should work fine in the Axis. To what jnox was pointing out, all Axis actions have the same center to center screw spacing of 4.718'' and work with both Long(30-06,25-06) and Short(.308.223, 22-250 etc..) action cartridges. The differences are in the magazines, mag well size, bolt heads and trigger guards. So for your build, a take-off stock and magazine from a 30-06/25-06 should work just fine. If you are ordering a Boyd's then the Long Action Axis version is what you would need.

Assuming you have your barrel, tools, and headspace gauges you should be ready to go!!

[jknox1030]

The difficulty will be finding a long action box magazine other than the awful stock mag from savage. I haven't found a good aftermarket option for my LA.

[J.Baker]

The difficulty will be finding a long action box magazine other than the awful stock mag from savage. I haven't found a good aftermarket option for my LA.

I don't know what you guys who have problems with the stock magazine are doing to yours to break them, but I've yet to have a single problem with any of mine in the last 4 years.

[pisgah]

The only mag problem encountered with either of my Axis rifles was that the .270's had the little metal tab at the rear broken off when I bought it and got it home -- a casualty I assume happened when it was on display at Walmart. A call to Savage and I had a new, free replacement in 3 days. Zero problems since.