{"id":8388,"date":"2014-02-13T18:19:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T18:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=8388"},"modified":"2014-11-14T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:08:38","slug":"21st-century-257-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/21st-century-257-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"21st Century .257 Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Could this new cartridge &#8211; designed specifically for the AR 15 &#8211; be the Roberts of the future?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/srcarms.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8389\" alt=\"25-45 Sharps\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/25-45-Sharps-1024x755.jpg?resize=588%2C433\" width=\"588\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could this new cartridge &#8211; designed specifically for the AR 15 &#8211; be the Roberts of the future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[481,482,483,484],"class_list":["post-8388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-25-45-sharps","tag-250-savage","tag-257-roberts","tag-ar-15-cartridges"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-2bi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14138,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-257-wildcat-or-somethingoranother\/","url_meta":{"origin":8388,"position":0},"title":"The 257 Wildcat or 25 Somethinganother","author":"gunwriter","date":"December 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I need your help - but more on that in a moment. (See poll at bottom of post.) I\u2019ve always been a quarter-bore kind of guy. The allure of the 257 Roberts hit me early and lasted long. 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I mostly blame this sort of reaction on neophobia, partly because that is what it is and partly because it sounds\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \".32 H&amp;R Magnum\"","block_context":{"text":".32 H&amp;R Magnum","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/tag\/32-hr-magnum\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"All these cartridges were designed to bring something new to the AR 15. One - developed by me and several smart ballistic engineers -  has never before been seen. I could tell you about it but the blog ninjas afflicted with neophobia would immediately start with the same old same old. 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In fact, I\u2019m not sure how that qualification could even be obtained. I am however often asked for advice when it comes to cartridge selection. 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