gunrunner100
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That's an ugly rifle Cat! Sell it..........to me
7 mm mauser question
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7X57 Custom
I have a number of 7X57's and I like the commercial rifles in that caliber. You could buy a great gun for what it will cost you to build one. I have a custom 7mm that I thought was a magnum but was happy, as a clam to find out it was a 7X57. I went through about 6 or 8 Brno 21H rifles to get one that wasn't screwed up by Bubba before finding a really great one. My favorite 7mm's are my Ruger No1 AB model, and a Remington 700 BDL with a slim 22" stainless 7-08 barrel. Both are short and handy firearms in 7mm. Don't spend a fortune on converting a military rifle into a sporter. In the end you will just have a military sporter and don't have a hope in He** of getting your investment back out of it. Buy a good used commercial firearm and rebarrel it or buy one in the caliber you want.
But then I cringe every time someone butchers a really great military rifle to make a sporter out of it.
Just my two cents
Albayo
I have a number of 7X57's and I like the commercial rifles in that caliber. You could buy a great gun for what it will cost you to build one. I have a custom 7mm that I thought was a magnum but was happy, as a clam to find out it was a 7X57. I went through about 6 or 8 Brno 21H rifles to get one that wasn't screwed up by Bubba before finding a really great one. My favorite 7mm's are my Ruger No1 AB model, and a Remington 700 BDL with a slim 22" stainless 7-08 barrel. Both are short and handy firearms in 7mm. Don't spend a fortune on converting a military rifle into a sporter. In the end you will just have a military sporter and don't have a hope in He** of getting your investment back out of it. Buy a good used commercial firearm and rebarrel it or buy one in the caliber you want.
But then I cringe every time someone butchers a really great military rifle to make a sporter out of it.
Just my two cents
Albayo
gunrunner100
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- NW Ontario
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Gibbs505 said:
Oh, GAWD!!!
First I find out it's UGLY, then I find out it's not POPULAR!!
Well, at least I have a buyer I can unload it on --- NOT!!
I am curious I have a early tang Ruger 7x57 that I never could get to shoot well with anything other than great long bullets. I had it re-chambered to .280 & it became an instant tack driver. The fired cases have a distinct ring around the neck from what's left of the shorter 7x57 oversize neck diameter. I never could figure out why the 7x57 had a chamber neck dia approx 5 thou larger than any other standard 7mm cartridge when the bullet diameters & case neck thicknesses are the same I just figured 7x57 had sloppy chambers including the necks to improve reliability in the field & my early Ruger used the military chamber specs??
?? Are commercial 7x57 chamber specs different than military?
& it became an instant tack driver. The fired cases have a distinct ring around the neck from what's left of the shorter 7x57 oversize neck diameter. I never could figure out why the 7x57 had a chamber neck dia approx 5 thou larger than any other standard 7mm cartridge when the bullet diameters & case neck thicknesses are the same I just figured 7x57 had sloppy chambers including the necks to improve reliability in the field & my early Ruger used the military chamber specs???? Are commercial 7x57 chamber specs different than military?
