7X57 cal

load reccomendations are great, but I still think they should be approached to with some caution, instead of jumping up two full grains of charge weight when you're already close to the full potential of the cartridge already

to each their own, happy loading
 
The Great 7X57 Round

I have a number of 7mm's all are in 7X57 except one and it is in 7-08.
I like the round because of it's moderate recoil and it just feels comfortable.
I have a Brno 21H with double set triggers.
Ruger No1 AB model.
Custom built commercial action sporter.
I also have a Remington 700 BDL with a stainless Mountain Rifle barrel in 7-08.
I also have about 15 or 20 military Mausers in 7X57.

I think the 7X57 round is a good move for a hunting round. I can't shoot anything with a kick because of a back injury and I have read about the round and I think it's one of the few guns I can shoot. My local gun smith loves the 7mm and he is probably the one person that pointed me in the 7X57 direction.
It's not the round for everyone but I love it.
 
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Wow! That's a lot of 7 x 57's ! Where/how did you find so many military Mausers?

I only have four 7 x 57's (a Number 1 International, a Ruger M77, a 1908 military Brazilian and a little custom job built on a Mauser 96 action - not counting the .280 and the 7-08). But I love them all dearly :) :D


albayo said:
I have a number of 7mm's all are in 7X57 except one and it is in 7-08.
I like the round because of it's moderate recoil and it just feels comfortable.
I have a Brno 21H with double set triggers.
Ruger No1 AB model.
Custom built commercial action sporter.
I also have a Remington 700 BDL with a stainless Mountain Rifle barrel in 7-08.
I also have about 15 or 20 military Mausers in 7X57.

I think the 7X57 round is a good move for a hunting round. I can't shoot anything with a kick because of a back injury and I have read about the round and I think it's one of the few guns I can shoot. My local gun smith loves the 7mm and he is probably the one person that pointed me in the 7X57 direction.
It's not the round for everyone but I love it.
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Well the 7x57 is good for everything in this country altough I would take a 30/06 for bear instead.
Also good against Englishman and the Spaniards say Americans too.
Plus it has very little recoil (Mine had a steel butt plate)
Plus theres the coolness factor of shooting a classic.
my load is 46gr H414 and a 150gr sierra game king
 
Just as the 6mm is potentially a better cartridge than the 243....the 7x57 is potentially better than the 7-08....though neither is my cup of tea....it seems that good handloads in both would favour the 7x57!
 
An awsome cartridge... owned one but couldn't like the old Husky... needed something stainless and synthetic (grin).

There's not a critter in NA I'd hesitate to hunt with the 7x57 with a 140gr TSX @ 2850-2900fps.

An awesome cartridge... actually plan to own a Ruger #1A in 7x57 one day w/6x36 leupold.. my fair weather safe queen!

280_ACKLEY
 
I have been waiting to get back a commercial Yugo Kragujvac Mannlicher that I ask someone to take out the eroded original 7.92 barrel and replace it with a FN model stepped barrel in its original 7x57 chambering.

He came across some problems when he found the V threads were a different profile than a standard M98 receiver. He had to re-cut the barrel shank V threads slightly.

He'll be turning the steps offf to match original barrel contour then replacing original sights.

An old picture of it.
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We have 2 ,7x57 rifles in the family.A Ruger #1 and a Ruger Mod.77.My 115 lb. wife carries the Mod.77 and I the #1.I handload 160 grn.Nosler parts.at 2700 fps.Check out the Ballistic Coe.of this round as compared to a lot of others.It has very little recoil and will kill most anything out to 500 yds.I do not shoot over 300 yds,as I am not a spring chicken anymore.The load is best handloaded.Be sure that you have a modern rifle with a strong action before you handload hot loads for this round.A very good choice of caliber.
 
Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell - (born 1880 Scotland died 1951
Scotland). He volunteered for a mounted Canadian unit in the Boer War,
probably Lord Strathcona’s Corps Horse or the Royal Canadian Mounted
Rifles, but during action his horse was shot and he was captured by
Boer forces. He succeeded in escaping back to the British lines and
survived the war. Bell stayed on in Africa -- his main reason for
joining the army was to get to Africa in the first place -- and became a
professional elephant hunter, probably the best one ever. In his career
he killed a total of 1,011 elephant -- primarly for the ivory tusks --
by shooting the majority of them through the brain with a small bore
calibre .275 Rigby rifle identical to the Boer 7x57 Mauser.
 
Here is something the 7x57 fans will like, my model 1935 Brazillian mauser.(pictures are giant so you can cry over how nice the wood is.)

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Win/64 said:
How much better is the 8x57 ?
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I don't believe that shooting a stubbier bullet could be considered "better".

The longer bullet of the 7mm (for the same bullet weight) makes it a better choice (for penetration on game and flatter trajectory).
 
Tony, very nice Brazilian mauser. I've been looking for one of the unissued pieces for a long time. I've found several that have been cut down and one that was missing a bolt but otherwise untoudhed. All of the cut downs as well as the complete (now) rifle have indenticle chambers. It is impossible to tell which piece of brass comes from which rifle. even the primer indentations are so close that I couldn't tell you for sure. By the way, with proper handloads, 140grain spitzer bullets at appx 2900fps from the 29 in bbl they will shoot under 1moa. If you guys come accross a sporterised one, snap it up, they are dreams to shoot and the craftsmanship is phenomenal. bearhunter
 
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