How many on here shoot a 7x57?
- Thread starter Eagleye
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- Steel Town and The Peg
Just resurrecting this thread, as I'm on the hunt for a quality 7x57 hunting rifle.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Building another 7x57, just placed my order for a Satterlee intermediate titanium Mauser action. Will probably go stainless Krieger for the tube, and make the stock in house. Likely won't be ready til 2013 but it'll be worth it. 
Building another 7x57, just placed my order for a Satterlee intermediate titanium Mauser action. Will probably go stainless Krieger for the tube, and make the stock in house. Likely won't be ready til 2013 but it'll be worth it.
Indeed!!!
keep us posted
- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
Too much 7x57 #### for one night... gotto go relieve myself !!
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- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
Building another 7x57, just placed my order for a Satterlee intermediate titanium Mauser action. Will probably go stainless Krieger for the tube, and make the stock in house. Likely won't be ready til 2013 but it'll be worth it.
Now that will be a sight to see! If you don't mind me asking, what does a custom kit like that set you back?
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
http://www.satterleearms.com/intermediate.htm
Above is Satterlee's rundown on the titanium, a remarkable action that is titanium right down to every screw even- only a few springs are steel. Not cheap, but very reasonable for what is done to make it, I actually see it as a very good deal.
With the options I added, it went up a healthy bit, but I like to keep the guns I like forever and use them well, so it might as well be just-so if I'm paying well for a gun. It was either build a custom smallbore express rifle or buy an existing classic, likely something by Holland & Holland as I know where a few nice ones are, but also looked at the new Ralf Martini stock patterned Heym Express. Naturally I also considered double rifles, but those are a big bore specialty to me and I needed a smallbore I really like to round out my hunting battery. I have a .375 I hunt everything with and wanted to lighten its work load, but I like that .375 so much it had to be something really special.
I discounted the classic express rifle, as while I love them I'm a hunter foremost not a collector, and the smallest common chambering for them is .300 H&H- too close to my .375. The Heym, well I wanted an all-weather rifle in stainless or better, titanium, and again their controlled round feed (a must for me) light express rifles are chambered in relatively heavy cartridges where I might as well use my .375 again. The doubles were discounted easily as while I love them, I see a Mauser as a far better option for a smallbore for the usual reasons, and again, weather resistance issues.
That left finding a stainless high quality controlled round feed action, the new FN Model 70 was considered but I wanted something double square bridged with integrally machined mounts, and something tighter. I found the Satterlee titanium and it fit every bill and added a reason to spend the money over something commercial- titanium. Plus it's perfectly fit, lets me add options like a drop box and Rigby floorplate, classic styling, the integral mounts, etc.
So, there's the story you never asked for.
Above is Satterlee's rundown on the titanium, a remarkable action that is titanium right down to every screw even- only a few springs are steel. Not cheap, but very reasonable for what is done to make it, I actually see it as a very good deal.
With the options I added, it went up a healthy bit, but I like to keep the guns I like forever and use them well, so it might as well be just-so if I'm paying well for a gun. It was either build a custom smallbore express rifle or buy an existing classic, likely something by Holland & Holland as I know where a few nice ones are, but also looked at the new Ralf Martini stock patterned Heym Express. Naturally I also considered double rifles, but those are a big bore specialty to me and I needed a smallbore I really like to round out my hunting battery. I have a .375 I hunt everything with and wanted to lighten its work load, but I like that .375 so much it had to be something really special.
I discounted the classic express rifle, as while I love them I'm a hunter foremost not a collector, and the smallest common chambering for them is .300 H&H- too close to my .375. The Heym, well I wanted an all-weather rifle in stainless or better, titanium, and again their controlled round feed (a must for me) light express rifles are chambered in relatively heavy cartridges where I might as well use my .375 again. The doubles were discounted easily as while I love them, I see a Mauser as a far better option for a smallbore for the usual reasons, and again, weather resistance issues.
That left finding a stainless high quality controlled round feed action, the new FN Model 70 was considered but I wanted something double square bridged with integrally machined mounts, and something tighter. I found the Satterlee titanium and it fit every bill and added a reason to spend the money over something commercial- titanium. Plus it's perfectly fit, lets me add options like a drop box and Rigby floorplate, classic styling, the integral mounts, etc.
So, there's the story you never asked for.
I bought a Savage in 7X57 last year. First Savage and third rifle in 7X57. The Savage is unreal. Accurate, light weight, nicely built. I took a whitetail last year with it and plan on using it a ton this year. I am loading 140grain Accubonds. 7X57 is my all time fav cartridge.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
This one is still working hard. I think the whole family likes this rifle, even those who haven't fired it.
Great rifle, great photos, great hunting... All around great stuff!
- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
Ardent; Your build is going to be my inspiration. A lot of nice rifles in this thread to!
