School me on the 7x57

Handloaders with good remington 700s can load the 7x57 to match the 280, case capacity is very close.
Ardent your list has one flaw: the 30-06 can not be matched by any of the others, load it with 190 or 200gr and your ready for the grizz.
Enjoy.
 
I should have stated in the first instance....



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Ardent said:
I have some unfortunate news. I've used the 7x57 a good deal, still do, and it is exactly the same cartridge as the,

.308 Winchester
.260 Remington
7mm-08
6.5x55
.303 Brit
.30-06
.280 Rem
.270 Winchester
.300 Savage
6.5 Creedmoor

…and on.

All can shoot bullets within about 10% of the weight of each other, within about 10% of the speed of each other, and no animal can tell the difference, and truthfully almost no hunter can either. We're simply spitting accelerated lumps of metal at speed, and those lumps are so similar it's even tighter than Ford / Chevy. :) Pick the one you feel nostalgia for or can find on your local shop's shelf, and off to the hunting fields. They are a whole bunch of options of the exact same thing, this said, I have a favourite too, and indeed it's the 7x57. Not many good reasons, but it has an illustrious history and well, I just like it. ;) In the end, suppose what good reasons do we need?
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So, to summarize: it's the equal to some of the great North American cartridges, and a handful of others... plus it has an excellent pedigree.

Sounds alright to me? LOL
 
I have two, both Winchester M70, one is push feed, the older Model 70 is back in New Zealand, and has been getting the job done for many years,
I use Norma ammo if I can get, it in NZ or priv, reload for my new featherweight in Canada, 140-154gr. it seams to be much more fussy, but 154gr Hornardy are looking good.
Tried lots of different cal over the years but keep sliding back to the old classic's, .222, 6mmx57, 7x57, 300H&H and 9.3. should sell the rest, well covered with those 5 rifles.
fine choice for med game, plenty ammo around.
 
hoytcanon said:
.270???

I see a poker and an "all-nighter" log...



;)
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Until a short while ago, the .270 was one of the more popular calibres today that I had never owned. Again, I thought while I can still make use of it, perhaps I should fill that calibre void in my 'collection' and did so with the model 3000 Husqvarna.

I had an uncle that spent the better part of a couple of years in Europe during WWII doing some 'long range' efforts. On the likes of Deer, Black Bear and Moose in the B.C. central interior, the .270 was one of his favorites.

On this years Antelope hunt on draw in Alberta, it was a toss-up between the .270 and a 7x61 S&H. The 7x61 got the call but the .270 will get the next call.
 
hoytcanon said:
Holy crap... who are you and what did you do with Angus...



Prime evidence that abductions do happen...
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They were gentle and minimally invasive, I now watch baits (trailer parks, thirty somethings in basements) in hopes of being the first to bag one. Unfortunately staring at people through windows holding a .375 is frowned upon these days.
 
My 7x57 id of the rare here. It is a mauser 98 action ( no markings) with a barrel by whitworth. Lots of history with all three in one gun. 140gr accubond with 47gr imr4350. Mild recoil and the accubond is unbelievable. I have never recovered a single one, even after hitting a mule deer dead centre of the sholder it still went through the bone, 2 ribs across the chest and out 2 more ribs at 180 yard. I can also shoot 120gr hornady at yote getting 3 rounds into 1" at 100yr.
 
jayhart said:
I have never recovered a single one, even after hitting a mule deer dead centre of the sholder it still went through the bone, 2 ribs across the chest and out 2 more ribs at 180 yard. I can also shoot 120gr hornady at yote getting 3 rounds into 1" at 100yr.
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Wow... that is alot of expansion... two ribs on each side...

And that coyote was a pretty steady animal... holding still for the three shot group... I am assuming that was C-T-C...
 
Hahah it does read like that. Have tryed a lot of other bullets on deer the accubond is just awsome. Way less meat damage.
 
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