This rifle belonged to my grandfather and he passed it to my father and my father passed it to me 28 years ago. In the spring of every year I take it out and check the zero. I use it primarily for a truck rifle. For Coyotes and Rockchucks/Woodchcucks. Since my grandfather and my father have both passed, this rifle means the world to me. I have tried to talk myself into reblueing it and putting a bastonge walnut stock on it many times but I can't bring myself to change the form it was in when it was first handed to me.

Every year I fear the barrel will give up the ghost. I have shot this rifle allot over the years.

I have run the same load and bullets for as long as I can remember. After this group I just sat and smiled, just something neat about a old rifle that shoots.

The top group were all 139gr Hornady's. The bottom group was after a scope adjustment. I shot one of the 139gr Hornady's. Then I shot one of the 162gr Hornady's to confirm my point of impact compared to the 139's. Stacked them right on top of each other. Did this from the prone off a bipod and a wool blanket as my rear bag.





Just a couple it's rolled over the years.

Nice history - still getting the job done! Another reason that the 7X57 has the following that it does.

WOW !!! roger

Nice buck; many Spanish 93s I have seen (guy brought one in this week) the receivers are so soft that lugs set back in short order.

I have one a lot like that but in a scout set up shoots well to

Very nice rifle. Love the 7mm Mauser, I have one in a Ruger #1. Perfect deer and hog caliber.

You've inspired me to do a post of my own. Thanks!

7x57 Mauser - the caliber that God shoots!

That was my first big game rifle I had when I was a kid. It cost me $40 if I remember right. Laugh all you want about their supposed shortcommings but mine was a faithful companion for most of my youth.

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Originally posted by Cougarz:
That was my first big game rifle I had when I was a kid. It cost me $40 if I remember right. Laugh all you want about their supposed shortcommings but mine was a faithful companion for most of my youth.

-39.95, a 95 Chilean in concours condition delivered by the mailman. I bough another two years ago, bubba sporterized not badly for three bills.

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Originally posted by Cougarz:
That was my first big game rifle I had when I was a kid. It cost me $40 if I remember right. Laugh all you want about their supposed shortcommings but mine was a faithful companion for most of my youth.

My father used to always say. "Not to shabby for a 39.00 mail order rifle".

Very nice!

Took a short walk with it this morning and bagged a couple chucks.

Hard to argue with those kind of results from the oldest, rimless sporting cartridge on the planet.. I LOVE my 7X57!

I think one of those small ring actions in 7X57 or 257 would make a peach of a lightweight mountian rifle.