New to the 7x57, just picked up a new mod 70 feather weight in 7x57, if it is a shooter will make it my new White Tail gun for our New England Woods. Typical range inside of 100yrs but may be out to 150-200yrds. Thinking 150-160grn bullet.
All thoughts and loads welcome.
Thanks

I would use a 150 grain Nosler Partition.

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Originally posted by LJS:
I would use a 150 grain Nosler Partition.

+1
My "go-to" bullet in the 7X57. But to tell the truth, any 150-160 grain cup and core bullet will get the job done.

My 7x57 enjoyed the 160 Speer but whatever shoots well in your rifle will kill NE whitetail very dead. don't neglect trying a RN seated out as long as you can get it done in your rifle.

145 grain Speer Grand Slam. Flattens them out of my son's custom Springfield...

I did not like 140s because they are generally too fast in the NE woods. Last one I shot was with a 175 cup n core hornady rn and it went through just as nice as you please with one very dead deer. i'd say it depends on whether you are truly in the woods; 2400 fps is fine with a non premium bullet.

Almost any bullet from 140 on up, Really hard to go wrong. The 140 at 2800 fps. isn't a problem in woods more than any heavier bullet. roger

My favorite deer bullet, whitetail or Mule deer has been for 40 plus years the 130 gr. Speer, either BT or flat base at around 3000 FPS plus with H414 in my long throated 7x57..Its an awesome killer and a deer seldom takes a step when that puppy wacks'em...I also have had good luck with the 145 gr. Speer, and many other bullets..The 7x57 just kills game with about any bullet is my experience..I have been amazed at how well the old 175 gr. slow factory WW an Rem Corelokt kills about anything and its so slow you could smoke a cigarette before it hit the target at 300 yards!

We use the 140 Accubond in the wife's 7x57. She uses it for everything including Elk and Plains Game.

Thanks ...... seem like I'm thinking in the right direction

Zephyr...We have been using mostly 140gr bullets in our 7x57s...we have several in the safe. Havent seen the need to go heavier than 140 for deer.

At the moderate velocities of the little 7mm, I am not convinced it makes a lot of difference what bullet you use for deer...we have used SST's, BT's, game kings, interlocks and partitions and all made short work of deer and antelope for us...

Lots of good cup and core bullets around now days...and they all work pretty good for us..

Zee

since about forever I have used the hornady interlock weighing a whopping 139 grs.
keeping the muzzle velocity below 2900 fps just allows the bullet to do it's job and I have yet to recover one.
we are in between 2750 and 2875 fps in the various 7x57's.
Everything from coyotes to Elk [and one single yearling moose] has been cleanly taken with our X57's using that combination.
I doubt i'll change it up anytime soon.

120 gr. Barnes ttsx.

AMEN! roger

I have never seen a bullet with a white tail, did you mean whitetail as in deer?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer

If you can find some, in a 7x57 and a 7-08, the 154 gr Hoenady round nosed bullet is an absolute hammer.

Zephyr:
Does your M70 have a 10 inch twist barrel?
Then Nosler Partitions (great bullet) in 140 or 150 grain should do the job.

This SC FN mod 70 in 7x57 has a 1-9.5 twist

Zephyr,

They're not sexy but 175 gr anything would work great at the ranges you have in Vermont. I'm from Maine originally and hunted those same huge bodied bucks. A 250-300 lb. buck might warrant the heavy bullet.

Mark

hornday 139gr .. load it mild, shoot it well, and it will slay them

At 7x57 speeds a 140 CoreLokt is all you need. I've seen loaded boxes of 20 cartridges for less than $20.

I'm a huge fan of Sierra Gamekings, and have had absolutely wonderful results with them on deer and elk. I just recently purchased a 7x57 as well and have found that it loves 150 gr Gamekings over 50 gr of RL 19.

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Originally posted by Lamar:
since about forever I have used the hornady interlock weighing a whopping 139 grs.

Yep!

At first, my recently sporterized Mauser, new barrel, etc, shot cheapo Remington Core-lokt 150gr pretty well thru a very clean barrel. later found that 150 gr Nosler Partitions shot even better thru a semi-dirty barrel over IMR4320. My experience with the N P is that I never shot a deer twice with them. In any case, in the northern woods on the larger deer the heavier bullets are better IMHO.

I've used 150g Partitions in our 270s exclusively for many decades. Great bullets.

A bit pricy perhaps for WT, but I developed a load using 140gr North Fork Bonded Cores for my son's 7x57 for our trip to RSA last year.

Frontal quartering shot hit just to the center side of a zebra's left shoulder, passed over the heart through right lung and lodged under the skin at back of right shoulder, zebra dropped like a rock. Blood vessels completely severed from the heart, which just fell out of the animal on cleaning.

Used IMR4350 for 2800fps, a bit fast for thick woods of the northeast perhaps, but it's a NF and it will hold together.

That load also took an nyala, two common reedbuck, impala and a blesbok dropping all of them quite quickly.

The 7x57 is my favourite cartridge and probably the first I will have and load for here in the USA.

For whitetail deer in that caliber I would definitely go with the 140 grain Nosler Accubond.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
hornday 139gr .. load it mild, shoot it well, and it will slay them

And they shoot and hold up out of my 7 Weatherby as well.

I guess if push came to shove in the 7x57 and in my long throated and 06 length magazine rifle, I would opt for the 175 gr. Nosler partition or the 175 gr Rem Corelokt or a few others..The Nosler is deadly on deer and elk in that it starts opeinging faster and stays together so well at that 2700 FPS velocity. The Rem corelokt works on elk just fine and the two deer Ive used it on died quickly and not much meat damaged. The 7x57 breeding is beyond reproach, 30-06 for a father, and a .270 for a mother..How can you beat that.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
I guess if push came to shove in the 7x57 and in my long throated and 06 length magazine rifle, I would opt for the 175 gr. Nosler partition or the 175 gr Rem Corelokt or a few others..The Nosler is deadly on deer and elk in that it starts opeinging faster and stays together so well at that 2700 FPS velocity. The Rem corelokt works on elk just fine and the two deer Ive used it on died quickly and not much meat damaged. The 7x57 breeding is beyond reproach, 30-06 for a father, and a .270 for a mother..How can you beat that.

Now how is it possible that the 7X57 was born before it's Mammy and Pappy? roger

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The 7x57 breeding is beyond reproach, 30-06 for a father, and a .270 for a mother..How can you beat that.

More like the 06 and 270 are grown children of the 8x52 and 7x57.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:

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The 7x57 breeding is beyond reproach, 30-06 for a father, and a .270 for a mother..How can you beat that.

More like the 06 and 270 are grown children of the 8x52 and 7x57.

YES roger

Hell, I dunno, it just happened!

You cannot go wrong with most deer bullets - 140 gr to 160 gr - Hornady, Sierra (keep below 2700 fps), Speer, Nosler, Barnes TSX etc.

The 7X57 will give you about 100 fps more than a 7mm08. A 150 gr TSX is very effective.

I also like the 160 gr Nosler Accubond at 2700 fps.

I would look for a really accurate load that is totally reliable & repeatedly give 1,5 inch of less groups and point of impact does not change. I would not compromise on this.

I would not worry about maximum velocity.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
The 7x57 breeding is beyond reproach, 30-06 for a father, and a .270 for a mother..How can you beat that.

ummm, no...

the 7x57 predates the 30-06 by 10 years, well, the 30-03, but let's not quibble, and, in fact, could be considered the first of the modern smokeless rounds -

it lead to all of the .473 cases, in FACT

the 270? (chortle) - a great copy of the the 7x64, but it came along THIRTY Years later than the 270

I don't know how you do parenting "out there" rayray -- but generally parents aren't younger than children --

what you meant to say is
"as the parent of all modern center fire rifles, Herr Mauser got it RIGHT"


Ray's shockingly audit response

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
picky picky, details details!

It depends on the twist of your barrel. If it's a pre-64 rifle, the heavier 175gr will shoot more accurately. 7x57's were originally designed for the 175's. But you've got to spend some range time to find out what shoots best in your rifle.

Apart from the various twist differences, there is also the difference in bore and groove diameter between the European made 7x57s and those made in the USA.

The European rifles are 0.275" and 0.285" and American rifles are 0.277" and 0.284".

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
The 7x57 breeding is beyond reproach, 30-06 for a father, and a .270 for a mother..How can you beat that.

ummm, no...

the 7x57 predates the 30-06 by 10 years, well, the 30-03, but let's not quibble, and, in fact, could be considered the first of the modern smokeless rounds -

it lead to all of the .473 cases, in FACT

the 270? (chortle) - a great copy of the the 7x64, but it came along THIRTY Years later than the 270

I don't know how you do parenting "out there" rayray -- but generally parents aren't younger than children --

what you meant to say is
"as the parent of all modern center fire rifles, Herr Mauser got it RIGHT"

Too many U.S. state specific jokes are coming to mind, must not type, must not type lol

Don't have a 7X57 but my 7MM-08 does really well with 156 grain Norma Oryx. The most accurate I've found and I've tried several in my hand loading for the caliber.