In 87, I took 100# blacktail @ 15 TSS using a M70 Winlite in 7mm RM with 140 gr Sierra. Front left shoulder and bullet vaporized. I traded it for another Winlite in 338 WM.

I have used a Kimber 84 in 7-08 to take 3 antelope, with shots ranging from 250-400 yrds. I believe I used 140 gr NBTs.

The only 7mm I have left is a Sako AV 7x64, but haven't got blood on it yet.

Great thread at a great time because I was starting to think my .280 Rem is inadequate for an upcoming mnt. goat hunt because the word "Magnum" is not in the cartridge's title. First time hunting with a .280.

I took my 300 RUM to Africa shooting 200gr nosler pertitions. I killed 4 animals with it. longest shot was 280yds.

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Originally posted by Dthfrmbv:
Great thread at a great time because I was starting to think my .280 Rem is inadequate for an upcoming mnt. goat hunt because the word "Magnum" is not in the cartridge's title. First time hunting with a .280.

The .280 would be an excellent choice for Mtn goat.The 7mags have a significant advantage with heavy slugs but not near as much with bullet weights best for game of that size.

The biggest was a Red stag with a 7x57 it took two steps and fell over.
The latest was two days ago with a 7mm-08. The rifle a Tikka T3 s/s the load Selleir and Bellot 139 grain RN over 48 grains of H4350 Rem cases CCI LR primer.
The deer was struck just right with a nice clean entry hole and a great exit. taking out the lungs in the process. She was DRT.
There's a bit of butchering to be done over the weekend.

I've shot and killed a running Boar with my 7mm Mag. The bullet was a nosler 160gr.

Remington stainless synthetic Model 7, 7mm-08 with 140 grain old-style Nosler Solid Bases. Have killed both WT and MD, bull and cow elk, black bear, antelope, and one bull moose. All pretty much dead within yards.

I'm a real fan of the 7MM-08, 280, and 7 Rem Mag., and Barnes TSX's just made all three that much better!

245 pound whitetail and several 300 pound hogs

Blacktail
with
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7x65R

Shot my first bull moose (a large one) with a 7x57 ZKK601 in October 1969 near Ft. Assiniboine, Alta, Canada using cases formed from SL-56 '06 brass, RWS LR primers, and 139 gr. Hornady spire points. Shot him twice at ca 180 yards.

Both shots went clear through near shoulder blade and chest, and exited through far shoulder blade. Either shot would have killed him but neither he or I knew that until he dropped stone dead. After 30-45 seconds, he just fell over sideways as if someone had tipped over a wooden horse, and never moved again.

Traded that rifle shortly afterward in Edmonton for a minty pre-war M70 .30-06 which I still have. But, have been looking for 40 years to get that 7x57 back. A fella here at AR pointed one out to me on a Canadian website which may well have been it, but I was hospitalized for foot surgery yet again the next day, so never ever got to even see a picture of the one he alerted me to.

Am still looking to get that rifle back, and am still offering a $500 U.S. finder's fee to anone who helps me get that rifle back into my ownership. I can arrange for its import from Canada to Cave Creek, Arizona myself.

My son shot a wildebeest with a 7mm-08 using 140gr nosler partitions. One shot and he crumpled.

Biggest would be 6x6 bull elk with 7x57 and 139 Hornady, only took one shot.

Dear Schauckis

I am getting a 7-08 for my son.
It will be the take any thing rifle.

He as taken red deer, 5 african, goats and pigs all with a 243. So the 7-08 will be a big step up. he is now 12.

We have taken may animals with the 7mm over the years up to large deer.

Regards Mark

So far, the largest/heaviest game I have taken with my 7x57 is a 7x7 Red Stag. My guide estimated its weight at 100kg.

It was a few tense minutes watching him travel up the hill side opposite me, stopping every so often, until I had the angle I wanted to take the shot. I was careful to place the shot behind the L shoulder. It did not exit. He never recovered from the effects of gravity DOA. We assume it disintegrated inside the chest cavity as there was no blood when we took off the back straps and hind legs

It was with a 140 grain Sierra Spt Bt at a range of 120 yards. Muzzle velocity is a chrono'd 2,780fps. IMHO this projectile is best kept to rib and neck shots. I could have made this kill with a .243W and 100 grain projjies.



I say 'so far', as I am taking it outback for camels in four weeks and have loaded the Woodleigh 175 PPSN which I believe will be overkill. It is however the most accurate load for this rifle.

The 7x57 has the flexibility to take a range of game. With a 140 I would take any sheep, goat or deer sized game. For African PG I plan to use a 154 or 160. The 175 should be able to take almost any large, soft skinned, non DG on the planet.

Watch for the hunt and terminal ballistics report.

The biggest and only thing I have killed with one of the 3 7mm's I own was a 27lb turkey gobbler with my 7x57R and 173gr H mantals.

Head shot him on the fly when I pulled the wrong trigger on my combo gun. No lack of killing power.

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The biggest and only thing I have killed with one of the 3 7mm's I own was a 27lb turkey gobbler with my 7x57R and 173gr H mantals.

Head shot him on the fly when I pulled the wrong trigger on my combo gun. No lack of killing power.

Excellent. Ultimate bragging rights though.

Eland with 7mm Rem Mag 160gr TSX

i have taken several bull elk and a fairly decent Alberta bull moose with my 280 rem with 160 Nosler partitions. The moose was close and only one shot he ran 20yds and fell over.

Code4 The best part of it was I had two wittness's also.

I shot a boulder with mine once. Weighed about ten tons at a guess. Killed it stone dead. Hasn't moved since.

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Originally posted by Carlsen Highway:
I shot a boulder with mine once. Weighed about ten tons at a guess. Killed it stone dead. Hasn't moved since.

Good luck gutting that.

Biggest I've taken with my 7x57 would be an elk at 50 yards and it only traveled 30 yards after being hit. One 150 grain Nosler Partition pushed by 49 grains IMR-4350 tight behind shoulder resulted in complete pass through and elk died in 4 or 5 seconds.

280 AI

I have a Ruger #1 RSI in 7x57 and I just rebarreled a Tikka T3 light to 7x57. The Tikka has a 22" fluted barrel 1 in 9 twist from Pac-nor. Using max book loads from Nosler, Hornady and Sierra, 139 btsp-sierra 140gr spitzer bullets, The best velocity I've been able to achieve it just under 2700 fps and the groups were 3" (not remotely acceptable). I've worked up loads using IMR4350, RL19 and RL15. The IMR4350 which shoots great in the No. 1 did not do well in the Tikka at all nor did the RL19. I shot RL15 yesterday which returned pretty good groups across all loads (started at 1.4" and ended up at .55" groups but didn't shoot across crony yet. Nosler book "claims" they are using a 22" barrel in their tests but I consistently get 150-200fps less than their book velocities..no matter what rifle I'm loading for. My question, How are people getting these 2700-2800+ fps velocities? are they using longer barrels coupled with loading over max book loads?

"bang-flops", I thought i was the only one who used that term!

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Originally posted by archer_375:
I've killed two moose with my 7mm using 165 grain Nosler Partitions. Both were high shoulder bang-flops.

I killed a kudu (54') on May 10, 2011 in Limpopo.

The rifle was a 7x57, CZ 550 Medium Lux with an 8" twist. The bullet was a GSCHV 140 grainer over 41.7 grains of Vihtavuori N150. It was approximately an 180 yard shot, one shot only - kudu didn't make one step upon being hit. Kudu were in the rut.

Jack rabbit..

I was undergunned...

Several bull elk each with 7x57 and & 7 Rem Mag.

465H&H

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Originally posted by Carlsen Highway:
I shot a boulder with mine once. Weighed about ten tons at a guess. Killed it stone dead. Hasn't moved since.

You're gonna be eating "rock soup" a long time, I figger...

My biggest 7mm kill was a local bull elk (Manitoba strain) with my 7x64 Brenneke Brno 21H. Bullet was RWS 174gr. TUG factory load, shot at about 80 yds. Double lung shot, bulelt exited, bull ran about 50 yds after. I have had the same results with that bullet placement from several elk shot with 250 gr. .35 whelen bullets. So from a sample of one, the 7x64 kills just as well as the .35 whelen ;-)

WildeBeest and zebra with a 7mm-08 hornady superformance 139 grain sst

My wife has killed a brown bear and a couple moose with her Savags 99 in .284 with 140 x bullets.

it's not an elk or bear but a pretty respectable Alabama Whitetail 4.5 years old 190 lbs the day after Thanksgiving in '09. This was one of 6 racked bucks that came in a string over my left shoulder. Shot it with a Ruger #1 RSI in 7x57. I shot a big nanny doe just minutes before shooting him. Both dropped like a sack of flour. These were the first two deer shot with it. Pretty good way to bloody a rifle!!!

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I shot a couple Cape buffalo on a cull with a 7x57, also shot 6 with a 8x57 and milsurp ammo..

I have shot a number of elk with the 7x57 with 160 and 175 gr. Noslers, and I witnessed an elephant bull shot in the heart with a 7x57 using Woodleigh solids, by a PH and that bull ran 100 yards and flopped over dead. He bled like a stuck hog.

It is the lightest caliber that I would hunt any animal on this planet with and have a feeling of confidence as to the results.

Well I would have to say an Alaskan-Yukon Moose, my old steyr Model M Professional. A 140 gr Nosler Partition in my old standard handload. 50 gr of IMR-4350. One shot ran off then fell over in knee deep water like they always do when I shoot one. Last year I just killed two white tails with the same rifle, I felt I was a little over gunned, We have to many deer running around. A 223 or a 250-3000 would be more than enough. Going to use a 30-30 this year.

Mine was a 100 ft pine tree... pulled the trigger, the bullet hit it and it never even moved!!!

DRT!!!

Eland and waterbuck

does a 270 win count?

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Originally posted by Dthfrmbv:
Great thread at a great time because I was starting to think my .280 Rem is inadequate for an upcoming mnt. goat hunt because the word "Magnum" is not in the cartridge's title. First time hunting with a .280.

Your .280 should do fine.
I push a Hornady 139BTSP to 2900ish in my .280 and it has cleanly killed everything it's pointed at from 10yds to 326. Antelope was at 326 facing me, in through the throat and out between the shoulder blades. Last three deer I pointed it at were at 275, 200, and 225 yards and that bullet performed well on soft lung shots or the big buck where it went in between the shoulder blades and plowed through eight inches of spine the long way at 200 yds. Bullet wieghed about 100gr when found at the base of his jaw.

The best part is that this 700 Mountain Rifle will put ten shots into an inch at 100yds and shoots very flat so I have a ton of confidence in it.

A 140 gr AB in my 7x57.



My 13 year old son with his 7x57 using the 160 gr AB.