Men,

I know that Ruger currently offers a No.1 in 7x57 Mauser, but is anyone aware of any manufactures currently producing bolt action rifles for this fine cartridge?

I appreciate any insight

I think CZ does but I am not sure.

CZ hasn't made a 7x57 for a year or two. The No.1 is the only one I am aware of from any major American manufacturer.

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Ruger used to chamber the 77 Mark II in 7x57 -- I have one. But that was some years ago, and I think they've now dropped it.

Remington also made the Model 700 in 7x57; in fact I think one year their Limited Classic was in that caliber. I think they also made it for a time in their 700 Mountain Rifle. But to the best of my knowledge Remington has dropped it too. I haven't tried, but I suspect that you could get their Custom Shop to make you a 7x57.

I agree that it's a shame that manufacturers have quit making the 7x57. It is one of my favorite calibers. I guess sales were too small to support it.

Factory 7x57 ammo is becoming hard to find too at local dealers. You can get it from a national dealer such as Midway.

According to their web site, Heym makes the SR 21 Carbine in 7x57. http://www.heym-waffenfabrik.de/

Blaser still chambers for the 7x57 (as well as for its' rimmed sister - 7x57R): http://www.blaser.de/Calibers_Standard-Imperial.367.0.html?&L=1.

- mike

there is a CZ FS in 7x57 for sale in the classifieds is there not?

Rich
DRSS

I have a cousin just down the road who has a Winchester "Feather Weight" in 7X57.

Teat hound !
Don't pass to quickly on the #1. I have had a #1A in 7X57 for about 2 months. I shot it today and I am extreamly happy with the rifle and the round.
I have herd all the horror stories about accuracy But my 1st group today was a.50 at 105 yards. The next group was .75 and the 3rd had 2 into .40 before 1 not so good shot opend the group to 1.50.
I loaded up a dummy round and have been practicing getting a quick second shot off, and its prety darn quick, and I am really looking forward to taking that little rifle into the woods after mule deer.
...tj3006

CZ's "international" website lists their 550 standard in 7x57. I don't know if this can be imported to the States.

http://www.czub.cz/index.php?p=32&idp=3&ids=10&idz=38&lang=en

I own a CZ 550 American in 7x57mm and my brother owns a CZ 550 Full Stock in 7x57mm. My rifle is scary accurate with 162 Hornady SSTs amd 160 grain Nosler Partitions and H414 Powder. I'm talking less than a half inch at 100 yards and the slug is moving along around 2,800 fps chronographed. I have used the 7x57mm for elk, mule deer, whitetail deer, antelope, wild pig, coyote, black bear and javelina. Unfortunately, CZ decided there just wasn't enough demand to keep importing the caliber so CZ-USA dropped the caliber from its lineup even though the mother company still produces rifles in the caliber. Just for the heck of it, take a look at the forums when someone posts a question about the 7x57mm and see all of the responses that are made. Maybe everyone in the world who cares about the caliber posts on the five forums I visit, but I rather doubt it. One would think, or hope, that marketing folks from some of the companies such as CZ read these forums. Perhaps if they did they would get up off their collective butts and start importing the caliber again. Tom Purdom

Well, I guess I'll be looking for used rifle. Kind of sad really, given all the hype for the new rounds today that don't really offer much over the standard rounds already available. It would have been nice to have a new 7x57 bolt rifle (like a Kimber, Tikka or Sako, even a Ruger Hawkeye or CZ). Maybe I'll email Ruger to see if they have future plans for the Hawkeye and 7x57. I could have had some real fun reloading this round!

Speaking of hyped rounds: While I do like the idea of the 375R, the rest of you can have .30 T/C, 308 Marlin Express, along with all the WSMs and the RUMs, etc. I asked a "salesperson" in one of our local gun stores if he had anything in 7x57 and he didn't know what I was talking about; he had never heard of a 7x57. Imagine a guy who sells hunting rifles, from cheap to moderate to rather nice and expensive (largest selection in town), who has never heard of 7x57 Mauser! What the hell is the world coming too? Don't "gun guys" read any more? Gosh darned Californians!!!

Thanks to all who responded. I think its beer-thirty.

Find a bolt rifle you like and rebarrel it. What's so hard about that? If you can live without the bolt, consider the #1.
I have an RSI in 7x57. I think it's one of the nicest factory rifles out there.

Gosh darned Californians!

Well,

I have Two Ruger 77s and a Winchester Featherweight in 7 x 57...

That they are not being made by manufacturers anymore.. well that makes me appreciate the one's I have all the more!!!!

I sure carried that Featherweight a lot the last two hunting seasons! I just seem to like it...and it is a darn good shooter also!

I don't know the current status of Dakota, but they offerred a 7X57 in their standard bolt action.

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Originally posted by TerryR:
I don't know the current status of Dakota, but they offerred a 7X57 in their standard bolt action.

They're nice but awfully pricey. A local gunshop had one in stock. Guy paid half down when he ordered it, turned it down when it came in and I could have had it for the remainder. If it had been anything but a .270 Weatherby, I'd have bought it. Sure was a nice gun though.
If you can find one of the Winchester M70 Featherweights, that would be the way I'd go. I've been using mine for the last three years, and I wouldn't part with it for a whole lot of money. (It treats my badly arthritic shoulder kindly.)
The Ruger #1A is also a very nice rifle. A bit heavier than the M70, but not all that bad. Accuracy is very good for a #1.
If you can chase down a J.C. Higgins M50 and have it rebarreled, then that would be the way to go. Mine came out a bit on the heavy side, bit it's a tackdriver.
Paul B.

One of the reasons this grand old round is so popular with custom makers is simply that it's almost imposssible to find one production chambered anymore. It's also a handloaders round so is quickly becoming a custom and that's not at all bad.

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Originally posted by Paul B:

If you can find one of the Winchester M70 Featherweights, that would be the way I'd go.

I couldn't agree with you more!

Guys, come on now.

There's a reason the 7mm Rem. Mag. has been and continues to be so popular.

It's called the 7x57mm.

I know I'll probably get flamed, but I've been seriously thinking about putting a 7x57 together on a Rem 700 action. It would be relatively inexpensive, Remington 700 pieces and parts are a dime a dozen. Just like Chevy parts when I was a kid!

flamed why? the 7x57 is a classic. a 7mm on a 700 would be a nice package.

I shot an antelope and a mule deer with a 7x57 last fall, it was a satisfying experience using the cartridge and the rifle, a Mauser. given it's history and the fact that it works I don't know why someone would criticize it.

a rifle doesn't have to cost 5000 dollars to be an object of appreciation- that fact that it performs and doesn't let you down are the larger part of the experience.

on the trip we took for the game mentioned above my other two partners used 30-06's, we all came back tagged out and happy. another of the fellows got a mule deer at about 375 yards with an '06 in wind varying from 15 to 30 miles an hour- using a cartridge developed 100 years ago.

Flamed why?

Because a lot of purists would probably shudder at the thought of a 7x57 on anything but a Mauser or Pre 64 Model 70.

Not me, I'm not that pure.

I remember a couple of elk seasons ago at a camp I was a guest in.. some guy was hunting with a Pre 64 Winchester that had belonged to his dad...and it was originally chambered in 7 x 57... but his granddad had it bored out to 280 Remington and later to a Rem 7 Mag..The barrel still said 7 x 57 on it.. but most of us would have preferred it chambered still in its original caliber.. the guy whom had it was happy it had been rechambered in 7RemMag..

Here's one

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=70441136

The 7x57 is a good round. My kids and I use them for our hunting. No abusive recoil, and they get the job done. Bullet placement is where it's at.. Lot's of excellent 7 mm bullets available to work with too. Ours shoot H-414 amd 140 grain bullets very well.
Ours are all custom built. But, if I could get my hands on an older Ruger bolt rifle in 7x57, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I just like the Ruger 77 stock design.

Don

Don

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Originally posted by BearHunter 62:
I think CZ does but I am not sure.

CZ does, but I don't believe CZ USA is still bringing them in to the U.S.

There are several German makers, however, including one (in Austria) who is making the Mannlicher Schoenauer again (in any caliber you want, if you've got the dough!)

http://www.eschoder.com/

I have a couple-one full custom, one old BRNO 21H-and have made a couple for customers. But there is a very good reason they are not chambered in factory rifles these days...they do not sell! People love to wax poetic about how much they would like one, but precious few actually plunk down the money for one.

Even when traveling in Europe with my custom 7x57, very knowledgable hunters would ask, "what is that? Is it soemthing new? I have never heard of it or seen it on the shelves here." But they all know what the 7x64, 7mm Rem Mag, and 7mm Weatherby mag are.

If there were enough demand then the factories would continue to put them out. But there is not, so we muct make do with customs and used rifles. For purely personal reasons, i am happy the factories create a demand for custom 7x57's .

I do like the round and have shot more of a variety of game around the world with this round than any other. One problem when traveling in other countries-if your ammo gets lost, you are SOL. Speaking from experience here. But if you have your bullets, then you are set up for a variety of game-I have killed things from red fox up through moose with the round.

The 7x57 and .257 Roberts are main-stays in the custom gun trade and there is no let up on the horizion. Which I am happy about, as I have a very good reamer for both calibers!!!

Please don´t laugh! My dad and I building at a M98 in 7x57 since 2002. In first year´s I rework the action , installed the barrel and the mounts and sights. I get a used Schmidt&Bender 2,5-10x42 scope.
But than, since 2004, every year came an other thing between. ´04 I lost my work , ´06 I fall in love with a sharps and this winter my dentist give me a bill for a new tooth . My car need new brakes in spring and so I hope I will finish the rifle this year in summer. At this point I have a question, I have the book "Rifles and cardridges for large game" wrote by Lane Simpson. There´re a few rifles with a huntingstock made by Fajen. I´m seaching in the web, but I can´t find it. The only I found was the varmint stocks. When it´s out of production, I must go to an stockmaker here in Germany and let copy this stock.

Martin

Although not a bolt action rifle, you can get 7 x 57 barrels for the T/C Encore rifle from T/C's custom shop - Fox Ridge Outfitters and other after market makers. Also, the 708 comes pretty close to the 7 x 57 ballistics and is available from most rifle makers in bolt action format...Rusty.

Big Bore Fan

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I must go to an stockmaker here in Germany and let copy this stock.

That would be the best choice BBF.

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Originally posted by Big Bore Fan:
Please don´t laugh! My dad and I building at a M98 in 7x57 since 2002. In first year´s I rework the action , installed the barrel and the mounts and sights. I get a used Schmidt&Bender 2,5-10x42 scope.
But than, since 2004, every year came an other thing between. ´04 I lost my work , ´06 I fall in love with a sharps and this winter my dentist give me a bill for a new tooth . My car need new brakes in spring and so I hope I will finish the rifle this year in summer. At this point I have a question, I have the book "Rifles and cardridges for large game" wrote by Lane Simpson. There´re a few rifles with a huntingstock made by Fajen. I´m seaching in the web, but I can´t find it. The only I found was the varmint stocks. When it´s out of production, I must go to an stockmaker here in Germany and let copy this stock.

Martin

Martin,

Fajen was bought out by Midway sometime back. Midway uses the name and supplies a few stocks, but that's about it. Here are a few US suppliers that offer semi inleted stocks for Mausers.

www.gunstocks.com
www.rifle-stocks.com
www.boydsgunstocks.com

If nothing else, they might give you some idea of the styles that are out there.