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Originally posted by ForrestB:
I've wasted enough time and money on 7X57s to know to stay away from them. I've been trying to sell this one for $275 but I can't find a buyer...

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Originally posted by Doubless:

To top that, in the years since I have become increasingly tired of having him call me to help drag animals back to the truck. They fall where they are shot, and typically it is a pretty good piece from where the stand is located.
The trick is to teach to him be patient and only shoot them if there is a good chance that they will roll down hill and land no more than 15' from the pickup. roger

Because of the sheer monotony and predictability of the cartridge, the powder I bought for it 15 years ago is trying to go bad on the shelf, the new brass is trying to tarnish, and I can't justify buying new projectiles to play with because the darned rifle won't miss so he has to shoot more than once and use up some of the ammunition I loaded for it.

All in all, if I had it to do over again I would probably consider a 7 MM Mauser; supposed to be a heck of a deer caliber.

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Originally posted by eljefedouble:
Thank you kind folk, especially ForrestB!
I am one of the eternally beholden few, who you guided into the dark side.
Just a plainjane Zastava Mod 70 (thats what they're called , here in Oz) in 7x57.
Later, when I have more coin, it shall wear a full stock and a butterknife handle...it was a bit of a teter totter between a 308 and this one, but naturally, the dark side won.

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Originally posted by Lamar:
since mauser invented his cartridge first i think everybody else is using the wrong sized action.
sorry just my opinion...
i wonder where we would be if all we had were the 7 and 8x57 imagine not having to walk more than 20 steps to dead animals.
remington not copying the thing exactly and calling it something else and ripping off a winchester case to do it.
shame..
i did find a way around being caught with x57 ammo in camp though.
i now downsize cases from the too large family of knock-offs.
and avoid the questions such as, why did you bring a box of ammo with only 12 rounds in it?
you had 13 last year didn't you?
what caliber is that again?
i keep telling them it's a new experimental cartridge designed just for deer and elk sized game, but i think they are getting suspicious..

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Originally posted by Brazos Jack:
If you only hunt my native state of Texas, a 7x57 is ideal as your only hunting rifle. It will take game up to about 350 lbs from any reasonable angle at up to 300 yards. It is in that broad class of excellent non-magnum 6.5mm, 6.8mm (.270), and 7mm cartridges that are all equally ideal for these purposes. Choosing between the 6.5x57, 6.5x55, .260 Rem, .270 Win, 7x57, 7-08, or .280 Rem is like arguing how many deamons can dance on the head of a pin.

Of these, the .270 is the most popular and widely available and therefore you are currently more likely to find ammo in isolated places. So in this class I favor the .270 for its ease of availability only.

Performance wise all are great for the purpose I described.

None, including the 7x57, is ideal for larger animals like large elk or moose. I know many elk fall to these cartridges every year, but many are lost on long range rear quartering shots where more suitable cartridges would have saved the day.

But for whitetails, mule deer, or antelope at up to 300 yards this cartridge class should be every hunter's first stop.

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Originally posted by Greg K:
Would I be foolish to take a perfectly good Browning LH A-bolt Stalker in 30/06 and have it re-barreled to 7x57? I have a 7mm-08 as my 7x57 wannabe rifle but I would really like a 7mm Mauser.

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Originally posted by Kabluewy:


I'm thinking that I should just keep it hidden in the safe, with the chance that someday it will become acceptable to be seen with in public,

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Originally posted by D B Cooper:
I really hate the 7x57. It's boring, everything I shoot just falls down.

Where's the fun of tracking in thick under brush until O' dark thirty? The thrill of gutting and dragging your game out after mid-night in freezing rain, because you couldn't follow the blood trail in the dark with a weak flashlight?

The 7x57 Sucks! Especially this one, cause it won't shoot over an inch at 100yds. What's the point of shooting something in the same hole again, when it wouldn't die the first time!(OH...never mind...it did.)

Thinkin' about just jammin' it muzzle first in the mud out by the road, with a "FREE" sign on it.(as soon as hunting season is over)

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Originally posted by Von Gruff:
I run the 160gn Woodleigh at 2700fps in mine over 46gn H4350 (AR2209) WLR in Graff Brass.
Get 3235fps from 51gn BL-C2 and Fed 215 for the 120gn GS custom
Both of these in my 25in Barrel

Von Gruff.

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
Boy, this it getting to be a great thread. The two Forrest's have shown some great 7mm Mausers. Everyone has got to love those BRNOs and that mannlicher style by Wiebe has to be one of the most beautiful 7 x 57s ever made!

Less we forget, here is another fabulous 7 x 57, also made by Wiebe, and currently owned by another gentleman who posts on this board.

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Originally posted by eljefedouble:

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Originally posted by Von Gruff:
I run the 160gn Woodleigh at 2700fps in mine over 46gn H4350 (AR2209) WLR in Graff Brass.
Get 3235fps from 51gn BL-C2 and Fed 215 for the 120gn GS custom
Both of these in my 25in Barrel

Von Gruff.

Hi Von Gruff:
what have you used the 160 woody's on?
TIA

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Originally posted by vapodog: