I found a little 7mm Mauser in Remington 700 Classic in good nick at a shop near LA.

And now the wait begins, I'll see it in two weeks.

Going to order a Bell and Carlson 700 Mountain rifle stock for it after I get it and start shooting it.

Damn place even had a 50 round bag of Winchester 7x57 brass. Guy was a pain in the ass and didn't want to sell it to me, but eventually he waivered.

Why would a shop have a bag of brass and not want to sell it?

Good find my brother has a few 700 classics and they are all real shooters.

I don't think he knew he had it until I brought it to the counter. I have a feeling he wanted it for something else, or someone else that worked there did.

This is a small shop.

What a classic, I love the Rem Mt. rifle, and love the caliber albeit its a push feed, but for that I forgive it..It just feels so good, but I would never trade that slim nice stock for a plastic monster!

With good handloads, the ballistics obtained over factory rounds is amazing especially with a 30-06 box and long throat to match, combined with H414...The 7x57 is a virtual 30-06 less the recoil and has bent the knee on many an elephant, deer and elk!

I, too, owned a Remington 700 Classic in 7x57. They were made in 1981, the first year of the single caliber Classic series. It felt good and shot very accurately. A guy offered me a lot of money for it and I sold it.

Also, I've become very attached to my plain Jane Model 70 Lightweight in 7x57. 7#5oz with a Docter 2.5-10 FFP scope. Total keeper, at least for me.

Both the Remington and Winchester had similar chambers so neck sized brass for one fit the other. Both loved PMC and S&B 175 grain factory loads but shot poorly with PRVI 175's.
The Winchester, overall, was slightly more accurate.

Ray is correct on H414 being a good powder for 7x57's with 140 grainers. I have found there is a specific load for each 7x57 and H414. With the Model 70, it is 50 grains. With a Ruger 77ST I once owned and my current Ruger 1A, 48 grains was the magic number.

I have also had good accuracy results in my 7x57's with N204, especially with 150 grain and 160 grain bullets. N204 can turn in some very high velocity readings and usually an accurate loading with N204 can be found without too much effort.

Rumor has it that the current N204 is the same as R19. Since I am still shooting from the mass quantities of Norma powders I bought when Swanson's Firearms closed their doors in Denver in 1978, I can't say for sure.

I do believe the specific density for my old stuff was something like .970, which is very heavy, which means you can stuff a lot of it (by weight) in the small 7x57 case, if the desire overwhelms you. I think the newer N204 has a lower specific density but it still quite heavy compared to, say, any of the 4350's.

Excellent choice of calibers. At the risk of angering many, I have no idea why anyone would own a .270 Winchester when the 7x57 gets the same results with less recoil and can shoot heavier bullets to boot. I say this having owned four .270's. The only .270 I regret selling was a beautiful Winchester Model 54 made in 1927.

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At the risk of angering many, I have no idea why anyone would own a .270 Winchester when the 7x57 gets the same results with less recoil and can shoot heavier bullets to boot. I say this having owned four .270's. The only .270 I regret selling was a beautiful Winchester Model 54 made in 1927.

Lots of Jack worshipers. 270 is ok, just don't like anything about it. Nice jackrabbit and coyote rifle though.

Only problem with that post BWW is the 7x57 kills all game as well as the .270, 280, 308, 30-06, 300 Win mag, its just hard to convience some folks of that, they want to quote paper ballistics...Jack O'Connor once stated in print that he couldn't tell any difference in the results on elk and deer with a 7x57 that Elenor used extensively in both the USA and Africa, than his 7mm magnum ( I recall his 7 mag was an Ackley?) I have to agree with that statement. For that very reason it has been one of my favorite rifles for many years...My present 7x57 is a 18.5 inch barreled Ruger International stainless steel land manlicher wood stock..I love it and with the proper powder I have not lost any velocity to speak of..

I would like to pick-up a used 700 Mountain rifle in 7x57. What's a fair price to pay?