gentlemen,

as i work to pull this LH group buy for Zastava Mausers I was thinking how much I'd enjoy a 7x57. I hunted one for a while in a Ruger No 1 and loved it. Being a Mauser I'd like to eventually go whole hog and I'm thinking a classic setup with a LW 5130 profile barrel and Rechnagel furniture and a well proportioned stock. All finished with a rust blue and a Silver's pad.

But I can dream...

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Originally posted by jsl3170:
gentlemen, I'm thinking a classic setup with a LW 5130 profile barrel ....

But I can dream...

A Lothar Walther barrel will ruin a wet dream.

Put a good one on and it sounds fantastic.

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A Lothar Walther barrel will ruin a wet dream.

Can you please expound on this statement. I am just curious.

I have a LW in 9.3x64 and it shoots factory RWS ammo consistently into 1-1.25" groups. I can't wait to start playing with handloads.

I have a LW barrel in 404 Jeffery, and from the little shooting I have done with factory Hornady ammo, it is just fine also.

I have 1 good LW barrel on a .22-250 that shoots well.

I had bad luck with 2 .264 barrels back to back that could not be made to shoot accurately. Poor customer service on top of that.

I Love the cut rifling Brux Stainless barrels I own that are lasers.

Thanks for the explanation.

I am not a good enough paper puncher to be able to discern the difference between rifling processes.

I have read cut rifling is better. But that is all it is, reading someone else's opinion.