Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Good 7x57 Mauser loads

Here is the last one I shot with a 7x57, last year. Shot at about 20 yards. This is the entrance hole. I was shooting federal 140gr blue box.



Here is the exit. Deer ran 50 yards after the shot.



The only other deer I shot was a big buck at 90 yards. It was a speer 145gr hot core. Not much expansion on that one. That deer ran 30 yards with a hole in his heart.

I like the caliber. I'd love to get my 154gr RN load tuned up. I'd use that mostly.