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I like the 139 Grain Hornady Spire Point over W760 for about 2900 fps. I have also used the 140 Balistic Tip. These two bullets out of a number of 7x57 and 280 rifles have always worked well on deer and hogs,including some big bodied bucks and some big old boars.

I can also recommend the 160 Grain Sierra Gameking at max velocity,I've not recovered one yet and they kill quickly IME.

I have always relied upon W760 and IMR4350 in the 7x57,it was the first cartridge(along with the 270)that I handloaded and it works well on game without a lot of recoil or muzzle blast.