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They are on display at the Jack O'Connor Center in Lewiston, ID.

i MUST make the 'pilgrimage' !!

Thanks R O


Jerry

CZ 550 American

As I've said before...

The 7X57 is the 270 for WOMEN!



Jerry

That BRNO is excellent.

Years ago a guy brought one to our deer camp chambered in 30-06. Besides the look and feel, you know what I liked about it?

The trigger is set way back in the guard and a extreme crescent shape allows a insulated glove to fit thru nicely.

Sorry Rev

Went right over my head the 1st time.
bahahaha a

Jerry

Thanks Bob & Woods Walker!

RO, It's a very easy rifle to shoot and like you noticed, the trigger location works very well. The old rifle still shoots quite well also. According to the borescope it's not seen a lot of rounds. The original cork bedding could use some attention but I'm thinking it's best left alone.

fwiw,
I was fairly fond of the .270 WCF until I compared actual drops to a 7mm-08 Remington.. Not to mention I was giving up 2 or 3 inches of barrel length. I think it amazed both of us just how close, the 7mm-08 was a bit flatter, with 140 grain bullets the two actually are... WHY rehash a 7mm Mauser when we have Lapua 7mm-08 Remington Brass?

Ya'll are going to have the Campfire Spear Model 2 Mark 1 and the following year you can have one called "Big Medicine" for taking down Mammoths on the move... Let's move forward Gents. Will be sleeping in my tank buttoned up. Realize my comments IN NO WAY impact the .275 Rigby. Entirely different chambering altogether...(grin)

Regards, Matt.

Matt -

I don't know you and am concerned for your well being.

Don't you know that comments like that, EVEN comparing the 270-7-08 with the 7X57,....

will get you circumcised..err I mean ostracized from the 'fire.

Man, you ought ta think about that! !


Jerry

Not only unbalanced, but unhinged. Take it to the bank.

Actually, its OK to compare the 7x57 to the 7-08.....not that theres any comparison to make....the panache of the original casts a pall over the usurper.


Comparing the 7x57 to a .270 however is like comparing Christie Brinkley to Rosie Odonnell.

Ing'

I can't believe U said that !!


Jerry

Well, dynamite ? ?

Jerry

I have been a 7X57 fan for years but I must confess to a fondness for the 7MM-08 as well as the 257R. My 7X57's consist of three Pre64 M70's, a custom 7X57AI on a Sako action and a current build in progress as my interpretation of an English stalking rifle. I'm going to cheat though and have this one marked 275 Rigby just to be different.

Gentlemen,
The first barrel I ever chambered was a 7x57 Mauser built on a Remington imported Zastava 98 Mauser. Do believe they eventually started calling them 798s of all things... I pulled out most of the stops with an Austrian Kepplinger Two Stage Match Trigger, Recknagel M70 type three position safety, etc..

Still prefer the 7mm-08 Remington...(grin)

Regards, Matt.

C4 and Comp B....

The standardization of short actions around 2.8" cartridges means that the 7-08 is a better choice than the 7x57, but as I posted above some retro projects still demand the original.

Here are a couple of pics of one of the 7MM-08's.


The Rigby has a couple of months to go yet.

gsp -

Hooly Smooke Dewd!

I could like that, ummm yesterday!


Jerry