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Lots of nice 7x57s out there. Good on you.

Most of my 7x57 lust has gone the Ruger #1 route. I have a 1B, a 1AB, and an RSI. No 1A yet, but there will be someday when the right mix of pretty wood and decent price happens.

Two -- of my three -- non .22 bolt guns also are in the caliber. One is a custom Model 70 XTR with a Mickey stock and a Kreiger barrel twisted to shoot lighter, 120 and 140 gr, bullets. The other is a Whitworth MArk X made for Sam hisself Cummings -- it has double set triggers, barrel swivel, 3 blade Express sights, and a sweet looking, ebony-capped, stock with the shadow line feature and no white spacers.

1B

Mine is an Styer Mannlicer Model M professional that I bought in 1976, set triggers and its not much to look at but it was one of the best 425 dollars I ever spent, I am in the process of putting some money away for a 7 x 57 barrel for my R-93 Blaser. 140 gr Nosler Partition and 50 gr of IMR 4350 has been my load in the Styer since

Steve...that rifle is beautiful. Thanks for the pic.

Mine is a Ruger 77 Tang Safety model I found at Gander Mountain in Green Bay just before Christmas about 18 years ago. My wife was good enough to buy it for my present. I put a 2.5X8 VariX 111 on it, (my favorite hunting scope) and I have killed two nice bull Elk with it and a bunch of deer over the years. No animal shot ever escaped this rifle. It was not very accurate at first, but I have worked on it doing the normal stuff and it is now a good 1 inch shooter. Funny even when it ws a 2-3 inch shooter everything shot died.

The last two 22F in 7x57 that I saw were both priced at $2500, and that was a couple years ago. Don't know what they actually went for.

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Wow... 7 pages in far less than 24 hours, with no one calling anyone else names? That's one hell of a cartridge, folks!

My great grandfather ordered a .275 Rigby from Griffin & Howe back in the day, and it's now in my Dad's gun cabinet. It's amazing how many animals it's dropped, and it's amazing how big: it actually accounted for a bull elephant. 'Twas a circus elephant, but that still counts, does it not? A rifle's fit, and one's confidence in it, can trump truckloads of ballistic gack.

I snagged a 700 Mountain Rifle off the 'fire here, & it's a sweetie. I had a Viper 2-7x32 on it, but I've since replaced it with a Conquest 4x, as a classic 4x seemed more appropriate.

FC

Agreed! Not even the backpack guys get along this well!!

Terry,
That bottom rifle is not a 1910 small ring, its the rare 1935 Mexican small ring, looks like a Springfield action..I know folks that would kill for one of those great actions, me being one of them.

My present Brnos are the 22F Manlicher in 7x57 and a 21H carbine in 7x57 and I recently sold my 21H rifle in 7x64..

Love those old Brnos and I have had a continueing love affair with the 7x57 caliber as long as I've been married to the same women and thats something like 55 or so years...Calibers and women, if you find a good'un then stick with em! Well unless you can find a better deal!

Hi Ray, it is a 1910. It has the very cool 1935 cocking piece added that makes it look like a 1935. It has the shallow thumb cut and solid left side (not shown) which are dead give away's of a 1910.

Terry

yes, it is not a safe queen. the grip is nice and open, but not too open. as somebody said, it's a real nice pattern for a light rifle. here's a shot of the buttplate that shows it's got some battle scars on it:

Excellent!
Ingwe

Have posted this before but it is my Custom 1908 DWM





Von Gruff.

The Bolt-peep is retro cool....
Ingwe

I think my favorite rifle right now is a BRNO 22F.

I wish I could figure out how to post pictures.

ddj

My 7x57 isn't a custom job, but it has become a bit of a collector's item. It's a Ruger M77 tang safety, "Made in the 200th year of American Liberty" model. It has an extremely long throat, but the magazine will allow the bullets to be seated out to the lands. A guy can really amp up the velocity in such a rig. The accuracy is only "minute of a deer" but it's a sweet-shooting carrying gun thats taken lots of deer and hogs.

I currently have 3. The first is a #1A, nothing special been done to it, just kills everything in its scope. It's been my go to deer rifle for about 14 yrs now. Originally I bought it for the wife but didn't have the heart to shorten it. The second is a Remington MR. It's simply the most accurate sporter bolt gun I have ever owned. It wears a 4x lueppy for hunting purposes. The third is a JP Sauer Mauser thats a twin to my 9X57. Half round half hex barrel, barrel key, set trigger, folding express sights, Nice classic...deserves to hunt but spends most of the time in the safe...I'll work on some pics...

Scott

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I don't actually have one yet... the Mexican Small Ring '98 you sold me a little over a year or so ago is at the 'smith's shop until late next winter.

It had a very nicely figured walnut Fajen Monte Carlo with rosewood end cap on fore end and flared at the grip, white line spacers all the way around. The original military barrel had been turned WAY down so it handled rather nicely, it had a Mk II safety on it, and the original handle was bent for scope mounting. Problem was, it had the makings of a fine stalking/mountain rifle.

Mike McCabe ( http://www.mccabeguns.com/mccabegallery.html ) has it now and is reshaping the stock in the "American Classic" style with ebony end cap and steel grip cap and inletting Dakota sling swivel bases. The action is being heat treated, a Talley bolt handle and Dakota 3-position safety installed, the left side rails reworked, a #3 Shilen w/ 1-in-9" twist installed with an extra tight chamber and medium throat, and the whole thing rust blued.

It'll be topped off w/ a Leupold VXII 2-7x33mm in Talley LWs, the stock finished by yours truly using Mike's "secret process" and then sent down to Miss. to be hand checkered by Tim Smith-Lyon at
( http://www.classiccheckering.com/classiccheckering_027.htm ) Classic Checkering.

Oh the fantasies... I'm SO geeked and you guys are REALLY eggin' me on here!!!

Here is my latest 7X57. I think I got the stock blank for a real steal......grin



I have a lefty M70 built by Mark Penrod that is going to our own Redneck for rebarrel to 7X57. Then, I am hoping to send it to Roger Biesen for a new stock. I absolutely love the 7X57!

efw; Pics of that rifle on completion will be mandatory!!
Ingwe

Don't worry, you will be one of the first to know! Us 7X57 loonies have to stick together...