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Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist muledeer #3745337 02/01/10
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana
BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900	Originally Posted by muledeer I have a 3X Leupold or five, too... . Dennis shared one with me...now I have two!Thanks Dennis! The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

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Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist Ready #3745815 02/01/10
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna
Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA	Originally Posted by cmg Note to self - be less candid around the fire. John reads it, too. Classic! Just like the rifle! Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist Ready #3745992 02/01/10
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,424 MN B bucktail Campfire Tracker
bucktail Campfire Tracker B Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,424 MN	Originally Posted by cmg Note to self - be less candid around the fire. John reads it, too. Now your going to have to buy the special tool for removing the tamper proof screws. If you love someone set them free If they come back no one else liked them Set them free again

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist bucktail #3746009 02/01/10
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,787 Ready OP Campfire Tracker
OP Ready Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,787	Originally Posted by bucktail Originally Posted by cmg Note to self - be less candid around the fire. John reads it, too. Now your going to have to buy the special tool for removing the tamper proof screws. Naw. I respect my fellows and their equipment. See, John, nothing to worry. In all seriousness, two scopes have been offered to me. Member of the Merry Band of turdlike People.

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist Ready #3748004 02/01/10
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,704 Ketchikan, AK, USA muledeer Campfire Outfitter
muledeer Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,704 Ketchikan, AK, USA	That is a good deal, all the way around. As long as you're aware of the safety, it's not a problem, and I kind of think it might have been a better design, back in the day before everything else was built the other way. Only one I've ever encountered was in Mozambique -- my PH has a very good PH friend who was off work in camp a few days. He went with us into the grass hunting Cape buffalo; driving the Argo for us. We had a touchy little moment with a herd, which eventually ran off. We were calming down and cooling off and talked about our three rifles. The friend was carrying a BRNO ZKK .375, like your 7x57, and I asked him about the safety. He emptied the magazine and demonstrated how it worked -- and my PH about turned white. At one point of the little episode, he was holding that rifle, until he got his .375 traded back to him. (It was a bit of a herd wreck potential, and we had to do some moving about...) He didn't know their safeties ran backwards -- so if the busted-up-horned bull had charged -- it would have been just me shooting my .404 at him, at least for the first two or three seconds. Which I like to think would have been just fine, but I would have preferred all the rifles going bang for my sake. Anyway...I think about that every so often, like when this rifle came up... . Dennis "The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets." "If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell." "It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."

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Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,626 Mi. E efw Campfire Ranger
efw Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,626 Mi.	Hubba freakin' hubba. I like! That peep is cool as heck. I've got a Small Ring Mexican '98 being put together right now and am using Talley bases just so I can have a peep sight, but it isn't fold-down only detachable... see me turning green. Awesome find!

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist muledeer #3748951 02/02/10
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OP Ready Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,787	Dennis, neat story. Ilustrates the point about intimicy with rifles and also something about Murphy, Finnangle and the KISS - principle. Glad it worked out - something tells me that you would have done just fine in a pinch. Member of the Merry Band of turdlike People.

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist Ready #3748955 02/02/10
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hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Very Nice Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist hillbillybear #3776801 02/09/10
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OP Ready Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,787	* Update * Rifle shoots 150 gr. Barnes TSX @ 2800 fps with no pressure signs. *** Member of the Merry Band of turdlike People.

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist Ready #3776834 02/09/10
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Gringo Loco Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,546	Sweet. I'm digging that nifty peep sight. I prefer that to the rear sight forward of the receiver.

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ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by cmg * Update * Rifle shoots 150 gr. Barnes TSX @ 2800 fps with no pressure signs. *** Ingwe "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist Gringo Loco #3777317 02/09/10
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OP Ready Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,787	Originally Posted by Gringo Loco Sweet. I'm digging that nifty peep sight. I prefer that to the rear sight forward of the receiver. Gringo, me, too. I even wonder, why they made the effort in the first place to insist on the regular rear sight. Member of the Merry Band of turdlike People.

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist Ready #4050986 05/02/10
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 78 Sweden K K9_75 Campfire Greenhorn
K9_75 Campfire Greenhorn K Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 78 Sweden	Hi Carl! Nice rifle! I have two of it's siblings - a 600 in .30-06 and a 602 in .375 H&H. Both of them have the pop up peep sight and are made in 66/67. I resently tried to sell them to buy a couple of Mausers instead but due to some struggle with the licensing autorities they nebver left my possesion so now in torn between keeping them and selling them..... They have the most smooth working bolts I've ever encountered on any claw equiped action wich is a real plus..... Only thing wrong with them is the weight on the 602 and the 600 beeing in the wrong caliber � you did find the right one! Cheers K9_75 Last edited by K9_75; 05/02/10. ----------------------------- "one does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted." Jose Ortega y Gasset. "Meditations on Hunting".

Re: 7x57 Mauser Rifle - with a twist BC30cal #4051986 05/03/10
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,222 South Texas Blowtorch53 Campfire Regular
Blowtorch53 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,222 South Texas	WOW! That is nice!!! "That God could and would, if He were sought."

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