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Sports Afield, August 1973, John Jobson - The 7/57: The Welterweight Rifle With the Heavyweight Punch

Your wish is my command. The only problem is I have the article scanned to a pdf file and do not know how to post it.

If I sent the file to you can you post it or anyone else on the fire?

i'd like to read it !

John, but what if Browning chambered the X bolt rifle in it!

I figure we are all a bit eccentric, all you have to do is post on the optics forum to verify this fact... I don't like the .243 but like the .257 which is essentially the same thing, don't know that I would want a 7-08 but thinking about it I like the idea of the 7x57...again no logic whatsoever.

If Browning chambered a rifle for it I'd buy a Savage....

Very good work. I'm sure someone can assist with the posting phase.

PM your e-mail address and I will send it too you.

Why would I want a 7x57 when I can have either a 7-08 or a 280 or a 280AI?

7x57 is neither fish nor fowl; too long tofit a short action well, too short to fit a long action well..........it works after a fashion in either, depending on action manufacturer, but offers nothing others don't do better.............unless you're into thinking you're Karamojo Bell.

MM

In the hands of anyone who has owned one.

Randy

Count me in. Gentry made this one, but so far it's taken just one Wyoming pronghorn. Stinks living in the shotgun zone in MI!

Send me a PM with e-mail address. Also, if interested, I have a 1948 Outdoor Life article on the 7x57 by O'Connor.

OK, here's the article. You may have to zoom a little to be able to read it easily (if your eyes are like mine). Saved the attachment from roundoak as .pdf in mydocuments. Did saveas in .jpeg to resave in uploadable format. Uploaded to photobucket then down to campfire. Didn't know if it would work or not.

Mickey

Thank you for posting that article. I remember it well. That article, along with the writings of Jack O'Connor, convinced me that I simply had to have a 7x57. And eventually I aquired (in 1979 or '80 -can't remember exactly now) a M77 tang safety. It has been a great rifle over the years and I have had some memorable hunts with it and have taken some of the best of my (modest) trophies with it. I keep toying with the idea of having the stock trimmed and re-checkered and refinished but then I look at it and see all the old scratches and scars and remember the hunts and the places and the people I shared hunts with and the idea of messing with it fades away. Also afraid I might mess with the good luck it has brought me.

As for the 7x57 cartridge itself, there is little to say that hasn't been said already. It just plain works. No muss, no fuss, 175 grain, 160 grain, 140 grain. Doesn't even matter much. It just works. And the nostalgia and cool factor...

And here's the one by O'Connor.....

I have a 7x57 on a Type 99 Arisaka action, and I have it a long time. Over the years I bought and sold a lot of rifles, but the rifles that have been good to me I hang onto. It works well on those "medium" actions that were mentioned. .308 cased cartridges are difficult to get to feed properly and you do not have to mill the receiver as with the longer cased cartridges. I am lucky with the barrel I used (surplus 7x57 Mauser carbine)as it shoots equally well with 140 Gr. or 175 Gr. bullets. I always keep a box loaded up just in case I am heading into rough cover where I need a short fast handling gun.

I have a 7x57 in a Remington 700 Mountain rifle, that's about as modern as it gets. I bagged a nice blacktail with it just last season at 125 yards, one 139 grain Hornady through and through and the steaks are in the freezer. I love the 7x57, it's very under appreciated. My chronograph reads 2830 fps with the 139-140 grain bullet weights.

shootem,

You the man! Thanks for posting the two articles.

shootem,
Way to go!!! Just got to figure out how to print those for some late night reading!
Thanks very much.

shootem or others,
How can I print these two articles?
Thanks

roundoak emailed them to me as pdf files. Dang if I can figure out how to get them here in that file format so you can print them. Like I said before I had to resave them as jpeg's in order to pass them thru photobucket and post them here as images. Only way my peabrain can figure is to pass them around as email attachments. I don't know if files can be accessed thru a webpage or not. Anybody else know?? If that could happen then whoever has the page could just post the webpage link here. Oooooo. That strained my head.

Thanks for posting those excellent articles. I haven't bought a gun rag in quite some time, but I can't recall reading many articles that were that well put together (but I might be biased by being enamored by the sweet little 7).