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Nah, don't want to upset a good thing.

Dead of winter. You're going to want to wear a long sleeve shirt.

With a 7mm Mauser?

Nope, that'll probably be the .223AI

It'll work. My BIL shot two 70 pounders the other day with a CZ .223 using Barnes loads. Their siblings came to eat the corn around their dead carcasses. We shooed them away so we could pick up the hoglets to clean. Amazing. It was the same evening I shot the spotted one I posted earlier...only I used the Mauser.

Elk, thanks for posting your results. Are you trying to catch Ray Atkinson's speedy BRNOs? He posted 2900-2916 fps with the 160 grain Nosler PT.

I assume the OAL 3.330" fits in your magazine box. I know it would fit in all the 7x57s I have owned.

Are you going to try a different powder to try and reach your fps goal? Hint - Atkinson was using full cases of H-414

I don't know about the 7mm-08 but I do know that a 7x57 with a 154 grain Hornady Interlock and a full charge of H4831sc (which will be above book) kills chit dead.

2900 fps in a 7mm Mauser with a 160 gr bullet no,not only that but HELL NO! 2800 fps is good enough for me and deer & elk will never know.

Yes,the 3.330" fits in the CZ magazine,as the Featherweight has a shorter OAL. Have seating dies for both rifles.

Nope,going to stay with H-4831SC as the goal was 2750-2800fps with a 160 gr NP.

Forgot to add,You're welcome Roundoak.

I forgot all about what this thread was about when I saw this...



Me like Frauleins. My 18 month tour of duty in Deutschland(Hanau) I met quite a few...some shaved their legs and some didn't.

What?

Oh, Lord...trying to give an old man a heart attack? I've discovered a man's mind doesn't get past 25. At 68 I'm still looking at these but what breaks my heart is they're not looking back anymore.

Elk, I had a Win pre-64 action that had a Buhmiller barrel screwed on and I sent it to Wyatt to install one of his magazine boxes. OAL in that box was 3.825"

Dang,think it's long enough.

Yeah, I would imagine that'll give you space to work with any bullet out there!

Yup,just need to stretch the cartridge's neck a little.

That is maybe a little advantage I see with the 7x57 versus a 7-08 on a Model 70. I love the long neck on the Mauser and the ability to seat the bullets out to 3.150 on my rifle. I am sure on the same platform a 7-08 would be just as good though. My daughter is 10 years old and I have a pretty good push to get her into one of the 7-08 Compacts or even a full sized 7-08 Featherweights and getting a cheap laminate or something similar and cutting it down for her use till she can grow into a full sized stock. I don't feel like either cartridge would be a limiting factor in their hunting.

Either one would be great for her,I just like the 7mm Mauser.

This is my Featherweight 7mm Mauser.



Talley LW's and a Leupold 2.5x Ultraliaght. It weighs 7lbs 12ozs.

That is a beautiful rifle. I really like the 7x57 quite alot as well. I have never owned a 7-08 though, so having something new is always fun for me to load for. I want a 7x57 Featherweight for myself, but I think it would be more fun to work up a good load for my daughter to get into as well.

I never thought I would like the 7x57 so much till I started working with my son's rifle. It is very accurate and man, I just can't see a much better handling mountain rifle and when it is loaded up right, it really does alot of work with a fairly small amount of powder.

There's the stalking rifle. Mine's the same except 2.5-8x36. And I like it!

Mule Deer is going to be convinced that the 7x57 looneys are worse than the .260 guys!

The one in the foreground is a beauty.