For me, the 7x57 is easy to load and shoot and it does an excellent job on deer, antelope and elk.
I did plan on using a 140 grain bullet for deer and antelope and a 160 for elk. One year I forgot to bring the 160's for a Wyoming deer, antelope and elk hunt so I was stuck with the 140gr partition for elk. But it took down a bull elk at about 160 yards with a single shot. The bullet pierced both lungs and the elk dropped after moving about 30 yards.
It's generally pretty hard to find a hunter who has used the 7x57 and did not like it. But is does require that the ammo be hand loaded to get the maximum velocity from it.
God bless the 7x57!
Steve
