Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 175 Grain Interlocks in the 7x57: Where to Start?

I used the 175 gr, Hornady Spire point in both my 7MM RM and my 7x57. In the 7MM RM I shot an elk twice broadside behind the shoulder at 90 yards and he fell at the first shot but then tried to get back into a 15 foot deep ravine so I shot him again. Major damage and no exits. Huge 7 point bull though. Load was a max amount of R22. The 7x57 was loaded with a max for my rifle amount of AA4350 and this was used on several deer. I'd say I was getting no more than 2550 out of my 19 inch barrel. I recovered one bullet that had tumbled and broken in half but the rest all exited. On feral hogs I recovered almost half the bullets I shot into them. I was a bit less critical of shot angles on hogs so there was more to penetrate but after one season I went looking for other bullets. That particular box of bullets seemed pretty soft, they killed well though.