I like 175 Hornady RN's in my 7x57. Only shot one animal with them though.
Many years ago I built a redneck 'scout' rifle out of a Chilean Mauser with a pistol scope out on the modified rear sight base. It was used primarily for our mid day walk drives on our lease. The load was a 175 gr Hornady RN loaded to original 1890s specs, about 2300 fps. That rifle and load went 7 for 7 on walking or running deer in the thick stuff....all one shot kills. The damage to the innards of the deer were spectacular. Blood spray out beyond the far side of the deer was impressive. About half of them did run a few yards, none far euf to require a tracking job, but the blood trail was sufficient that even this almost color blind guy could have followed it if needed.
We stopped doing those organized walk drives years ago as our membership aged and the newer guys proved not to be that interested in it. I let a young man have that mauser several years ago that seemed to be fascinated with it. That RN 7mm bullet really smacked them!
