Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Powders for 7x57 Mauser

After thumbing thru this thread...

I still go back to using two bullets in my Featherweight, with a factory barrel..

139 grain Hornady or the 140 grain Ballistic tip...

and two powders with those two bullets... IMR 4895 or 4064.. both with 44 grain charge..
chronographs right on the money at 2800 fps...

if the rare occasion I use a 160 grain or 175 grainer.... the load is 40 grains of 3031..
got that out of an older Hornady Manual...that turned into the magic powder for a Ruger 7 x 57.
velocity is higher than the Hornady manual says it should be...but its accurate and the rifle or brass don't seem to care...