It is almost perfect, except its a pushfeed
Well I have to admit I missed that. My 6.5x55 I wrote of is CRF but I doubt that makes it any better. I have three Remingtons that are push feed (out of a few dozen Mausers, CRF M-70s, and Springfields) and they are excellent rifles. I don't think the average shooter of a 7x57 (WDM Bell excepted) is going to have his actuarial tables altered by shooting a push feed versus a CRF.
I still side with the OP that it's a fabulous rifle.
BUT, were we to apply Col. Whelen's criterion, is it "interesting?" Inquiring minds want to know...
