Go to Ballisticstudies.com and click on the Knowlagebase, Scroll to the 7x57 info... In a nutshell, Try the 162 ELD-M with H4350, Don't push it faster than 2700 fps (or it may over expand) with 2600 probably being ideal... There's your "perfect load" according to Nathan Foster... Same goes for the 7-08...
Thank you for that info. I think that writeup was done prior to the Hornady ELD bullets being widely available.
I would only be interested in the ELD-X myself, the BC between it and the ELD-M are close enough (.630 G1 vs. .670 G1) that even punching paper I would stay with the ELD-X. I have not tried it yet, but reports of over/under expansion are definitely not the norm - especially at 7mm Mauser velocities.
