I am enjoying seeing how many fans of the 7X57 there are.
If you toss in its offspring rounds it beacomes even more of a great round.
My favorite round for game through deer is the .257-R, and the 6MM Rem is one I have allways been wanting to play with, Almost no one in the US uses a 6.5X57 but I have a real prety custom on a yugo mauser that I have never hunted with. But I know damn well it would work just great.
And one day, I will buy an old 8mm military mauser and do it into a 20 inch manlicher.
I am a very proud american, but I love the european rifles and the rounds built for them.
...tj3006