Ron,
I am a tradtionalist, always admired the 7x57, 257Bob 270, had one, I made up my boys 257AI's and the 6.5 Swede, I hunted all this fall for a new swede, or Bob and did not like the Ruger 77, in what I could afford, but Tikka does not import them anymore, CZ550 was just out of my price range, whored myself on a Vangaurd in 257WM. To fill the rifle gap looking to get a 7mm, I have a Ruger#3 in 45-70 for the big bore. I have the knolewdge that the 7x57 is a real killer but always have a bug about getting more velocity out of them, like a 280Rem, but still having the 7x57, that is why the question.
