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I have just had a project completed in 7X57 (I called it a 275 Rigby just to be different) There are pics of it posted on this forum under something along the lines of a stalking rifle in 275 Rigby as I recall.
Another option is the 7MM-08 another great cartridge in a short action. The 6.5X55 is a great choice as well. If you were to go the 7MM Mag route I'd opt for the 280 or 280AI. If you don't reload Nosler has factory ammo in 280AI.
At the end of the day the 7X57 is hard to beat.
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I have just had a project completed in 7X57 (I called it a 275 Rigby just to be different) There are pics of it posted on this forum under something along the lines of a stalking rifle in 275 Rigby as I recall.
Another option is the 7MM-08 another great cartridge in a short action. The 6.5X55 is a great choice as well. If you were to go the 7MM Mag route I'd opt for the 280 or 280AI. If you don't reload Nosler has factory ammo in 280AI.
At the end of the day the 7X57 is hard to beat. Good post, I'd love to see that rifle. I'm going to do some searching...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Thanks BSA. It's out there on this forum and in the custom rifle forum. If you can't find it PM me your e mail and I'll send you pics. It's a SWEET rifle if I do say so myself:).
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While not a prewar I scratched the itch for a .35 Whelen twenty years ago, I had Randall Redman rebore a worn '06 Standard M/70 of 50's vintage. This year I found a pre'64 Featherweight that had been rebarreled with a Douglass barrel in FW profile in .257 Roberts. I never understood why Winchester never offered the pre'64 FW in .257 Roberts, too similar to the .243 perhaps.
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...... I never understood why Winchester never offered the pre'64 FW in .257 Roberts, too similar to the .243 perhaps. The featherweight was a new rifle in the Winchester lineup at the same time the 243 was a new cartridge. The Roberts was on the way out and the 243 was on the way "in",so the 243 got chambered i the FW along with the 308 and 358....all on the parent 308 case. It wasn't until around 1980,when the FW was reintroduced, that the 257 Roberts was chambered in the M70 FW.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Thanks BSA. It's out there on this forum and in the custom rifle forum. If you can't find it PM me your e mail and I'll send you pics. It's a SWEET rifle if I do say so myself:). Yes, that is a damn nice rifle. The bad thing about having one like that is you don't need anything else.... 
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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...... I never understood why Winchester never offered the pre'64 FW in .257 Roberts, too similar to the .243 perhaps. The featherweight was a new rifle in the Winchester lineup at the same time the 243 was a new cartridge. The Roberts was on the way out and the 243 was on the way "in",so the 243 got chambered i the FW along with the 308 and 358....all on the parent 308 case. It wasn't until around 1980,when the FW was reintroduced, that the 257 Roberts was chambered in the M70 FW. That's really a pizzer. I like the parent case of the 257 much better than the parent case of the 243. I still think they fu cked up and they probably realized that. Hence the reason for bringing it back in 1980 or so when they re-introduced the fwt. rifles...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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[quote=GSPfan])/quote] Yes, that is a damn nice rifle. The bad thing about having one like that is you don't need anything else.... Even though a person doesn't need another rifle they want another one:) Maybe the next one will be a 6.5X55 with a full Manlichner stock.
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