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I just picked up a new BSA cf2 rifle in 7x57.from what i read they only made 389 of them. Gonna be a good elk rifle

Pics please.

Im not sure how to

I love a 7x57.

Try the image gallery section here on 24 hcf . You just attach it then post the link here . It’s not as professional as the image hosting way buy will work.

I’ll get them up Saturday,had to bring the mil to Portland for cancer surgery. I also have a 6.5swede Winchester featherweight that was made for Europe,cant see any need for anything else

Ok.

I like the 7x57, but there's nothing magical about it. I own one as well as a 280 and 30-06. All about the same in the end.

It's the package (rifle) that usually makes them interesting.

I love three of 'em. Just a sweet round.

There's something about the name of that cartridge that rings just right. Seven by fifty-seven. I've been working with a few for a while and if I hadn't got stove up four days before leaving for my annual elk hunt I'd have found out just how good it would be for elk. I'm thinking one of two loads, the 150 gr. Nosler Partition at 2800 FPS or the 160 gr. Speer Hot Core at 2600, maybe 2650 FPS. I don't like shooting much past 250 to 300 yards so should be good to go.
Paul B.

I have heard Winchester model 70 FW and Ruger 77 Tangers make good platforms for the 7x57. 😎

Read all about it.

7X57 Mauser References

2019 - Handloader #320, June, The Modern 7x57, John Barsness

2015 - Guns Magazine, May, The Magnificent 7x57 Mauser, John Barsness

2015 - Sporting Shooter Magazine, Handloading the 7x57 Mauser, Nick Harvey

2014 - Rifle Magazine #273, March, Ruger 7x57mm Mauser, Dave Scovill

2014 - Handloader #289, April, 7x57 Mauser Part II, Gil Sengel

2012 - African Expedition, Mauser's 7mm, Koos Barnard

2012 - Rifle Magazine, Fall 2012 Special Edition, 7X57mm Mauser, Dave Scovill

Rifle Magazine, Fall 2012 Special Edition, Contemporaries of the 7x57, Mike Venturino

Rifle Magazine, Fall 2012 Special Edition, The 7mm Comes Full Circle, John Haviland

Rifle Magazine, Fall 2012 Special Edition, Seven Deadly Millimeters, Ron Spomer

Rifle Magazine, Fall 2012 Special Edition, The Legacy of the 7x57, John Barsness

Rifle Magazine, Fall 2012 Special Edition, The Commercial Sevens, Mike Venturino

2010 – New Zealand Guns and Hunting, #119, July/August, The 7X57 Stalking Rifle, Garry Keown

2010 – New Zealand Guns and Hunting, #118, May/June, The 7X57 – the 7mm Mauser and the 275 Rigby,
Garry Keown

2009 – American Rifleman, November, A Perfectly Delightful Cartridge – 7x57 mm Mauser, Jim Wilson

2008 – Handloader, #252, April/May, 7x57 Mauser - The “First” 7mm, John Haviland

2007 – Handloader, #246, April/May, 7x57mm Mauser – The Original 7mm, John Barsness

2004 – Handloader, #231, October/November, 7x57mm Mauser – Accolades from an admirer, Steve Gash

2001 – Handloader, #211, June/July, 7x57mm Mauser – The grand, old 7mm, Stan Trzonec

2000 – Handloader, #206, August/September, 7mm’s – The all-American standard, John Barsness

1999 – American Rifleman, February, 7x57mm Mauser in Modern Rifles, Edward A. Matunas

1995 – Handloader, February 1995, Modern Powders in the 7x57, Ken Waters

1992 – Game Loads And Practical Ballistics For the American Hunter, (see index), Bob Hagel

1991-Guns and Ammo, 1991, 7mm Mauser…Smallbore Blockbuster!, Ross Seyfried

1991 – Rifle, #137, September/October, The 7mm Mauser, Ludwig Olson

1990-American Rifleman, April, 1990, John Rigby & Co., Finn Aagaard

1989 – Nosler Reloading Manual, The 7x57 Mauser, Finn Aagaard

1986-American Rifleman, Nov. 1986, The 7x57 Mauser, Finn Aagaard

1986-Guns, July, 1986, Know Your Hunting Cartridges: The 7mm Mauser, Ed Matunas

1984 – Outdoor Life, March, The 7x57 Mauser, Jim Carmichael

1983 – Handloader, #102, March/April, light hunting bullets in the 7x57mm, Mike Venturino

1982 – Rifle, #83, September/October, Model 70 Featherweight – 7x57mm, Bob Hagel

1982 – Handloader #95, January/February, still popular…7mm Mauser, Ken Waters

1977 – Handloader, #66, March/ April, Super velocities in ONE 7x57, Dennis Hall

1974 – Gun Digest, #28, Forty Years with the Little 7mm, Jack O’Connor

1976 – Guns & Ammo, November 1976, 7x57 Mauser, Les Bowman

1973 – Sports Afield, August, The Welterweight Rifle With The Heavyweight Punch, John Jobson

1973 – Rifle, #27, May/June, Ruger 77 7x57---, Bob Hagel

1970 – The Hunting Rifle, Big Punch in Little Case, Jack O’Connor

1968 – Handloader, # 16, November/December, Cartridge of the Month, 7mm Mauser, (Staff)

1968 – Handloader, September, The 7x57 Mauser, Ken Waters

1967- Gun Digest 1967, The Mysterious Seven, Robert Sherwood

1964 – The Rifle Book, The All-Around Rifle (7x57), Jack O’Connor

1948 – Outdoor Life, October, Arms and Ammunition – The 7mm is great stuff for most big game. Jack O’Connor

Thank you, roundoak, for the list of references on the 7X57!

One that followed me home recently.



Rigby Styled Stalking Rifle........







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GWB

Awesome rifle there gee.....

Pretty wood!

The first 2 rifles that I bought after graduating from college were a pair of Ruger 77s in 257 Roberts and 7x57. I still have the 257, now it has an AI chamber, but got guilted into donating the 7x57 to an African church mission.

GW how do you like that stock as it is configured with the drop at the heel?

WOW!

Beautiful rig there.

Very nice ........ I have a very similar project in the works right now.