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I will buy a 7x57. But not just any 7x57, even if it’s cheap for what it is.

PPU still loads for it.

So factory ammo and brass.

Deserves a classy rifle.

Ruger chambered a run of their Hawkeye African in .275 Rigby.




GR

Jim Wisner kind of knew what he was (is?) doing.

I have an M70 FWT in 7x57. I like the way it looks and the cartridge gives me the warm and fuzzies. It’s probably not the most practical, or tactical, or whatever. The rifle shoots well enough to hit deer. 7x57 gets a 140gr bullet going fast enough to kill deer. Satisfies all my needs and my wants.

Gawd Ed, between that Mauser and that TLA of yours……

I’ve loved my #1 7x57 for 20 years now. Haven’t shot nearly enough stuff with it, but laid in enough brass and 175 interlocks to last me till I die.

Just wish I’d have bought the push feed model 70 fwt I could’ve grabbed back in ‘98 for $300…….

I prefer hunting with older cartridges. 7x57 (1892), .30/06 (1906), 9.3x62 (1905), .416 Rigby (1912), .470N.E. (1907).

I bought several hundred new 7x57 cases here on the fire, as well as. 300 7mm 160 grain Federal Fusion bullets, which move along at about 2650 fps. Rifle is a 2014 Winchester M 70, also bought here on the fire.

They work as well as they did 100+ years ago. No reason to move into he 21st century.

Had one and used it quite a bit...wonderful rifle!

I have two No. 1s in 7x57. A stock RSI model with the 160 Nosler Partition and RL19 powder at the max Nosler manual charge weight dropped a mulie doe DRT a number of years ago. More recently, I had a K1A rebarreled to 7x57 to make a 24" 1AH configuration and worked up a load with RL 19 and the 150 NP that clocked around 2880 with excellent accuracy. I believe that load was also at or very close to the max Nosler manual charge weight. I can't imagine there's anything I will hunt in CO that can't be taken with that combination. I took a large bodied 9-point mulie buck with it last season in its first hunt. A high shoulder shot at about 90 yards dropped it on the spot. I am probably the world's worst elk hunter at 0 for 16 seasons, but wouldn't hesitate to use that combination if I ever get the chance. I really think the 150 NP in the 7x57 is just about perfect for that cartridge, at least in my rifle.

Since we’re showing some of our 7x57’s, here’s my pre-64 model 70.
I haven’t hunted with it much yet, but the 7mm Mauser holds a special place in my heart due to it being one the favorite rifle of one of my favorite people. Seen the 7x57 work magic on all kinds of game.

If you read Jim Corbett's writings (fascinating reads, BTW), he killed multiple man eating tigers in India with a 7x57.

I'm 49 and just picked up my first 7x75 this year. Nothing I needed but local auction find I couldn't pass up.

Lack of factory ammo is a good thing in my book. Especially in a 7mm Mauser, their usual selection in ammo is crap..

Handloaded the way ya want.. that's the only way to fly in my book..

Biggest Blacktail I've taken with my Model 70 Featherweight, inscribed as a 7mm Mauser on the barrel...

Was hunting in an area where a long long shot was going to be 150 yds.... I took a 205 lb blacktail ( which is considered a big one )... heart shot at 40 to 50 yds, he never knew I was there....The load, which had the recoil of a 223 ( it felt that way) 28 grains of SR 4759, 115 grain HP Speer. Made it easy to take the heart shot, and that 115 grain HP, plowed a valley right thru the middle of the heart... DRT...

Got some pics of all of that, but lord knows if I've ever been able to figure out how to post pics ever since they changed the way that we use to do it...

If you ever sell that piece of kit, someone should punch you in the nose! It's a beauty!

I'm bad for selling guns at times but I don't think this is going anywhere. Thanks

Here is a photo of two of my rifles for closer shooting in a couple of places that I hunt. On top is an Uberti 1885 in .303 British with iron sights. The bottom is my Ruger #1 RSI with a Leupold Big Bore 3x20mm chambered in .275 Rigby (7x57mm). For hunting deer in the woods of the southeast, either one is a good choice.

Very nice.




GR

You don’t have to be old to appreciate the 7x57, but I think you need to have an old soul and appreciate the history.

I have a Ruger No. 1 in 7x57 that was my father’s. I recently bought a Dakota Model 10 in the same caliber. After sighting it in, the first 3-shot group with the Dakota, using factory S&B roundnose ammo, went into a half-inch cluster at 100 yards.

I have what’s probably a lifetime supply of various.284 bullets, and I just bought an Ultra Light Arms Model 20 in 7mm-08. I think I’ll use the ULA for elk and the Dakota for mule deer this year.

Now, to start working up loads!

I have had a 7X57 for over 30 years in one form or the other. I currently have three a 7X57AI (thats the first one I ever had), custom 275 Rigby built on a VZ24 action and a pre 64 M70 carbine. There are two 7MM-08"s one of which is a custom #1 and a Kimber Super America 280. When I go on a hunt the 275 Rigby goes with me. I find myself reaching for that rifle more than any other.