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Yeah, it is an effective round! and I especially love it in a Model 70 Featherweight.. it can even work with light loads.. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/504/Oct_25_2008_055.jpg) This 210 pound blacktail was taken with a load of 28 grains of SR 4759 and a 115 grain Speer HP ( according to my notes).....heart shot... ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/504/medium/Deer_2008_Heart_004.jpg) not much in the recoil dept either.. especially with this load...
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![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/LS_Graduation_Car_Show_315.jpg) It can be pretty accurate also...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
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Mine never liked any of the lighter bullets I tried in it except 150 gr. NPTs It loved the 175 gr in anything, so that is mostly what it got, till the 160TSX came out...  ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/001_1.jpg) It kills whitetails too....  ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/034_34.jpg) Ingwe
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Well, certainly Jack O'Connor thought highly of "the little 7mm." I recently came across a 1974 Gun Digest article by O'Connor entailing the history of and his experience with the 7x57.
He mentioned his first purchase in 1934 of a rifle in that caliber, a Mauser 98 actioned custom by gunsmith Bill Sukalle of Tucson with stockwork by Adolph Minar. O'Connor had a Noske 4x fieldscope mounted in a Noske sidemount and the rifle weighted in at under 8 pounds. He regretted trading off that "lovely little" rifle in 1940 and mentioned praise for the cartridge from hunters such as his wife Eleanor, W.D.M. Bell, Capt. Jim Corbett and Prince Abdorreza of Iran.
This statement from O'Connor says it all. "I think I've seen more game killed with fewer shots from this modest little cartridge than any other." High praise indeed!
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Ingwe, I like the pic w the whitetails. That's a good frame and it looks like you had a heck of a good day!
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Ingwe, I like the pic w the whitetails. That's a good frame and it looks like you had a heck of a good day! Yes, I like it too. The dog seems very pleased with himself!  John
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Ingwe, I like the pic w the whitetails. That's a good frame and it looks like you had a heck of a good day! Yes, I like it too. The dog seems very pleased with himself! John Thanks guys..it WAS a good morning. My wife and I only had the one morning to hunt together that fall and things werent looking too good till those two dudes showed up..two bang flops quicker than it takes to tell it! She shot one with her '06 and I shot one with the 7x57..... Ingwe
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Nice pics Ingwe, the buck to your left is a good one!
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Good pics Ingwe.
I am a huge fan of the 7x57.
ddj
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark
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Thanks Sammo...he just showed up in the wrong place at the wrong time..but the odd thing the pic barely shows is that he outweighed the other almost 2 to 1...Im no lightweight at #270 so that buck is no slouch in comparison....but they both tasted good!!!
ingwe
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The 7x57 works in Africa too....! On all creatures....Great... ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/036_36-1.jpg) And small ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/001_1-2.jpg) Ingwe
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Ingwe: Nice bucks,nice rifle and nice dog! The B&W looks like a photo I'd expect to see in an O'Connor article
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Ingwe, I was comparing the deer bodysize as well. Wouldn't have guessed that much difference but it is alot bigger.
Look at the size of the noggin's, the big deer is a toad!
Bob, Ingwe sure has stash of great pics!
IngweDog knows the deal.....(grin)
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maybe one day I will stumble across a 7 x 57
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Ingwe,
That's a real nice B&W Photo you have there. Classic cartridge and classic buck.
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Well, except for the fact that Federal still offers a 175-grain load in the 7x57. JB - The best part of that Federal load....ROUND NOSE BULLETS! My M70 Fwt love's em. It will not shoot 140 or 145 gr factory fodder worth a #$%^ but it sure will shoot those 175gr round nose. Rob Rob, As a northern deer, blackie, moose hunter, the combination is all anyone would ever need...I'm sure you already know that. CLB
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There was an old saying back on the farm..."The cream always rises to the top." This thread is evidence of that. Where else but the fire can the 7x57 get so much respect. ![[Linked Image]](http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/ruger7x57.jpg)
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I don't dislike it. I just don't get dizzy and lightheaded when I see one.
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Add me to the long list of 7X57 fanatics. Just got my newest back from the smith being barreled. First dozen or so rounds out of it in horrible winds showed great promise. Just need to get back to the range with it soon! Then, it is off to McMillan to get it fitted and bedded into an Echols Legend stock. Can't wait!
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I'll get pics up of two beauties in the next couple of days. It will never come back as a commonly offered cartridge. Ruger seems to be the only one with a willingness to dabble with some of the old classics.
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