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In my 7x57 i use H4831SC and the Sierra 160 gr BTHP and my rifle with Lilja Barrel will keep three shots touching at 100 yards. I tried 4350 but it wouldn't group as well as H4831SC.
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Every 7x57 I have owned has loved the Sierra 140gr pro hunter flatbase soft point with as much imr4831 I could get in the case.
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4064 and IMR 4895 do that for me with 140 grain ballistic tips and Hornady 139 grainers....
also will do the same with 150s to 175s with 40 grains of 3031...
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Now that is a forgiving case-- one guy likes imr4831 and the next uses 3031. Quite a span between those two in terms of burn rate.
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Got my data off an old Hornady Manual....3031 happened to make a very inaccurate Ruger 77 turn into a real tack driver.. and also provided some pretty good velocity...
The brass nor my Ruger or Featherweight ever seemed to notice if there was suppose to be pressure out of line for modern rifles...
pretty much have used Remington Brass with mine... got a good deal on a batch of about 400 cases way back when times were less crazy.....
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Every 7x57 I have owned has loved the Sierra 140gr pro hunter flatbase soft point with as much imr4831 I could get in the case. Haven't tried it with lighter bullets, but either 154 -160's I've pretty much come to the conclusion that you can't get too much H4831 (non-SC) into the case. Stopped where I did because recoil was "enough" (I'm getting to be a wimp in my old age). The same is not true of Big Game.
'Four legs good, two legs baaaad."
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IMR 4350 under 154 grain works for me too. Easy on the shoulder and tight groups, all is well.
Why does a man who is 50 pounds overweight complain about a 10 pound rifle being too heavy?
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My old '09 Mauser likes enough H-4350 to power the 175 gr Speer Grand Slams [old style] to 2700 fps, sweet shooting very accurate 7x57, one of my all time fav hunting cartridges and rifles.
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Great thread guys! 
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attack on the Second Amendment. You will suffer the consequences.
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