7X57.

[tj3006]

I put together a couple of loads for my 7X57,
   I like the cartridge, my currant rifle Is a Mill surp 98 FN action, with a light 24 inch tube. It has a long throat and I can seat the bullets pretty far out there.
I did up 20 rounds of sierra 140 grain Pro hunter, over 48.5 grs of H-414.
  And another 20 of Hornady, 139 grain Flat base, over 49.5 gains of IMR 4350.  
  Going to try them this weekend, I have shot the sierra load before, and it is a good load in this rifle.  
  Either of these loads should put the bullets out at 2800 fps more or less, so great for eastern Oregon Mule deer !...tj

[x101airborne]

More than enough for Mule Deer!! Good luck and good hunting!

[gcf]

Great cartridge!

Sadly, I let my old 7x57 Ruger No.1 get away from me. 12 years later, still kickin' myself. Beautiful rifle, easy to load for, & a great shooter too.

Good results with the following:

Hrdy 154SP / 44.0 IMR4350
Sierra 140 Pro Hunter / 46.0 H414
Nos 140BT / 44.0 H414
Nos 140BT / 48.5 IMR4350

Although I probably shot more of the 140 Pro Hunters, I think the Hrdy 154SP / IMR4350 combination actually produced more consistently tight groups.

[Encore64]

I don't own a 7x57 Rifle, but have a TC Contender so chambered.

I do have a Ruger #1 and 77 chambered in 275 Rigby. Excellent Cartridge!!!

[bradshaw]

Sept 7, 2021 20:29:49 GMT -5 tj3006 said:

I put together a couple of loads for my 7X57,
   I like the cartridge, my currant rifle Is a Mill surp 98 FN action, with a light 24 inch tube. It has a long throat and I can seat the bullets pretty far out there.
I did up 20 rounds of sierra 140 grain Pro hunter, over 48.5 grs of H-414.
  And another 20 of Hornady, 139 grain Flat base, over 49.5 gains of IMR 4350.  
  Going to try them this weekend, I have shot the sierra load before, and it is a good load in this rifle.  
  Either of these loads should put the bullets out at 2800 fps more or less, so great for eastern Oregon Mule deer !...tj

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tj3006.... H414 is the Hodgdon label on Winchester 760 ball powder.

Years back, I backed out of handgun hunting for a while to give shoulder arms a workout. Had an old Husqvarna----my favorite pf all Mauser 1898 variants----in 7mmx 57mm Mauser. Beautifully polished and blued, with 20.5” barrel, tight-grain walnut in the European aline style with drop at comb, Schnabel forend, beautiful checkering coarse enough to grab you. And the best-contour pistol grip put on a bolt action, allowing the carbine to waved around and pointed with one hand. I loaded the old Hornady 139 Spire Point exclusively, over 50.4/IMR 4350. Woodchuck-accurate with Leupold 2-7x in Buehler rings.

I should be able to say I never shot an animal twice with it. But I did, having nailed a white through mountain brush with what I calculated as a lung shot. The camouflaged whitetail had done an about-face, and my shot intersected the diaphragm. Immediately stroking the bolt, it’s movement keyed me to the lungs. That little Husqvarna mountain carbine you could carry by the pistol grip, lightning fast on a jump shot. Its barrel was slow, coughing out the Hornady 139 SP @ 2,600 fps. Killing quietly without drama.

Handloaders note: my Husqvarna ate 50.4 grains IMR 4350 like peanut butter, which is too much for some actions, chambers, etc. Work up, not down.
David Bradshaw

[seminolewind]

Sept 8, 2021 9:51:48 GMT -5 Encore64 said:

I don't own a 7x57 Rifle, but have a TC Contender so chambered.

I do have a Ruger #1 and 77 chambered in 275 Rigby. Excellent Cartridge!!!

7x57 and 275 Rigby are the same cartridge.

[Encore64]

Sept 8, 2021 10:50:16 GMT -5 seminolewind said:

Sept 8, 2021 9:51:48 GMT -5 Encore64 said:

I don't own a 7x57 Rifle, but have a TC Contender so chambered.

I do have a Ruger #1 and 77 chambered in 275 Rigby. Excellent Cartridge!!!

7x57 and 275 Rigby are the same cartridge.

Yes, that was my point...

[seminolewind]

I should have known.

[leftysixgun]

I have two #1s in 7x57. A short 20” RSI with a short throat and a 1B with a 26” barrel and a long throat. Both are great rifles.

[bradshaw]

Near asI recall, Remington chambered the Model 700 7x57 Mauser sometime in the 1970’s. It was a shooter from the git-go. Ruger jumped aboard with the post-dog leg bolt handle; it was not a shooter. The Ruger M-77 was beautifully polished & blued, much more sophisticated looking than the Remington. Remington firm-throated the chamber. Ruger deep-throated the chamber. According Bill Ruger, there was some wrestling around with dimensions and pressures at SAAMI, the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute, which sets standards for manufacturers. I bought two Model 77 7mm Mausers before I met Bill Ruger. Both good shooters. I know just a bit of the Ruger/Mauser story. As I had this brilliant Husqvarna Model 98 carbine in 7x57, I sold the Ruger’s before real exploration, and had no trouble selling both, immediately. I heard no complaints.

The 7x57 sleeps with Rip Van Winkle. Half of what we know about it in war comes from Teddy Roosevelt, whose exploits against the Spanish in Cuba led him to pronounce it far superior to the U.S. Krag. Teddy may have had the pre-1898 Mausers in mind, more than their respective cartridges.This is where technical description matters, and to this day I wait for it. Ole Teddy did allow as to how the life of many American soldiers was saved by the Spanish shooting over their heads.

My late shooting partner, Ed Verge, made a practice of sporterizing Model 1895 Chilean Mauser 7x57’s for the deer woods. These rifles and carbines with fast twist barrels shot beautiful. Most often the Verge rifles were furnished with a Leupold scope in Buehler rings.

The thing about a good 7x57 Mauser, once dialed, leave it alone.
David Bradshaw