Tell me about the 7x57

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getfoxy

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Besides the fact that it was favored by Elanor O'Connor lol.

Im kinda intrigued to this caliber all of a sudden. It has a nice classy litle ring to it.

Is anyone here hunting with it? I am finding very few rifles chambered for it. I guess I need to find a 7-08 or a .270 and have it rechambered?
 
Ruger is still making a 7x57 I believe, or at least they were within the last year or so.....

I haven't ever owned one, or fired one, or even touched one, so I can't be much help to ya...

I will say that the .284 caliber is the best all around caliber, in my opinion.
 
Hmmmmm it might have been longer than that when I saw it on there. I was eye-balling one as well! I have a cousin from IL that has owned a bazillion guns over the years, and he is a lover of the 22 Hornet, 243, and 7x57.

I'd always thought about getting a 7x57 for the 2 times a year he comes out here shooting/hunting with me.
 
Don't think it is much better than the 7mm08. Certainly not nearly as popular. Only know one person with one. Seems like the 08 is money better spent for the same.
The .280 is popular, seems like the .284 is gaining popularity as a performer. Actually know several people who have purchased .284 lately.
 
Ruger chambers them from time to time. Especially in their #1's.

The 7X57 is one fantastic cartridge.

I am in the market for a nice Ruger #1. My cartridge of choice is either a 7X57, or a 30-40 Krag. When I find one with really nice wood that is what I am going to buy.

Anybody seen one?? Tom.
 
I have had a 7x57 for over 25 years. Killed a number of deer with it. I built my son his first deer rifle on a 98 Mauser 7x57 and he killed many deer with it. I've always reloaded for them, as factory loads are too mild for modern rifles. With a good handload, the 7x57 will do about anything that a 270 will. I know because my other deer rifle, and the one I always picked up first, was a 270. I love the history behind the caliber, and hope it is always around.
 
7x57 AKA .275 Rigby is a good hunting cartridge. Generally speaking, its recoil is on the mild side and round is fairly flat shooting. The 257 Roberts, another old, but nice shooting/hunting cartridge, is basically just a 7x57 necked down to 25 cal.

I haven't hunted in many years, just shoot paper at least once a week and most of the time I bring one of my 7x57s or 257Rs to shoot...own 3 each of them.

Kinda hard to find a factory rifle chambered in 7x57 or 257R for that matter. Like others have written, Ruger on an occassion makes a 7x57, and their Hawkeye rifle is presently chambered in .257R.
 
My first deer gun was a Ruger 77 in 7x57.That was over 30 years ago.Up until last year it was my only deer gun.IMO one of the finest cartridges of all time.I'll never sell it.If you cant find one the 7-08 is near as you'll ever get.My choice would be the new Win Featherweight.
 
Not to hijack but I googled 7x57 and was reading up on it and seen this round...
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Can anyone tell us why that bullet is stepped and what they thought they were gaining by doing so?

Don't want to hijack Gary, but I posted thinking you would find it interesting too.
 
My first rifle was a Spainish Mauser 93 in 7 x 57. Shot my largest deer to date with it. Loved shooting it. Bought it mail order from Montgomery Wards catalog. Tells you it was before '68. Still got it. Used to buy miltary ammo for it as i didn't have money, and it shot just fine. Flat shooting gun, very old caliber, and yes, it don't have history.
 
I used one for a few years hunting whitetails in Mississippi. Mine was a Ruger No.1 and was a fun gun to hunt with and I killed quite a few deer with it before I quit rifle hunting and went strictly archery.
Being an avid Jack O'Connor fan is why I had to have one back then but alas a drug addict stole all my guns back in the mid 80's and they recovered all but two that one and a Winchester 88 in .308.
 
shark, my wife shot a few elk with 140gr noslers in a 7x57 with her remington mountain rifle. in a lite rifle the recoil is up there.
the military 7x57 originally was loaded with 175gr bullets so they had a long throat. my guess is the bullet you showed was made to compensate for the long throat. the 264 win mag with the 140 gr bullet is similar but not as drastic. spike
 
S&B used to load bullets like that in 30-06 too. I bought a box one time to sight in a rifle. Foxy I like how you are into the older non main stream calibers. I like to be different too
 
Always have been man. I am very picky when it comes to caliber selection and rifle choice.

Every "Varmint Hunter" around me shoots 223,204,and 22-250. Thtas why Im currently using a .221 FB.

All the Deer Hunters use .243, 30-30, 30-06 (dont get me wrong, I love the 06), and the 270.

I like oddballs without having to mess with all the work of a wildcat
 
W.D.M. "Karamojo" Bell killed several hundred elephants with the .275 Rigby aka 7x57 Mauser back in the day. The Spanish shot the heck out of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish - American War with the 7x57. It has been a worldwide standard hunting cartridge for many, many years. I'm sure the popularity of the 7x57 has waned now for more modern cartridges but that does nothing to take away the usefulness of the old cartridge. Many years ago I picked up a nice little 7x57 rifle built on a 98' Mauser with a 22" medium weight barrel, Rienhart-Fajen light sporter stock with handsome figure, Beuler safety, Timney trigger, Conetrol mounts with a Redfield fixed 4X scope. That was quite a rig when it was put together and it was done just right too. It shot lights out with 140 gr. bullets and I killed a handful of deer with it with perfect results. I passed it on to my dad who also killed several deer with it before he swapped it off on a high grade Ithaca 20 gauge SxS shotgun. A practical minded person would probably choose the garden variety 7mm-08 today. A romantic would find a 7x57 and secretly know he had made the best choice…
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