Rocked and Loaded
AH enthusiast
I’m surprised nobody has suggested simply purchasing both rifles. ![Unsure :unsure: :unsure:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/1f914.png)
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Though I'm not opposed to the .270 (or most anything in that Browning cartridge case,) I have a 7x57 Mauser Ackley Improved and absolutely Love it. Read much about their hunting successes (since the end of the 1800s,) read up on the Improved versions (just a chamber reaming away for you,) and picked one up for myself (it needed a little trigger/bedding work, but after that, some fireforming of factory loads, handloading and testing in the field-it's a Winner! Agree fully on the bullet selection advantage (heavier, high SD 7mms are excellent performers in the field.) 757 ammo is available worldwide and even if you do have the Improved version, you can still use factory 757 ammo in a pinch. 'Never a complaint by Karamojo Bell using that cartridge to bring down so many Elephant once upon a time.... All that said, the .270 is more of a longer range beanfield gun for deer-sized or smaller, wide-open country animals (taking advantage of the pretty good BC of the lighter, and longer/skinnier ballistic of the 277. I like 140/160/175 gr slugs in the 757. I was never convinced by any of Jack O'Conner's writings to purchase a .270.![]()
I'm a fan of Improving the 757 (bringing the V up to hot 06 case velocities, with less powder 50-56 gr and a refigured case that creates more pressure.) Some 757 AI loads have higher V than a .280 AI due to the case configuration. Technically, the heavy .277 bullets would have both (slightly) higher BC and SD but those longer bullets also eat up powder capacity in the case (with longer bullets.) I'm also thinking the 7 has greater versatility as even heavier slugs are available...You mention 160 bullets for the 7x57, but wouldn’t a 270 outperform a 7x57 in any circumstance where the same weight bullets were used due to case capacity alone?
I would think that in 140-160gr, the 270 would have the edge.
why not have the best of both and a bit more as well.
get the 7x57, contact pt&g for a chamber reamer, and get some 280 rem loading dies.
bruce.
There are two rifles for sale a 270 and a 7*57 but my dad doesn't know which to get. They are the same price and the 7*57 has lost most its bluing. It is desired for game up to kudu'ish and for the range for kids between 10 and 12.
Please help with this dilemma.
this damn thread!!!!!!
I've got a sweet little 7x57 built on a SR mauser action in the safe.. I snatched the scope off of it and put the scope on a Ruger M77 in 308 a few months back.. because I hunt with the 308 more often, and really like the zeiss optic I had mounted on the 7x57...
Now Im wanting to get the 7x57 out of the safe, take it to the range, and possibly take it on a couple of deer hunts this year...
Which means.. I now need to spend money on another optic...
you guys and all of your 7x57 love are costing me money!
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You have your answer right there......
"the 7*57 has lost most its bluing"
I wonder why....never mind I know....my first proper rifle was in this caliber, best African caliber for a light rifle....period....
I have both, and the 270 is more powerful, end of story, ammo and components in Africa are available for both, In most countries the 270 and 30-06 seem to be on all shelves so both are popular..My favorite caliber for Plains game is the 7x57 with handloads, with factory ammo is about like a 30-30 as a matter of fact, there are a couple of better factor loads but they are all but impossible to get...If I were to have only one gun Id go with the 270 for the extra velocity and enough bullet weight to handle all but buffalo, Hippo, and elephant, but with good 160 Nosler or Barnes, I would tackle a cape buffalo with a carefully placed shot..Bottom line 6 of 1 or half a dozen of both, just doesn't make much difference IMO..
BTW in the USA 270 and components are much more available than 7x57..
I have to disagree with you on the availability of components for the 7x57 in the USA. Brass is readily available and the only other difference would be bullet selection. I think you’d be hard pressed to support a claim that .270 bullets have greater selection or are more available than 7 mm bullets.
I'd like the heavier bullet of the 7x57 but like someone already said, if I was going pronghorn hunting I'd want that flat shooting .270 with 130 grain bullets
But an African gun has to be metric lol
@R.M.C.I'd like the heavier bullet of the 7x57 but like someone already said, if I was going pronghorn hunting I'd want that flat shooting .270 with 130 grain bullets
But an African gun has to be metric lol
This thread has a lot to do about nada, the pros and cons amount to nothing as a matter of fact..Take your pick, Ive shot about everything with both and Im satisfied with both and you can add a 30-06 to that gammit as far as Im concerned..Push come to shove I feel like the 7x57 is the lightest caliber I would hunt any animal in the world with and have "almost" done that..but its not the thing to do its mostly a stunt and could be duplicated by the 270 on second thought!!