7x57 favorite loads

[tarbe]

Try W 760 or H414 with magnum primer, works very well with my 7 x57, just look in the reloading manual for load data, every rifle is different.

Hmmm...I have 3 8 pound jugs of these powders.

I probably ought to get a 7x57 to eat some of that powder up!

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Hmmm...I have 3 8 pound jugs of these powders.

I probably ought to get a 7x57 to eat some of that powder up!

And you ask if you need help.

 

[tarbe]

And you ask if you need help.

It was on sale...

 

[epoletna]

I avoid handloading like the plague but completely understand the purpose and value. I had excellent results with Sellier & Bellot factory 7x57 ammo with the 175gr nosler partition. It worked on bear, kudu, zebra, 9 impala, steinbok, hyena, baboon, etc. Just an awesome round. My 23" barreled single shot chornographed them at 2437fps so it is certainly not the fastest load that could be made for this rifle but it was plenty for all my purposes. Did I mention that the S&B 175gr partition ammo is cheap? This caliber has expensive brass to begin with so buying loaded ammo and saving the brass isn't such a bad plan either?

I'd really like to get my hands on 175gr or 180gr FMJ ammunition regulated to the same POI as my 175gr partition for a wide variety of uses. (not the use Karamojo Bell had in mind!) It's on the list if I ever get back to handloading.

Do you know anyone who sells FMJ 7 mm bullets? I don't recall having seen any.

 

[Sika98k]

Do you know anyone who sells FMJ 7 mm bullets? I don't recall having seen any.

PPU of Serbia manufacture them anyway (173gr.). Hopefully you can find someone in your neck of the woods.

 

[epoletna]

PPU of Serbia manufacture them anyway (173gr.). Hopefully you can find someone in your neck of the woods.

Thank you. I'll look for some.

 

[Tgood1]

Ruger no 1 7x57. 145 gr nosler partition, approx 15 black bear, 7 first deer for kids as if November 2019, cant ask for more, great load.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

7mm 174 grain FMJ available in the USA via the Internet.

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/156

Available in the USA for sale within the USA or outside the USA.

https://reloadinginternational.com/product_info.php?products_id=1748

 

[Mr. Zorg]

Another retailer with these 7mm FMJ bullets.

https://www.powdervalleyinc.com/product/prvi-284-7mm-174-gr-fmjbt-100/

 

[tarbe]

Do you know anyone who sells FMJ 7 mm bullets? I don't recall having seen any.

Woodleigh lists a hydro in 7mm:

http://woodleighbullets.com.au/bullet-lists/hydrostatically-stabilised

 

[Mr. Zorg]

The 7mm Woodleigh solids are $3.50 / projectile in the USA.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1016411819?pid=879201

 

[Sand Rat]

That’s higher than giraffes Vagina!

 

[Michael Dean]

All my 7x57s except for one are Ackley Improved so my load data is way too hot for the average 7x57. I do use RL17 in all of my loads, I get about 200fps more using the RL 17 over IMR 4350 or Varget.

 

[Major Khan]

Bullet = Winchester 175 grain soft point " cup & core " style bullet , removed from vintage Winchester Super X 7×57 mm Mauser calibre ammunition .

Powder = 45.7 grains of Win 760 propellant powder
Courtesy of my good friend , @Shootist43
He essentially helped me turn a cheetal deer cartridge in to an Asian Sloth Bear cartridge .

 

[Cleveland48]

This was load I used last year for whitetail. It's also about as tight shooting as I have gotten the ruger african so far. Tommorow plan on trying out some 145 gr speer grand slam loads with H4350.

 

[bruce moulds]

That’s higher than giraffes Vagina!

the giraffe is the only animal in the world that can walk into a bar and say.
"the highballs are on me"

 

[bruce moulds]

and then of course there is the orangutang.
so called because his balls are made of brass.
as he swings from tree to tree, echoing through the forest can be clearly heard the sound orag - atang, orang - atang.

 

[Cleveland48]

So far the 145 grain speer grand slam is looking to be a pretty good combo, for my ruger african.

 

[Sand Rat]

So far the 145 grain speer grand slam is looking to be a pretty good combo, for my ruger african. View attachment 345439View attachment 345440View attachment 345441

156 gr oryx, mine loves em and they have plenty of punch. I max out at 46 gr of H4350, load is out of John Barness Big Book of Gun Gack.

 

[Cleveland48]

156 gr oryx, mine loves em and they have plenty of punch. I max out at 46 gr of H4350, load is out of John Barness Big Book of Gun Gack.

Huge fan of the norma bullets. Would like to try the oryx in my 9.3x62.