7x57 Whitetail Round

[Art Lambart II]

My son used PPU in his 6.5x55 last year to take his first whitetail. Quick kill but no exit wound, it's a very explosive bullet.

 

[bruce moulds]

I have a couple hundred animals that say you are wrong. But maybe we can agree to stop flogging this dead horse.

dead horse or elephant in the room?
bruce.

 

[fourfive8]

I have a lot of experience with 7x57 with 150 gr Nosler Partitions at about 2500 fps. Almost a perfect balance for velocity vs bullet performance on game from deer to elk.

 

[Graham Hunter]

dead horse or elephant in the room?
bruce.

Well if there was an Elephant in the room I would be using Nosler Solids!

 

[C.W. Richter]

Any factory 757 ammo will work fine on deer. Even the cheapest Aussie 120 gr copy of Barnes TSX. PPU's old style lead tip ensures great expansion. 'Used 'em in a 757AI for fireforming and they still shot under an inch.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Has anyone used PPU soft points for eastern whitetail hunting? The price seems decent and the smaller white tails are generally pretty easy to knock down.

Prvi Partizan Ammo 7x57 Mauser 139gr SP Box of 20 - Graf & Sons

This is loaded ammunition.

www.grafs.com

@roverandbrew
I haven't used it in 7x57 but have used it in 303British. Excellent performance on pigs with the 150grain soft points.
Bob

 

[leslie hetrick]

my late father used a custom 98 mauser in 7x57 with hornady 154gr round nose bullets reloaded at 2500 fps with good results on a pile of deer and a few bear with no problems, most under 100 yards.

 

[Dwight Beagle]

I’ve used PPU 139 grain soft point factory ammo in 6.5x55 on quite a few whitetails with no complaints. Velocity is pretty slow and the ammo is dirty but accuracy was excellent.

 

[MS 9x56]

For deer and hogs under 200 lbs good old cup and core bullets such as PPU work just fine. They may not be match grade accurate but really for deer and hogs you don’t need MOA accuracy. Plus if you reload they make excellent brass.