7x57 Mauser or 7mm-08 Rem?

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Or just buy the 7mm-08 and use the other money on optics and ammo.
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Well yes, that's what I'd do, but he asked where to get a rifle in 7x57. I just figured he has all the facts and wants a 7x57 instead of 7-08. So I told him how I'd do it.
I'd go 7-08 too but I'd still go custom unless I had a strict budget (which I usually do :()
 
Hi Art,

I am a big proponent of cartridge nostalgia, as long as it is paired up with an appropriately nostalgic weapon.

I saw a collection of 1950's-1960's era hunting rifles.... Winchester and Remington bolt actions chambered in 257 roberts, 6mm Remington, 22 Hornet, a Savage 99 in 300 Savage. All very cool, and I would love to have one.

But I agree with you that a nostalgic cartridge in a new rifle is not something I get excited about.
 
Well yes, that's what I'd do, but he asked where to get a rifle in 7x57. I just figured he has all the facts and wants a 7x57 instead of 7-08. So I told him how I'd do it.
I'd go 7-08 too but I'd still go custom unless I had a strict budget (which I usually do )
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10-4. Went the quasi custom route on my new 7mm08 deer stick for this year. The next build is a 25 Bob I think.
 
The 25 Bob

is nothing but a 7X57 necked down, i.e., .257X57.

In the same vein, 6mm Rem is 7X57 necked down, i.e., 243X57.

Wonder why .264 was never done, i.e., .264X57? .260 Rem is close, of course, but parent cartridge is 7.62X51 (308 Win), instead of 7X57.

I believe Europeans necked 7X57 down to 5.56mm/.223, resulting in a 4,000 fps velocity.

I'm just sayin':rolleyes:
 
One Cool thing about the 7x57 Mauser is that it is very Un Wall Martish, A cartridge for a Rifleman, that knows how to reload, can form cases, and re-barrel a Rifle.
In that it is very Cool.
In the end its up to you on what you would like to have. Good luck:)
 
Wonder why .264 was never done, i.e., .264X57?
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But it was! 6.5X57mm is a well-respected cartridge in Europe, just not well known in the USA.
I believe Europeans necked 7X57 down to 5.56mm/.223, resulting in a 4,000 fps velocity.
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Yes, RWS introduced the 5.6X57mm in the late 1970s. It is slightly different in that it has a very thick neck to allow the use of 22 rimfire adapters in rifles so chambered. Europeans have necked the 57mm case to just about every usable caliber, 5.6mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm, 9.3mm, 9.5mm, even 10.15mm.

Here in the USA, we had a gentleman named Charles Newton that introduced a few cartridges back in the early 20th Century. In addition to the better-known hunting cartridges like the 300 Newton, he also was a proponent of smallbore high-velocity cartridges for hunting. He gave us the .22 High Power, the .256 Newton (later popularized as the 6.5-06), and the .22 Newton, which is a .228" bullet in a necked-down 7X57 case. Recently, the .224 Texas Trophy Hunter cartridge has become somewhat popular in the USA, it will launch a 90 gr bullet at 3,400 fps.
 
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