#7MM GERMAN MAUSER RIFLE VALUE FULL#
Note: A full length article about the 7x57 can be found on the Rifle Cartridge Page.Ĭopyright 2004 by Chuck Hawks. All of the above loads used Remington cases and CCI 250 primers, and were chronographed in a 22 inch rifle barrel. 284) can be driven to 2,363 fps by 42.0 grains of H414, and 2582 fps by a maximum load of 46.0 grains of the same powder. 257) can be driven to 2501 fps by 44.0 grains of H414, and 2748 fps by a maximum load of 48.0 grains of H414. 230) can be driven to 2649 fps by 46.0 grains of H414 powder, and 2960 fps by a maximum load of 50.0 grains of H414.
#7MM GERMAN MAUSER RIFLE VALUE MANUAL#
13 Reloading Manual the Speer 130 grain spitzer bullet (BC. Do not use the maximum loads quoted below in the relatively weak Model 93 and 95 Mauser actions, or in Remington rolling block rifles. The reloader with a strong rifle who loads to about 50,000 cup can do better than most factory loads.
The 7x57 is a well balanced and well designed cartridge for which a number of medium burning rate rifle powders are appropriate. Restrict shots at the latter to 200 yards/meters or less.
The 130-140 grain bullets are generally the best choice for CXP2 class game, while the 150-175 grain bullets get the nod for CXP3 class game. The hand crafted all steel construction includes a cold hammer forged barrel, robust bolt assembly with six massive lugs that lock directly to the barrel and includes a detachable box magazine. The North American shooter who wants to get maximum utility out of a 7x57 really should be a reloader. Uncompromising use under all conditions, the Mauser 12 is designed consistently, as are all real MAUSER bolt action rifles. 310) and a 195 grain soft point spitzer bullet (SD. If your gun has a straight bolt handle, it is the K98. There are a wide variety of 7mm bullets available to the reloader, from around 110 grains to 195 grains. The Mauser K98 bolt-action repeating rifle with the Eagle holding a swastika was built during the Nazi reign. Here are some 7x57 specifications that should be of interest to reloaders: bullet diameter. These are the standard American low pressure factory loads. Federal and PMC also load 175 grain RN bullets at a MV of 2440 fps and ME of 2315 ft. Winchester loads a 145 grain spitzer to the same MV for a ME of 2279 ft. 248) at a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2,660 fps and muzzle energy (ME) of 2,199 ft.
275 Rigby (as he called the 7x57) for its accuracy and low recoil and report.Ĭurrent ammunition catalogs from PMC, Remington and Federal show loads for the 7x57 He used the 175 grain FMJ bullet for brain shots, and liked the. Bell, perhaps the most famous of all African commercial ivory hunters, killed the majority of his over 1000 elephants with the 7x57. Ammunition is manufactured and sold in Europe, Africa, North America and most Under both names the cartridge was used extensively for plains and mountain game in Africa and Asia. Many bolt action rifles built in the UK were so marked. In Great Britain the 7x57 became so popular that the John Rigby Company adopted it as the. In Europe, Serbia adopted the cartridge, and it became a popular sporting cartridge all over Europe. Subsequently, several Latin American countries adopted the 7x57, including Mexico. The 7x57 was developed by the famous German firm of Mauser in 1892, and adopted by the Spanish government in 1893.
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