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The irons were passed along in a small cloth G&H bag. I believe they were removed when it was fitted for the G&H side mount & Lyman Alaskan 2 1/2x.

That 2 1/2x scope feels like plenty of handicap for this shooter.

FC

I have no problem with push feed rifles, having mostly 700s in the safe but do have a classic wood/walnut 7x57 CRF in there as well.

There are lots of more modern cases with less taper out there, but the older classics are more interesting to me.

What does that one weigh?

I'm green with envy! That is an outstanding rifle, congratulations.

A hair over 8#, sans sling. Somehow, though, it points as if 'twere < 6#.




Thanks. It sucks that none of its previous owners are still around, but it does kinda feel like they're with me when that rifle goes afield.

FC

Is there another generation after you to carry it about?

They do feed nice , 7 x 64 certainly appeals in that regard.

That's a beautiful rabbit gun.

Armed Free: Curious about your Win M70 Pre-64 with the 24" Buhmiller barrel... Is it a bull barrel, untapered? Any idea when it was made?
JR made some 62,000 barrels and sold them to gunsmiths who may or may not have tapered them as they did what their customers wanted. But most were not 24", as that was the extreme length he could build... Would like to know what you might know about the rifle...

Have only taken one moose with the 7x57, but it worked fine in Alberta a few years ago. (Have also taken probably a dozen other species of big game with the round in places from Alaska to Africa, usually but not always with bullets in the 160-grain range.)

Giving his .460 a rest.

DF

And who did the killing?🤣

I’ve never been elk hunting, but I love my mid 80’s Ruger 77 in 7x57. This is the only big game that I’ve killed with it. 160 grain Speer Grand Slam at about 2550 fps. Loaded with W760. 60ish yards. Bullet shot completely through him just behind the crease. He made one good jump forward and fell over dead. You can see the exit hole in the pic. If Ohio would ever allow bottleneck case rifles for deer, this would be the first one I’d take hunting. Only bad thing is that I’m a lefty and this is a right handed rifle. Still my favorite though.
By the way, this was in 1997.
Ron

That's a big piggy

Just saw my old post - I was trying to be funny by co-mingling and knowingly misspelling several variations of entirely different cartridges - in light of the several names of the 7x57 obviously my attempt failed…miserably.
🤦🏻‍♂️

Nice moose. I've only shot one moose with the 7mm as well. 160gr NPs worked as it should.

You're right. One could do just about anything with a 7x57 in NA. I could knock the 300H&H off my list and still be well covered.

The Mrs. and me "snow bird" every winter. Our youngest bought property between Laredo and Kingsville. We see nilgai quite often across the fence.
If I could get one on the correct side of the fence....😉
Problem is, recoil is no longer an option for me, so I'll be using my AR in 6.8mm (.277").

Thoughts.

SuperCub,

What bullet/load did you use on that 7x57 moose?

Smaller NFLD moose taken the day before a gale set in. I wasn't going to look for anything larger in that weather.

I understand. Bet he tasted good!

Have used a very similar load on several animals....