Who says you can't achieve great accuracy from a 7x57?

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Well, it's doable, 10/10 times at 300. Interarms with Hogue OverMold Full Length Block. 7x57 Mauser. Night force scope

7x57 Mauser
162 gr. Hornady A-Max
Remington Brass
Federal 215 Match
46.6 grs. H4350
COL: 3.280"

That's 3 shots on the gong.
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I don't remember anyone saying it wouldn't shoot. The 257 Roberts (offspring) will shoot too.
 
I've had over 10 people tell me the 7x57 doesn't have what it takes to group 3 touching each other, especially from a sporter rifle.
 
I had a M700 w/ a Hart barrel, 9" twist, 24" long I used for centerfire silouhette w/ a similiar load as yours w/ 168 Sierra Matchkings that shot very good. A lot of the old timers back in the 60s and 70s used the 257 Roberts for midrange groundhog hunting out to about 500 yds sometimes a little further w/ the 117 Sierra BT Spitzer, and most of those rifles shot well. The 7x57 is a good case.
 
7x57, favorite rifle cartridge for bigger animals, but works on varmints too

RHC said:
Well, it's doable, 10/10 times at 300. Interarms with Hogue OverMold Full Length Block. 7x57 Mauser. Night force scope

7x57 Mauser
162 gr. Hornady A-Max
Remington Brass
Federal 215 Match
46.6 grs. H4350
COL: 3.280"

That's 3 shots on the gong.
Oh and this is a great lookin' sight. I couldn't find a forum to introduce myself so I thought I would take off!
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I bought a Ruger 77 in 7x57 in the fall of 73'. During the next year I tried all sorts of loads, different powders, bullets and primers. What I found was it liked the bullets in the 139-150gr range. It would shoot everything from 120 to 175 but not to my liking. Back then, before plastic tipped bullets the best group came from Speer 145gr Boattail bullets (if I remember the BC was .502)and about 47.5 gr of IMR4350. I had a straight Leopold 4x scope. ( I once shot off a bench at 300 yards in a hard wind and grouped three shots in 1.75", I was holding on the left edge of the target and about 4" high, at that time it had a 4x12 scope) My varmint gun was and still is a 72' Rem 788 in .222. Back in the day I would go down to my friends place near Santa Cruz and go ground squirrel shooting near Hunter Ligget or San Louis Res. My .222 was in a wood stock back then, bedded and free floated, Canjar trigger and Lyman All American straight 10x scope, but still it would be off up to 2" from humidity changes from my dry area to the more humid areas we shot. Once zeroed it (.222) was about .5 to .75". One time the gun got bumped and knocked over on the Harris bipods, (bought in 72' for 15.00 new). I couldn't hit anything with the deuce after that. I took out the 7x57 and 4x scope, took two empty Bud cans out about 150 yards, one on top of the other. Mounted the bipods and shot twice. Nothing moved and couldn't see anything out of by 10x binocs. Walked back to get the cans and told myself I would just spot for my friends the rest of the day. About 1/2" left and 3/4" high where I was aiming were two clean bullet holes about 1/4" apart. Hot dog... that turned out to be a really great day taking squirrels out to 300 yards. Could have shot farther but the scope was the limiting factor. I have since turned that rifle into a Rem .244 (6mm different twist) Schillen #6 taper bench barrel, Canjar set trigger and Lee Six beavertail glass stock. But not before I picked up a Rem Mountain Rifle in 7x57 in the early 90's. Reseated the bullets down to factory specs and fired three shots. All three touched at a paced off 100 yards from the hood of my car in a light breeze. That gun is in glass as well as the little .222 Rem. The .222 is the standard I judge all my rifles by, and they all do rather well. So does the 7x57 shoot? in my experience going back to forty years ago, and two rifles, yes. But see what your rifle likes to shoot. I once went on a pig shoot in 82' and didn't have time to load up so bought a box of Norma 150's. WOW, closest thing to my reloads. Today I feel manufactures have gotten a lot better in quality and consistency of their ammo. But if you have a 7x57 you will be looking at reloading. Remember it's the journey, not just the destination. Oh speaking of the journey I forgot I took a running coyote with the Ruger 7x57 before it was gender changed to .244. About 180 yards and a lucky shot. Bullet (speer 145 bt) entered next to butt hole and didn't exit. Came to rest under the skin of the left shoulder. I have three guns I'll probably never sell, the .222, the 7x57 and .244.
 
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