So what are the hangups for the 7x57 for a

[Hunt4life]

tactical rifle? The long action gives you plenty of room to seat the bullet on out and you have a pretty nice jump in powder capacity from a 7mm-08(which you can't seat as far out already in a SA)

Don't ever hear it mentioned, was just wondering. Shame to pass up on all those ultra high BC offerings. Not to mention barrel life.

 

[leadbullet]

Re: So what are the hangups for the 7x57 for a

it is a ballistically really good cartridge and sadly a sleeper.
There is nothing wrong with at all except the 284win has a little more case capacity and brass is available from better manufacturer so that is why IMHO it is not as popular as it shoud be.
cheers

 

[nhm16]

Re: So what are the hangups for the 7x57 for a

Lapua used to import 7x57 brass.

 

[Chemguy]

No one uses it for a tactical rifle but I sure want to try. Brass seems to be the hang up.

 

[roggom]

Chem just go for it. From reading your previous posts, you have a lot invested into this cartridge. With a long action you pretty much seat them to the lands. I have several sporters and the new winchester in 7x57 and I really like that cartridge. You can get premium brass from Norma and Nosler will have some out pretty soon. Nolser has published loads for a 160 at 2800 FPS, I think one of the detractors is the anemic load data published in the US. I understand why, because all of those small ring and trapdoor rifles still out there. I just wish some manufactures would do some stress testing on that cartridge in modern actions to get a realistic pressure rating.

Been thinking about a heavy barrel one myself and might be my project for next tax season.

 

[Chemguy]

Okay you convinced me. Worst case scenario it doesn't do much more for me than a 7mm-08 will and that isn't a bad place to be.