6.5x55 vs 7x57 Why?

[JAYB]

What an interesting thread, I find it difficult to choose between the 6.5X55 and the 7X57, so I have both!

John

 

[bewsher500]

its funny when you read popular press and marketing materials about "modern" calibres (or those they have decided to sell more of!)

I hate marketing hype but it appears that all the attributes of a cartridge seem to be focused on "accuracy" and "flat trajectory"...this amuses me as I feel many people seem to think they are buying some kind of star wars laser!

I keep banging on about it but the difference in trajectory in most popular stalking calibres with bullet ranges of 75-200gr is negligible at stalking ranges.
Accuracy hasnt changed significantly and I defy anyone to tell the difference in accuracy between one cartridge and another and exclude the rifle, the ammunition and more significantly the fleshy thing pulling the trigger.

 

[schultz and larsen]

What an interesting thread, I find it difficult to choose between the 6.5X55 and the 7X57, so I have both!

John

Same here...

 

[Muir]

Last year I shot all my big game with the 7x57. This year I did the same with the 6.5x55. The deer didn't seem to know the difference.~Muir

 

[I. Farticus]

These 2 Roe does didn't ask what they'd just been hit with this morning...

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Cheers
i.

 

[6pt-sika]

Last year I shot all my big game with the 7x57. This year I did the same with the 6.5x55. The deer didn't seem to know the difference.~Muir

One year I was hung up on the then new Remington "Short Action Ultra Mags" . So that year the first deer I killed was a small 8 pointer with the 260 REM in a stainless synthetic Remington Model 7 , at the crack of the gun the deer hit the ground . Maybe a week or so after that i used a stainless synthetic Model 7 in 300 SAUM to shoot a pair of 6 pointers that morning and like the 8 point these were both boom flop .

So my thought was just how quick can they hit the ground DEAD RIGHT THERE . Now we all know very well that no gun is gonna make ALL it's shots boom flop dead right there .

My own personal assesment of the 6.5x55 and 7x57 is that I like them both . At the moment I only own one 6.5x55 and thats a military mauser . For a 7x57 I don't own a bolt gun at the moment but rather 2 drillings and a combination gun all chambered for 7x57R . In the past I've owned a pair of Ruger 77R's in 7x57 as well as a Kimber 89BGR Super American . And they all shot very nicely . Typically I loaded the 7x57 bolt guns with the Nosler 140 Solid Base or later the Nosler 140 BT . The 6.5x55's I've owned have been loaded with the Hornady 129 SST and the Hornady 140 SST with very good results on paper .

I am certainly thinking two of the next guns I want to add to my accumulation would be a Ruger #1A in a 7x57 and a 6.5x55 either in a Ruger #1A or a CZ550 FS .

 

[tahoe2]

I love all them metrics, I have two 7x57's and three 8x57's. I still want a 6.5 Swede, a 7.5 Swiss and a 7.65 Argie.
I like the the fact that all these rounds accomplish their success with lower pressures and less recoil and still hit like
a ton of bricks.

 

[I. Farticus]

One year I was hung up on the then new Remington "Short Action Ultra Mags" . So that year the first deer I killed was a small 8 pointer with the 260 REM in a stainless synthetic Remington Model 7 , at the crack of the gun the deer hit the ground . Maybe a week or so after that i used a stainless synthetic Model 7 in 300 SAUM to shoot a pair of 6 pointers that morning and like the 8 point these were both boom flop .

So my thought was just how quick can they hit the ground DEAD RIGHT THERE . Now we all know very well that no gun is gonna make ALL it's shots boom flop dead right there .

My own personal assesment of the 6.5x55 and 7x57 is that I like them both . At the moment I only own one 6.5x55 and thats a military mauser . For a 7x57 I don't own a bolt gun at the moment but rather 2 drillings and a combination gun all chambered for 7x57R . In the past I've owned a pair of Ruger 77R's in 7x57 as well as a Kimber 89BGR Super American . And they all shot very nicely . Typically I loaded the 7x57 bolt guns with the Nosler 140 Solid Base or later the Nosler 140 BT . The 6.5x55's I've owned have been loaded with the Hornady 129 SST and the Hornady 140 SST with very good results on paper .

I am certainly thinking two of the next guns I want to add to my accumulation would be a Ruger #1A in a 7x57 and a 6.5x55 either in a Ruger #1A or a CZ550 FS .

I nailed a couple of Roe on Monday with 6.5x55 140gr SSTs.

1x heart/lung and 1x neck. Both dropped instantly, so very happy with that!

Now hanging in the deer fridge, ready to be butchered at the weekend... "Children, we eat tonight!"

 

[tahoe2]

congrats on the "double Roe" ! looks like you'll have a busy, rewarding, weekend !

 

[I. Farticus]

congrats on the "double Roe" ! looks like you'll have a busy, rewarding, weekend !

Ta. In trouble at home though, as I fly to the UAE on Sunday for a week on business, and will be in the garage all of Saturday with these 2...!

Just can't win sometimes

 

[PATHnz]

Please get a 6.5x55. It is an excellent cartridge.