Adopting a perfect chambering and action and giving it a new name
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After the Boers had killed so many English soldiers and officers with it, 7x57 Mauser would probably not sell too well with their target audience

Adopting a perfect chambering and action and giving it a new name
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If ever a calibre deserves to be more popular for UK stalking, it's the7x57.
After the Boers had killed so many English soldiers and officers with it, 7x57 Mauser would probably not sell too well with their target audience![]()
Had one of those; did the job just as well.7mm08![]()
Had one of those; did the job just as well.
I’m a big advocate of Remington 700/7’s having had many and any custom barreled jobs I have are on older 700 actions . I hunted two or three seasons with a factory stainless fluted Sendero in 7mm Rem Mag , that gun was easily .4 MOA for three shots at 100 yards with handloaded Nosler 150 BT’s . Only downfall was how heavy the darn thing was , I had a Leupold Vari XIII 4.5-14AO on top . That was a great scope from when they first brought the 4.5-14 out and way before the change to VX3 designation .In a shorter action, and probably at a lower price than what a 7x57 will be
I love Remington for all their faults, they were big proponents of 7mm, bringing out 7mm Rem Mag, 280 Remington/Express and of course making the 7mm08 Wilcat a standardised case.
My 7mm Rem Mag Sendero and 7mm08 Model 7 are my current favourite rifles, one for long, one for short!
I’ve killed a fair amount of brown cloven hooved rats with a 7-08 and like the cartridge just fine . However in “practical field application” the 7x57 and 7-08 are the same thing in minutely different packages .7mm08![]()
I’m a big advocate of Remington 700/7’s having had many and any custom barreled jobs I have are on older 700 actions . I hunted two or three seasons with a factory stainless fluted Sendero in 7mm Rem Mag , that gun was easily .4 MOA for three shots at 100 yards with handloaded Nosler 150 BT’s . Only downfall was how heavy the darn thing was , I had a Leupold Vari XIII 4.5-14AO on top . That was a great scope from when they first brought the 4.5-14 out and way before the change to VX3 designation .

Glad to see you have a proper length barrel 24/26'' on that lovely rifle.

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My CZ550 in 7x57 - absolute joy to shoot! I suspect I shall keep this for ever…
What scope rings are these?