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| < 16ga. Guns ~ 16ga of the rifle world |
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:17 am
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| Surprised how many here are voting for the 7x57. Bought a Win 70 featherweight push feed type and just love it. I reload for it and not to top possible velocity since I wanted something less powerful than my '06's. 139gr hornadys have always been one shot kills. Have been interested in the 250 savage too but just don't need another deer rifle. That's another old round that has a reputation for killing better than it should. Always thought it would be a better kids round than the 243. |
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:52 am
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Surprised how many here are voting for the 7x57. Bought a Win 70 featherweight push feed type and just love it. I reload for it and not to top possible velocity since I wanted something less powerful than my '06's. 139gr hornadys have always been one shot kills. Have been interested in the 250 savage too but just don't need another deer rifle. That's another old round that has a reputation for killing better than it should. Always thought it would be a better kids round than the 243.
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I have to confess, I voted for the 7x57 for its parallels to the 16 in performance and tradition, but I hunt deer with a 7mm-08. The “new 7x57.” (...and a .348 Win.) |
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:01 am
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This year Lipsey,s is planning to do that rifle in 6.55 SE. When they did the .275s last year they had Ruger do a run of 250 rifles. Those rifles went quickly. |
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:08 am
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:40 am
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| slowpokebill wrote: |
This year Lipsey,s is planning to do that rifle in 6.55 SE. When they did the .275s last year they had Ruger do a run of 250 rifles. Those rifles went quickly.
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I had read they were doing the 6.5x55 this year. I wish I had known they were doing the .275 last year but I found out too late. The Rigbys are bringing pretty good prices on GB when they pop up.
Along with the 9.3, I'm hoping they do a run of .300 H&H. I don't need another rifle, but those two are on my wish list. |
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 3:59 pm
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| I want to change my vote from 6.5x55 to 30-30, I use to own one along with a 16ga, sold the 30-30 when I moved to indiana from Minnesota, and gave the 16ga to my brother, I have since bought a bunch 16ga, but not a 30-30 |
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 4:18 pm
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| A perfect match for your use is the 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer cartridge in Steyr 1903 carbine. |
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:26 pm
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| 7mm-08 now that all the 6.5 gotta be a suburban sniper stuff has come out. Personally I'm back to shooting a 44 instead of 30-06. I like to get dirty and get in their home with them now(deer) |
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Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:46 pm
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| Savage16 wrote: |
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Surprised how many here are voting for the 7x57. Bought a Win 70 featherweight push feed type and just love it. I reload for it and not to top possible velocity since I wanted something less powerful than my '06's. 139gr hornadys have always been one shot kills. Have been interested in the 250 savage too but just don't need another deer rifle. That's another old round that has a reputation for killing better than it should. Always thought it would be a better kids round than the 243.
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The 7x57 doesn't surprise me as the rifle counterpart to the 16 gauge. Both of them are able to fight well out of their weight class and win decisively. |
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Sun Apr 29, 2018 1:54 pm
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Mart I like that description.
Does anyone have any experience with the factory 175 RN loadings? I bought a box cheap at a gun show,but haven't fired any. |
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Mart I like that description.
Does anyone have any experience with the factory 175 RN loadings? I bought a box cheap at a gun show,but haven't fired any.
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They go bang and a bullet comes out of the barrel. |
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Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:02 pm
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| Savage16 wrote: |
Mart I like that description.
Does anyone have any experience with the factory 175 RN loadings? I bought a box cheap at a gun show,but haven't fired any.
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Original loading, slow by today's standards, but they penetrated forever. Good load for game heavier than deer, for that the 139-140 grains are about perfect.
Good short range load.
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Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:34 pm
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My .02 on the 175 gr out of a 7x57 is limited but ..
Out of my Mark X, I shoot outstanding groups because they were chambered with that loading in mind. I have a really long cartridge when reloading with lighter bullets. The gun will shoot any 175 grain factory or reload very well.
My other 7x57 is a custom job with the chamber reamed for 140ish grain type bullets. Doesn't like the big 175 trainers as well. |
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Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:01 pm
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The chamber has nothing to do with whether a rifle will do well with a certain weight bullet or not.
The twist of the barrel determines that.
Ballistics 101.
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Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:26 pm
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I'm sure I am missing something but I can't see what the twist has to do with the fact that the two guns have a great deal of difference in overall cartridge length.
The Mark X will take a reload with an overall length of 3.28 inches.
The FN custom will only take a reload of 3.190 inches of overall length.
The freebore in the Mark X does not enhance accuracy with lighter bullets. |
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