7x57 Mauser: Whitetail

[Schutzhund]

7x57 for whitetail, what are your favorite loads?

I just built one on an FN commercial 98 action.
Lothar Walther 1:8.6" barrel
Getting ready to try hammer 145 hht and 150 gn nosler PT.

What's your go to WT load for 7x57.

 

[Robert N]

Basically, any 140 gr. @ 2700fps. Cup & Core’s work just fine at those velocities.

 

[Jnasa]

I mostly used 140 grain soft points. I currently am using 154 grain interlocks because I got them on clearance.

 

[jryoung]

Currently loading 120TTSX with RL-15.

 

[Salmonchaser]

140 gr ballistic tips or accubonds, healthy dose of RL17 gets me a little over 2900.

 

[homers]

160-162gr

 

[D4570]

My Granddaughter uses a Ruger AM chambered in that AI. We load her up with 140 Hammer hunters there only going around 2850 fps. There absolute death on deer. If you hit a shoulder even out to 300 yards it will crush the hit shoulder and exit out the off-side shoulder. At 100 yards they will open fully before exit no mater where you hit it.

 

[Schutzhund]

Thanks for the input from everyone.

 

[std7mag]

I built a Mauser for my daughter.
She's shooting the 120gr NBT over RL17.
Has performed well for her.

 

[Badlandboy]

145 gr. Speer Hot Cor, PPU brass, Accurate 4350 powder, Fed.210 primer. Slightly less than book max charge exits at 2788 fps from the 23” custom barrel of my Ruger #1 Lt. Sporter and groups +/- 1 inch at 100 yds. Not a “tack driver” by some peoples standards but a deadly combo for whitetail (or muleys) at the distances I choose to shoot. (300 yds. or less).