Recent content by BrokenArrow

Hi Guys I don’t own Blaser R8’s, but a good friend of mine does. He has the Professional Success in .300 Win Mag and the Professional in .243 Win and 7x64. Being uninformed and a traditionalist at heart,I used to dislike Blaser with a passion! That has all changed now. They shoot like target...

Another warm welcome to AH from the RSA Ashley!!! You’re just gonna love this forum! Lots of very knowledgeable, helpful people here...

I am glad to see the 7x57/.275 Rigby mentioned. Yes, I am a bit biased... I think quite a few PH’s here recommend the .300 Win Mag (I guess the .300WSM would be included), as a single rifle choice for plains game. But this is not what the OP put forward. I agree; .30-06 .375 H&H One of the...

Hello Edge The Peregrine VRG3 165 grain bullet is deadly in the 30-06! I used them last year and gave them to a PH friend of mine. The performance was brilliant in every animal from duiker to eland at ranges between 65 to 230 meters. Muzzle velocity was 2780 FPS. I hunted an ostrich at a...

Hello IvW Are you still using Rhino bullets? I live in Johannesburg and also own a 7x57. I went on a zebra hunt last year, my first and tried using a certain locally manufactured monolithic hollowpoint.I took a shot at about 40 meters and the bullet only penetrated 22 cm!!! I would like to...

Hi there HoggerNaut! Welcome to AH!! You will find the guys here are a great bunch. I was also born in the Eastern Cape, the hunting bug bit me there while at boarding school. I had a great mentor down there as well. Now I live in the big SA 'smoke'... I love your 'African' battery...you shall...

Hello All Thanks for all of your input! I went on my Tuli Hunt. Managed to get my zebra after two and a half days of tracking. This to me is what hunting is all about!!! I had no issues with the rifle/load at all, but my trusty Leupold VX2 3-9x40 gave up at the worst possible moment! We ended...

I like the Woodleighs, great bullets for the 7x57...in the 160 and 175 grain form!!

IvW has just made me question something else about this caliber... When a 7x57 is 'barreled' i.e. barrel measurements to European specs. Is it bad to shoot .284" or smaller bullets through a .285" barrel? Does the barrel get damaged by 'hot, high pressure gases getting past between the bullet...

I agree! I have never yet had an animal I hunted complain that the bullet was travelling too slow. But I have seen a bullet that would have complained if it could, that it was travelling too fast! The common comeback here is 'at what stage of the animals death did it fail?' I want to trust...

Hey guys. Thank you for your comments. A question. Is the M98 Mauser action regarded as a strong action? My rifle is built on a DWM action made sometime between 1935 and 1942.

I am really looking forward to taking my 'new' 7x57 out for some clean, fresh air on my friends very large game ranch on the Limpopo River/ Tuli area. A great area for this classic African caliber. I intend to hunt kudu, zebra, warthog as well as a few others... I feel the Nosler AB 160 grain...

I am really looking forward to taking my 'new' 7x57 out for some clean, fresh air on my friends very large game ranch on the Limpopo River/ Tuli area. A great area for this classic African caliber. I intend to hunt kudu, zebra, warthog as well as a few others... I feel the Nosler AB 160 grain...

Thanks! We reloaders are certainly spoilt for choice! What I am looking for is a case that is above 85% full (I believe this usually helps with ballistic consistency and accuracy). The other bonus with the H4831 (SC) is its insensitivity to temperature. I do not want a 'summer ' and 'winter'...

Hello guys, thanks for your replies! Appreciated! There always seem to be firm favorites with regards to propellants for specific calibers. I find my 7x57 has worked really well with a powder we have here in SA called S 365, which is very similar to IMR 4350. Our powders are sensitive to...