7x64 Brenneke, The Wundercaliber

[Enrico Andreoli]

Good morning Gentlemen,

I'm happy to share my latest work.
Hope you'll enjoy it.
Best regards.

7×64 Brenneke The Wundercaliber.

It was 1917, the darkest year of the Great War. The world was witnessing an unprecedented carnage, perpetrated with ancient weapons such as maces, bayonets and swords but also with latest invention…

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[FlyGuy]

Great article!
I really enjoyed the read on an excellent cartridge.

 

[Phil Giordano]

Thank you Enrico for this great article, a nice add to your previous ones

 

[Phil Giordano]

I have a 7x65R in a Blaser BBF so I find it pretty suited to my needs

 

[Foxi]

a great caliber, depending on the bullet also as fast as the 7mm Rem Mag.
From the 1970s onwards, it unfortunately lost this game against the .30-06 in Germany.
Perhaps there will be a renaissance .
The 8x57 was already dead here and has been resurrected since the 90s (due to the widespread cultivation of corn with the wild pig problem).
An impeccable caliber and weapons on egun with it are quite cheap.
Have fun with it.

 

[VertigoBE]

Mighty it is indeed, the 7x64. But use well constructed premium bullets on the bigger game. (RWS KS is not solid enough)

 

[Enrico Andreoli]

Mighty it is indeed, the 7x64. But use well constructed premium bullets on the bigger game. (RWS KS is not solid enough)

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What a rifle!! Ks is definitely too soft for big stuff, heavy partition or A Frame (better) are more suitable for heavy game. Ks is adequate for european hunters anyway.

 

[Foxi]

Wow.What a beauty. Tell us about please

 

[VertigoBE]

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Wow.What a beauty. Tell us about please

It is a Dumoulin Centurion, bespoke built for a retiring lawyer, who unfortunately then almost never got to use it anymore.

It was one of the first successes of the “Good Gun Deals This Week” thread (p4-6), thanks to @rookhawk and @Red Leg

 

[rookhawk]

Great article. The 7x64 is a wonderful caliber. My middle child got his when he was eight and has used it for several years on everything from white tail deer to eland.

Old pics of him on hunts at 8, 9, and 10 years old with his trusty 7x64mm.

 

[Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy]

Enjoyed that write up, thank you for sharing. I've been toying with the idea of a 7mm single shot for a while. Leaning 7x65R for nostalgic reasons. Have heard a lot about the 7x64 Brenneke over the years too though. Appreciate the depth of coverage the article took - even touching on the rimmed cousin of the 7x64 Brenneke.

 

[264]

Good article and great calibre. Here's a couple of hindes with the 7x64, 135gr atomic all coppers. Cheers Mick
80m quartering on , projectile recovered off side rear leg

30m

 

[Piet Brood]

I took this bull with my 7x64 on Saturday in the Eastern Cape. Also took four other animals. It is a wonderful caliber. 170gr Norma Oryx works on everything I’ve tried it.

 

[MontanaGrant]

Great round. I've been patiently waiting for a rifle in this caliber to come along. I've been thinking a Mannlicher MCA would be an ideal rifle in this. Slim and fast handling, but a full 24" barrel. I actually bought a ton of ammo of Rookhawk awhile ago in preperation of getting one!

 

[Rez Exelon]

Kind of unrelated, but for any 7x64 fans, American Reloading has had some great deals on brass. Depending if their sale is 25% or 40% off (like it is today) you can get 100 pieces primed nickle for around 50 bucks.

 

[Themauserkid]

Great article thank you. Another 7x64 contribution, from 1942.

 

[Enrico Andreoli]

What a rifle!!
Nice!

 

[Longwalker]

A Very interesting and informative article! Thanks for sharing it with us. The 7x64 is a favoured hunting cartridge that I have used for many years. My experience closely matches the author’s, but on Canadian whitetail and mule deer and elk. Here is a photo of the heaviest Canadian elk ( wapiti ) that I have taken, 7x64 loaded with 162 gr. TIG bullet.

 

[264]

Fallow doe , 7x64 mauser 66 @ 170m 135 atomic

 

[jgonzalez]

Thanks Enrico for posting this article. Fallow deer hunted this year, with a Steyr Mannlicher in 7x64, 120 m