RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Following the discussions about 7MM rifles, I found a lot of folks that like the old 7X57. So show us or tell us about your rifles.
I'll start and say that I don't have any of the '93's or '95's anymore, nor any of Remington rolling blocks nor the Remington 700 Mountain Rifle. So here is what I have:
The top one is a reproduction of the Wundhammer 1906 rifle he built for himself. After he made the rifles for Whelen, Cross and White and the others, he made one for himself. He used the best walnut arsenal stock and re-sighted the rifle. I used an express rear sight and simple bead up front. Fixed rear is for a case full of 4831 and the Nosler 160 partition. The 300 yard flip up is cut to the Lyman 160 target bullet with 20 grains of SR4759. While it is a heavy rifle at 8 pounds, with its 26 inch barrel, it is all between the hands and after shooting '03's for 50 years, a great "throw up and shoot".
The bottom is a 1/10 twist barrel that is great with the Speer 130 grain flat base bullet. While I have never shot a cast bullet from it, it is a solid 1 1/4" shooter at 2900 f/s with a plus P 4350 load. It weights 7 1/2 with the 4X Weaver K scope.
So lets hear about your 7X57's.
I'll start and say that I don't have any of the '93's or '95's anymore, nor any of Remington rolling blocks nor the Remington 700 Mountain Rifle. So here is what I have:
The top one is a reproduction of the Wundhammer 1906 rifle he built for himself. After he made the rifles for Whelen, Cross and White and the others, he made one for himself. He used the best walnut arsenal stock and re-sighted the rifle. I used an express rear sight and simple bead up front. Fixed rear is for a case full of 4831 and the Nosler 160 partition. The 300 yard flip up is cut to the Lyman 160 target bullet with 20 grains of SR4759. While it is a heavy rifle at 8 pounds, with its 26 inch barrel, it is all between the hands and after shooting '03's for 50 years, a great "throw up and shoot".
The bottom is a 1/10 twist barrel that is great with the Speer 130 grain flat base bullet. While I have never shot a cast bullet from it, it is a solid 1 1/4" shooter at 2900 f/s with a plus P 4350 load. It weights 7 1/2 with the 4X Weaver K scope.
So lets hear about your 7X57's.