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I would try 2209 as well, you could get a bit more out of it

With the long throat in the 7x57's, it means you have to ignore the book and just load them up till they have the correct velocity. ""Correct velocity"" in a Mauser 98 or a modern rifle, is 2900fps...

you met that fellow in whanganui?

Just loaded up some 9.3 Mauser with 286 grainers at a touch over full power.

As Micky Duck says you dont have to load big cases up to the hilt..but for some of us, thats what we do