Thread: 7x57 newbie reloading

Originally Posted by Husky1600

Hi Hunty1, answer to your recent question, I load my 7x57 to 76 or 77mm coal [from memory] Theres still a decent jump to the lands, but I dont think the mag will allow any more. Sorry havent got the rifle with me to check.
For your trial loads I would suggest maybe trying 5 shots to give you a more representative grouping. And are you sure its your first shot thats high? Years ago Graham Henry told me that if he had a rifle that did this, particularly if it was a load he liked, he sighted for that first cold bore shot and didnt worry about the rest. You only need one shot!

Hey Husky, I agree I'll load some more rounds up with the 139gn pills and shoot some 5 shot groups to see how they go. I realise 3 shot groups don't mean too much. Only reason I was shooting 3 shot groups was that I only had 15 projectiles of each weight to try and was trying to figure out best charge weight. The 139gn pills had a COAL of 3'' (76.2mm) might try playing around with this.

Think i'll give up on the 162gn pills, could try the the 150gn but then too similar to my boringly accurate 308 ;-)

Cheers