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DarylS
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Re: 7X57 bullet choice
      23/11/12 10:57 AM

Azone - Good stuff, excellent results - with my last 7x57, a 1990 BRNO, I loaded up 160gr. TSX at 2,700fps. It clover leafed them, but I traded it for another CZ Hornet before I got to shoot anything with it.
Since then, I've pretty much gone with lighter bullets & if I had a 7mm today, either a 57mm or a 51mm, it would be shooting the 130gr. or 140gr. TTSX - or MRX, what ever weight is available on those bullets.

Buddy of mine who doesn't load his own needed a practice round and a hunting round for his new '06. Since it proved it didn't like 180's, we went lighter. We tried 140gr. Fed. fusions as well as the same make with the TSX - all 165's. The Fed. bullet shot into 1/2" and the TSX made nice 5/8" groups, same poi. His 224yard group ran 1 1/2", so we know he could shoot - with a rest. He proceeded to shoot his goat, sheep and elk all in the same fall with those factory TSX loads, one shot kills on everything. The elk was just over 450yards on the laser range finder - a shot I might not take, buuuuuut it was very niiiiice, hard to turn up an open shot like that. I noted your 5 point has VERY heavy beams - nice - so's the Kudu.

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Daryl


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* 7X57 bullet choice tward1604 30/10/12 11:03 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice DarylS   30/10/12 12:03 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice tward1604   30/10/12 12:21 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice DarylS   30/10/12 01:20 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice Viking338   30/10/12 07:56 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice Phillip   31/10/12 12:42 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice Caprivi   31/10/12 01:37 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice MikeRowe   31/10/12 02:17 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice NitroXAdministrator   31/10/12 02:24 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice tward1604   31/10/12 08:11 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice NitroXAdministrator   31/10/12 04:48 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice DarylS   01/11/12 01:27 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice tward1604   01/11/12 02:43 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice zimhunter   01/11/12 02:52 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice StephenCoker   01/11/12 06:22 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice tophet1   01/11/12 09:59 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice alexbeer   02/11/12 08:39 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice Azone   23/11/12 09:54 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice Azone   23/11/12 10:31 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice albertan   30/11/12 07:53 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice Homer   03/12/12 05:14 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice DarylS   03/12/12 10:08 PM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice VonGruff   04/12/12 04:53 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice DarylS   04/12/12 08:26 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice VonGruff   04/12/12 09:39 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice DarylS   05/12/12 03:39 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice Azone   08/12/12 06:39 AM
. * * Re: 7X57 bullet choice DarylS   23/11/12 10:57 AM
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