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Dilly541,
A common bullet for the 7x57R and 7x65R both is the 173 grain H-Mantel, so your rifle will stabilize anything up to that length. When loading for my 7x57R I found that anything lighter than 160 grains wouldn't give me a POI useable with Brennekes( 16ga-67 1/2mm). Due to the fast twist, the lighter bullets usually hit high and right. Also the throat was pretty long for light bullets( as I recall I tried down to 120 gr). However, just like every other rifle, you won't know until you try.
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Originally Posted By: Der Ami
Dilly541,
A common bullet for the 7x57R and 7x65R both is the 173 grain H-Mantel, so your rifle will stabilize anything up to that length. When loading for my 7x57R I found that anything lighter than 160 grains wouldn't give me a POI useable with Brennekes( 16ga-67 1/2mm). Due to the fast twist, the lighter bullets usually hit high and right. Also the throat was pretty long for light bullets( as I recall I tried down to 120 gr). However, just like every other rifle, you won't know until you try.
Mike

I appreciate the info and thats kinda what I figured. Always nice to have a head start when working up a load.

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Dilly, what an impressive restoration! Can you tell us the name of the Canadian importer you bought it from and what was the final "haggled" price? I'm always looking for drillings to add to my collection. Thanks Sam


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Sure thing Sam. It was brought in by Trade Ex. I am told they go over to Europe (Sweden I think) and buy up cheap guns in well used condition and import them to Canada. Make no mistake, this gun was cosmetically pretty sad with a lot of miles on it. It just needed a little love...kinda like Charlie Browns Christmas tree...LOL. They wont haggle on price. Ive tried in the past and no luck. I paid $1875 CDN as the initial purchase. Hope this helps.

There is a Merkel 12x12 over 6.5x55 on there....looks solid...

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By way of another update, I finally got the Sauer out for hunt. It proved just fine on pheasants once I got used to the greener safety.



Now...about that rifle barrel...

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The inventor of the Greener safety evidently never had to hunt with gloves on. I have. Ugh!

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I have a drilling very similar to yours in 7X57R and 16GA. It weighs 6 pounds even without the scope. Being a lefty, the Greener safe just doesn't work for me. I had a teardrop shaped button screwed and soldered to the safety so that it stands up vertically and just slightly protrudes above the tang. It makes it into a tang safety gun for me. My other drillings have tang safeties but this one is the lightest drilling.

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I have a drilling very similar to yours in 7X57R and 16GA. It weighs 6 pounds even without the scope. Being a lefty, the Greener safe just doesn't work for me. I had a teardrop shaped button screwed and soldered to the safety so that it stands up vertically and just slightly protrudes above the tang. It makes it into a tang safety gun for me. My other drillings have tang safeties but this one is the lightest drilling.

Interesting solution. I would like to see a picture of that.

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When Greener safeties are altered with levers or added buttons that stand above the stock, extreme care must be taken to prevent accidental discharges. Greener safeties can be switched to the other side, but will then require reworking the hammer blocking rod, or work in reverse. the old inletting will have to be repaired and maybe the "s" and "F" need changing if modified to work in normal manner.
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