I'm looking for 7mm mauser ammo other then "Wolf" brand? At a resonable cost.?

Answer 1

Prvi Partizan 158gr GROM is $12.79 from midwayusa
A GROM bullet is a soft point with a solid shank
Igman Ammunition 175gr soft point $11.99 from midwayusa

this is a link to Midway's 7mm Mauser ammo selection
http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/browse?TabID=3&Categoryid=9338&categorystring=653***690***

Sellier and Bellot makes some too
cabelas has some for $14.99 a box
here is a link to cabelas Sellier and Bellot ammo
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=netcon&id=0040370210827a&navCount=1&podId=0040370&parentId=cat20839&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IH&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20839&hasJS=true

Answer 2

If you don't like Wolf Gold, you won't like Prvi Partizan, Hornady, or the older Hansen line as that Prvi Patrizan produces the Wolf Gold, Hornady, and Hansen ammunition. Just look at the headstamp that PPU or cyrillic NNY is Prvi.

I have seen some Remington, not recently but it was produced a little while back. It won't be cheap however, more than likely $1 per round or more. Norma probably makes it, but that would cost around $1.50-$2 per round.
Recently www.ammunitionstore.com did have some left over surplus from some South American country. It may be good or complete garbage, I have never used it.

Short of those 3, your last option would be to make your own. The 7mm Mauser has the same case head dimensions as 30.06. So really any 30.06 based case head cartridge could be reformed to 7mm Mauser as long as it can be trimmed to length. I do this for a few other calibers, basically use a pipe cutter to do a rough cut of the 30.06 casing until it is just a bit longer than the final length of 7mm mauser casing, next run it through the 7mm mauser sizing die with a good case lube. Then use a trimmer to cut to length for a 7mm mauser casing and then ream the neck out and chamfer. At this point you should fire form that casing and then neck size it. You now have 7mm Mauser casings ready for loading then pick a good large rifle primer, bullet and powder and load some starting laods and work up. Going by my reloading manual and knowledge from reloading cases with a similar case volume, I'm thinking IMR3031 or IMR4895 would probably be the 2 best powders to try.

Answer 3

Prvi Partizan and Sellier and Bellot both have good loads.

I wasn't aware Wolf made 7X57mm, they do make 7mmRemMag

If they do it's probably a brass cased round and should cause no problems.

I've used a lot of Wolf steel cased ammo in AKs, SKSs, and "oh no" ARs with no problems I could blame on the Ammo

I haven't tried Igman but it seems inexpensive and looks good.

Check Out: http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/7mm_Mauser.html

You can have a couple of brands for under $10 a box (20)

Yeah you could also load your own.

Answer 4

No such animal exists from my experience. Once you leave the Wolf brand, you get into high priced name brand ammo at $1+ a round.

All surplus 7mm Mauser dried up years ago and no more being made for military. You are going to need to reload your own for target ammo. I have 4 7mm rifles and they all shoot well with the Wolf....are you having problems?

Answer 5

Check out Graf & Son; I recently got some 7.7x58 Arisaka rifle ammo from them. As far as Wolf goes I have found it to be very good ammo, I use it in 303 British and 8mm Mauser. It is clean and groups very well.

Answer 6

I have used 7mm Mauser ammunition bought thru:

aimsurplus.com 7X57 Mauser 175 grain Soft Point,Imported "Igman" brand NEW Manufacture for $8.95 per box of 20. Good price ,Good quality ammunition.Boxer primed/reloadable
You can of course purchase it online.......

Answer 7

You have some good answers, but if you're either shooting it a lot or using it for hunting, I'd strongly urge you to start loading your own. The 7x57 is one of my favorite calibers, but the rifles are notorious for their different leades. I have one, for instance, that likes a 0.015" jump to the lands, and loading it out that far gives it a much longer OAL than SAAMI specifications (it also lets me put in about a tenth grain extra powder). Even more than other calibers, you're likely to get much improved performance from custom loads, and the initial investment will pay for itself in no time.

Answer 8

Try Mitchell's Mausers

http://www.mauser.org/

Answer 9

There isn't a thing wrong with wolf.... even if you don't like steel, they have brass coated stuff and zinc coated and lacquer coated so it won't harm your rifle... plenty of people use Wolf and it won't hurt you one bit.