SoupCan in the 7 X 57 mm

[Ben]

I've been having a ball shooting the Lee SoupCan 7 mm, 132 gr. G/C bullet in my two 7 X 57 mm rifles.

During the past few days I've shot some pretty good groups with my stainless Ruger, Mark II, 7 X 57 mm, 20" barrel rifle using this particular bullet.

I decided to take my 6 cav. set of blocks and run about 400 of the bullets this afternoon.

A great shooting 7 mm bullet.

Ben

Here is my Ruger , 7 X 57 mm with an older model Leupold, 3 X 9 X 50 mm Vari - X II. Some fine optics ! !

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[oldlincoln]

Them is good shootin boolits. I've been wondering why they are called " soup cans"?

[Ben]

oldlincoln


I've been wondering why they are called " soup cans"?

I have no idea where that name came from ?

The Lee .30 cal. Soup Can really looks nothing like this 7 mm bullet ? ?

In my opinion, this bullet is more closely " akin " to a Guy Loverin design bullet than the Lee 30 cal. Soup Can bullet.

This 7 mm design keeps about 75 - 80% of the length of bullet in contact with the bore of the barrel and offers a very short unsupported nose area. Most of the Loverin bullets that I've ever seen offered these design traits.

It is a real shooter in my rifles.

Ben

[35 shooter]

Mighty fine shooting! I swear by that same scope on my whelen.

[Ben]

As to these cheap scopes, buy a new Leupold and hurt just once.

[Camba]

I always thought they call it 'soup can' because they look like a soup can without the can label. :)
I need to try that load in my 7mm-08. I have the same load in my 7-30W but is not as tight as the groups you show.
Camba

[JWFilips]

Hi Ben,
Do you know if there an equivalent boolit in 8mm?
Thanks,
Jim

[Ben]

I've never seen one ?

Ben

[Whiterabbit]

Iwish they shot as well at 100 yards as they do at 50. I had similar results here, then at 100 yards it opens up like crazy.

[TCLouis]

Dang. I thought my Husky 7mm Mag shot them well until I saw that.

Back to the reloading/testing bench for me it seems.

[6.5 mike]

They shoot very good in a 14'' tcu also. Makes me want to dig out my tang safety 77, just to see how it does. Nice shooting Ben.

[Ben]

I'll get these out to 100 yards soon and we'll see what they do there ?

Ben

[6.5 mike]

Think that boolit will thump bambi pretty well, lol.

[MarkP]

These have shot well in everything I have tried them in; XP-100 in 7 BR, Old Rem RB in 7 x 57, 7-08, 7 TCU.

I had a ball shooting these in my RB at bison chips a few winters ago.

[UBER7MM]

Hi Ben,
Do you know if there an equivalent boolit in 8mm?
Thanks,
Jim

How about the 8mm Karabiner? Sort of...

[Ben]

Hi Ben,
Do you know if there an equivalent boolit in 8mm?
Thanks,
Jim

Jim,

I own this 8 mm NOE Mold, as far as I know, this is the closest thing out there right now to the 7 mm Soup can style of bullet :

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=807

[JWFilips]

Jim,

I own this 8 mm NOE Mold, as far as I know, this is the closest thing out there right now to the 7 mm Soup can style of bullet :

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=807

Hummm! yes I thought that one was pretty close to the 7mm you showed. & NOE is having a sale.....now to justify buying another 8 mm mould:bigsmyl2:

[Ben]

It is just $ $.

And it is Christmas you know ?

Ben

[dualsport]

Thanks for sharing that story, Ben. Well done.

[jhalcott]

I've used this "soup can" in the 7 TC/U, 7 BR, 7-30, 7-08 and 280 with good to excellent results. I've cast it from straight wheel weight alloy to linotype and 3 to 1 ww/lead mix. 1700 to 2500 fps in different gun and alloys. In MY opinion it is a great bullet. Groundhogs, fox and deer have been taken with it.

[Ben]

I've used this "soup can" in the 7 TC/U, 7 BR, 7-30, 7-08 and 280 with good to excellent results. I've cast it from straight wheel weight alloy to linotype and 3 to 1 ww/lead mix. 1700 to 2500 fps in different gun and alloys. In MY opinion it is a great bullet. Groundhogs, fox and deer have been taken with it.

It doesn't look like the 31141, but it is similar in behavior in that it is a great " general all purpose 7 mm utility cast bullet " , like the 31141 is in the many .30 cal. cartridges.

Ben

[Ben]

Thanks for sharing that story, Ben. Well done.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Ben