9.3x57 anyone?

[coreydb]

Every time I start lusting for one, which is quite often, my Model 70 in .358 Winchester tells me NO, You Don't need it! I'm your huckleberry!

Yeah....but you know you want it

 

[foxtrot1]

What is the advantage of the x57 over the x62?

Im guessing here (too lazy to look it up), but im assuming the 9.3x57 is the 8x57 necked up to 9.3. If that is the case, then making brass shouldnt be too hard.

You are correct. 1 pass through hornadys sizing die convert 8x57 brass into 9.3x57 brass.

I have both a 9.3x62 and 9.3x57. The husky 146 is lighter and recoil is lighter. Its a great stalking rifle with plenty of knock down power. They are easy to ream to x62, but I have never felt the need since I have a CZ550 custom in 9.3x62.

 

[matt85]

You are correct. 1 pass through hornadys sizing die convert 8x57 brass into 9.3x57 brass.

I have both a 9.3x62 and 9.3x57. The husky 146 is lighter and recoil is lighter. Its a great stalking rifle with plenty of knock down power. They are easy to ream to x62, but I have never felt the need since I have a CZ550 custom in 9.3x62.

You will be hand loading them anyway, could you not just load the x62 down to x57 levels for reduced recoil?

 

[Hedge774]

I can't comment from experience, but others have discussed it. I'm a novice at best with reloading.

 

[matt85]

I can't comment from experience, but others have discussed it. I'm a novice at best with reloading.

Good news, your a member of the greatest hunting forum to ever exist! We would be happy to help you with hand loading.

 

[Hedge774]

I am indeed! You all are a class act for sure! Some of the most knowledgeable people I've ever met.

 

[foxtrot1]

You will be hand loading them anyway, could you not just load the x62 down to x57 levels for reduced recoil?

Yes, I could. The Husky is a trim european stalking rifle. Guessing its over 1 lb lighter than my CZ 550 (top) that was upgraded by AHR. I really like it and use it down here when hunting in the swamps where I dont want to track hogs far. Also a great bear rifle over bait. The 9.3x62 would work too.

 

[foxtrot1]

Bear from the Canada trip. Hit it quartering to me, broke the shoulder on entrance side and came out the off side ribs behind the shoulder. He had his leg up on the off side, and the bullet shot thru it. It then proceeded to punch through the bait barrel. 286 grain partition @2100 fps out of the 9.3x57.

 

[deewayne2003]

I’ve missed out on the last couple of 9.3x57 rifles that have come up for sale on this forum.

I think it would be an ideal pig rifle.

 

[foxtrot1]

I’ve missed out on the last couple of 9.3x57 rifles that have come up for sale on this forum.

I think it would be an ideal pig rifle.

Sarco just got a new shipment of them. Simpson also has them regularly

 

[Hedge774]

This is my 5th one from Simpsons. Always great quality. Thanks!

 

[Daryl S]

I started working on a 9.3x57 many years ago(almost 20years ago), when Tradeexcanada was the business & bought the rifle from them, a m96 or 94 action Husky sporter, not a sporterized military rifle. As the body of my chamber was .019" longer than the body of an 8x57 new brass, I necked them straight, then necked those down using a re-bored neck and shortened .300 H&H Mag. die for placing the neck and for neck sizing the brass. This is the only die I used for years. I had another die, .356 Winchester, I used for seating bullets. Yeah, I hear you who have to have a perfect set of dies for each ctg. I don't. Anyway, I worked up loads using sized down 225gr. Hornady .375" Spitzers, 232gr. Norma, 270gr. Speer, 286gr. PriviPartisan, 286gr. Norma Alaskan, 293g.r TUG's and sized down 300gr. Hornady Interlockts and Interbond bullets.
The slowest loads were with the 300gr. bullets, at 2,170fps (5fps slower than 1915 era 286gr. 9.3x62). These had the highest WEB expansion I got on any loads, at .0002"-YES. Now, that was the web expansion over a sized case, not the base expansion.
I ran 225's at 2,558fps and 232's at 2,547fps. The 270's were 2,300fps and 286's were 2,200fps. The 193gr. TUGs went the 2,175fps all averages of 10 shots.
I found on a bull calf moose of 6 month's old, the 270gr. Speer is too soft a bullet. It disintegrated on the leg bone just below the shoulder (2" in dia.) and did not make it through the rib cage into the lung cavity. It did make the calf sick enough for me to walk up and peg him in the mellon. My buddy Brad had to keep an eye on the cow - she kept attacking us and only shouting at her stopped her foot stomping approaches.
I now load for my bro who has that rifle as I traded it for his .356 Winchester.
The company InterSurplus now owns the old tradeexcanada and they have hundreds of these 9.3mm rifles for sale.
There are no flies on the 9.3x57. Low on recoil, big on performance.
I do not know if the new company sells to the USA. The old one did not.
$275.00 to $350.00 cdn. is normal price for these rifles.

 

[Daryl S]

Further- LOL - it's too bad those 225gr. Hornady bullets are no longer made. They, along with the 232gr Norma Vulcans, have .063" (1/16") jackets. That has to mean good penetration. I sent some of my sized down 225gr. (.367") to a friend in Idaho who has a ranch and likes the big bores, a LOT. He used them in his 98 actioned 9.3x57, same velocities as I got and tested them on steer skulls, frontal, broadside as well as 2 years in a row on muley bucks. The performance was super. I expect the 232gr. Vulcans would operate about the same. Pen. on the deer was from the last rib into 1/2 way up the neck on the far side. Each year, was the other side. That has to be penetration close to 3'. The bullets were expanded, gun magazine advertisement perfect.
Here's the results on the skull tests. Behind the skulls, was a 1/2" plywood board, then a milk jug full of water, then 1/2" board, then water jug, then board, etc, etc.
click on the pics. for larger, clearer pic.

 

[Hedge774]

Damnation! That's impressive.