Why a 9.3x57?

[Hedge774]

Could you gentlemen and scholars please educate me on the 9.3x57 Mauser? Until recently this caliber was unknown to me. In my search for other calibers I noticed many fine examples of this caliber rifle for sale. Very intriguing but is it practical and in what applications?

 

[Warbeast]

About 120 years ago, all kinds of Cateiges were deveöoped pased on the x57 Mauser cases.
The 9.3 was one of them.

For some occasions the 7 or 8mm wasnt enough and users wanted more.

 

[camperx]

I picked up a beautiful Husqvarna M46 from a fellow nutter in 9.3x57. It was in beautiful shape. Not drilled or tapped. Former owner had done a bit of bedding on the stock and I relieved the tang a bit more with the dremel. I simply necked up PPU brass in a Hornady sizer die in one pass, loaded to moderate loads and fired. Shot great groups at 50 yards and put up a 3 inch group at 100 yards with the open sights.

I’ve necked up 307 Win to 356 Win in simple passes with no losses and no annealing. If I use once fired brass to neck up then I certainly do anneal. I’ve also necked up loads of 30-06 to 35 Whelen, 325 WSM to 35 Sambar and 308 Win to 358 Win. Neck it up, load it up, chamber and fire. You have a perfect piece of fire formed brass and get to get some shooting and load testing done in the process.

I did have to fireform brass converting 9.3x53 Finn to 9.3x53 Swiss for one of my drillings. Used the cream of wheat method and 10 grains of red dot. You could fireform you 8mm Mauser to 9.3 with the COW method if you weren’t comfortable just sizing and loading.

Anyway, these are lovely rifles that handle well and balance real nice. Light weight and a breeze to carry. Get them while there are still some at these prices….

 

[eyedok]

Love mine, works great on Texas hogs

 

[BFaucett]

Could you gentlemen and scholars please educate me on the 9.3x57 Mauser? Until recently this caliber was unknown to me. In my search for other calibers I noticed many fine examples of this caliber rifle for sale. Very intriguing but is it practical and in what applications?

You might enjoy the attached article about the 9.3x57. It's a pdf file.

Cheers! Bob F.