I have leaned toward a 9x63 but have a chance to pick up a nice 9x57 with side rail mount. I am no big game hunter, just wanted to have a classic European or African caliber. This is a M46 Husqvarna. I have had troubles even looking up loads for it though. Anybody high on this chambering?

I have a M46 in 9.3x57. Bob

I once had two drillings that were both chambered for the 9x57R. Its basically between the 350 Rem and .358 Win., a great medium range gun that can shoot fairly heavy bullets. If you've got "Cartidges of the World" it will list all of the old factory loadings, some up to 280 grains!

The problem with mine was that the barrels were .356 in diameter rather than .358. With a drilling's very thin barrels, I didn't risk using .358 bullets and bought .356s from Hawk, they were about 80 cents every time I pulled the trigger. I tired of trying to make the drillings accurate and sold them, so no longer shoot the round.

The big bullets at moderate speeds were devistating on big game.

Its a great performing cartridge, piece of cake to make the brass, just neck up 8x57 with a 35 whelen expander plug (at least that was true with the rimmed version). Have fun, sounds like a neat rifle.

Husqvarna never did make ane M46 in 9x57. But they made a lot of 9,3x57, for which Norma still loads ammo. It a great moose and boar rifle.

Best regards,

Fritz

Your pardon Fritz-Just as I don't write 7.91x57 Mauser, but 8mm, I took the liberty here as well, my mistake.

I have owned several commercial pre-war Mauser sporters in 9x57. It is an excellent cartridge, though slightly underloaded in factory guise...probably because of its common use by farmers in Africa. Slightly underloaded, reportedly the summer heat was no problem and extraction was pretty much always a sure thing.

If you buy that rifle, you can e-mail me direct and I will look up my old loads for my rifles. For practical purposes, I loaded to about the same ballistics as the .358 Winchester with 250 gr. bullets. All the factory ammo I ever got out of Old Blighty was loaded with 247 gr. bullets, whether originiating at Kynoch or DWM.

AC

I have an old Husky that came as a 9.3x57 but I immediately rechambered it for 9.3x62. Talk about a pocket rocket! After I put a Swedish diopter peep sight on her I figured I had the definitive moose gun. Unfortunately, it will be years before I can get to go moose hunting so I'm selling it. Want a 9.3x62?

Sarge, You have a PM. Bob

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NOT HIGH! But used to load a 9X57 and a 9X57R both, for a friend. Better than a .35 REM.!! In a good Mauser 98, between a .358 and a .35 Whelen. In a combo, a little less than a .358!

It still seems to me that if the rifle in question is an M46 Husqvarna it is not a 9x57 at all, but rather a 9,3x57 as mentioned above. Two different cartridges; similar in power and usage, but not interchangable, the 9mm typically taking .354" bullets and the 9,3 taking .366".

There are som reloadring data at ReloadersNest.
for the 9,3x57. Mostly for Norma powders, but there are even one for IMR 3031.
In Sweden we mostly load this cartride with a powder on the faster side, like Norma 200, 201 or 202.
You can find some more reloading data at Norma, Robsoft
Good Luck