Anyone have a rifle so chambered?

I dont, but i saw this one

A. Antonitsch 9x57mm double rifle. $2750.00 see picture Item# R1097

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/r1097.htm

I did but I had it rechambered to 9.3x62. If you want one, I know where there is one in a Husqvarna M96 action. Figure it to be the equivelant to the .358 Win.

PWI

Oldsarge, be careful! If you had a 9x57 (.356") rechambered to a 9.3x62 (.366") you may end up with pressure problems. Just kidding, I'm sure you meant 9.3x57 as the pilot on the reamer would not fit anyway. I just picked up a barrel for the Ruger 77 chambered in 35x57 which is even closer to the 358 winchester since it has the same bore diameter.

Nitroman,

I have a Mauser 98 in 9x57 (I think its a type B but the forend is not checkered and it does not have the usual profile.

Does anyone have the "Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles" by Jon Speed, and be able to check when it was made, no 765XX ?

Thanks

All the best
Jens

VIP,
Yup, you are correct. That was another in a long line of posts I made after getting 'way too far down a bottle of good Zinfandel.

Nitroman,

I had two of them in 9x57R, one a normal drilling, one a double rifle drilling. It looked just like the one listed above, but with a 16 guage tube underneath. I LOVE back action hammer double rifles.

I stoked mine with Hawk .356 dia. 250 grain bullets up to a glacial speed of about 2100fps with H4895. I purchased 8x57R RWS brass from the Old Western Scrounger and used a .35 Whelen expander ball to neck them up, really simple to reload and devistating on game.

That double is so sweet and sexy I cannot look at it too long without getting warm all under.

Mt Al, thanks for that info.

I've owned two in the past but I don't have one at the moment. One had a groove diameter of .352", the other was about .354"; both shot very well with standard .35 caliber bullets that were 'squeezed down' with reducing dies from Richard Corbin. Basically the 9x57 in a bolt gun will do anything that a .358 Winchester will do, and at somewhat lower pressures. It makes a dandy elk round! One nice thing about the 9x57 is that once you have brass set up for it, you can neck size with .38 Special dies.