White spacers and sliding (trigger locking) safeties, plain wood and $50 checkering jobs don't command $2,500 of my money.

I actually was disappointed in this one.

that rifle is the Belgian FN- 98, since it was plentiful of them and they didnt demand much of working to get them going as fien rifles.

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White spacers and sliding (trigger locking) safeties, plain wood and $50 checkering jobs don't command $2,500 of my money.

I actually was disappointed in this one.

What, you don't have a black sharpie pen in the junk drawer in the kitchen?

Cool scope mount.

PS I'm going over to Fat Richard's on Monday .

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Yes, I suspect its the equal of our .375 H&H, and that ain't no light praise.

I've always admired the 9.3x64 for a variety of reasons but never owned one. I plan to rectify that in the very near future.

I do believe I'm missing something here. I look at my load tables and the BEST I can find with the 9.3X64 with 286gr bullet is near 2300FPS. With the 375 H&H I can push the 300gr Nosler partition at 2600FPS with a load of Re15. Some 300FPS faster and a heavier bullet sort of forces me to call "Bullshit" on any claim that the 9.3 is equal to the 375 - tain't so, McGee, tain't so! I can't knock the 9.3 as I have no first hand experience but it ain't no 375 H&H. Sort of reminds me of all the claims re the 45LC being "just as powerful as a 44Mag".

A little off topic but you need to get out of that swamp some...here's a link to John Linebaugh's article on why the .45 LC not only isn't "just as poweful" but actually outperforms the 44 mag. I can do it in my Bisley too. But I ain't Linebaugh who has tested more revolvers to failure than anyone I know.

.45 Colt myth

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White spacers and sliding (trigger locking) safeties, plain wood and $50 checkering jobs don't command $2,500 of my money.

I actually was disappointed in this one.

Looks like a Parker & Hale

Its a Browning FN.

Not only a great round, but a great case. What, nominally .507" at the base, opposed to the H&H .511"? Hardly a difference, especially when you take that taper out as Brenneke did. Everything that was done with the H&H case could be done with that case, just a hair behind for length and girth (meaning 416 Rem, 308 Baer, etc.) and all the short mags up to the 416 as well.
Seems to have suffered much the same fate as Newton's rounds did: a bit too powerfu lfor the market at the time, rifle weight, bullet technology, etc. Too bad indeed.

The pictured rifle is not a Parker Hale. Parker Hale never put a bolt handle on a rifle like that. The Parker Hale handles are not swept back, they are almost straight and they are dished to provide clearance with the octal end of a scope .Nor is the barrel contour consistant with anything Parker Hale installed.The chamber area of the pictured rifle is very similar to a Voere rifle I have.
Several people have mentioned that 9.3x64 brass is hard to come by. RWS makes some of the finest brass anywhere. I have no problem having it ordered into Canada even after 12 years of Liberal government! Hertenburger makes brass as well. 9.3x64 can be made from 458 or 338 Win cases. I prefer the win brand 458 cases as the resulting 9.3x64 has identical capacity as the RWS cases.

Just buy a Ruger 375 & be done with it!

9.3x64 Brenneke would be sweet, also good to have what not many have.

When did the 9.3x64 come out?
The 35 Newton was introduced in 1916. Could Brenneke have based his 9.3x64 on Newton's round using a bore size more common across the pond?

If one looks at cartridge case dimensions in Cartridges of the World, the base and rim figures for the 35 Newton and the 350 Rigby Rimless Magnum are AWFUL close. Maybe Newton used a shortened Rigby Rimless Magnum case on a 30-06 length action to make his 35? Pure speculation on my part...

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When did the 9.3x64 come out?
The 35 Newton was introduced in 1916. Could Brenneke have based his 9.3x64 on Newton's round using a bore size more common across the pond?

I've posted this before. History of the Firm of Wilhelm Brenneke 1895 - 1995. It seems to indicate a date of 1927 for introduction of the 9.3x64.






cheers,
- stu