Full throttle loads in the 9.3x64 with the 270 gr Speer bullets usually results in the jacket and core coming apart.I tried some reduced loads with IMR 3031 and found that 60 grs was about max in my rifle with the Speer bullet.They group well and when shot into a box full of old catalogs and newspaper the bullet now stays together. I haven't chronographed this load yet but it is probably close to 9.3x62 ballistics. Should make for some cheap shooting.

Snowman;
That's a cartridge I'm really interested in. What rifle do you have it in? Have you tried the Nosler Partitions?

My rifle is a mauser 98 that Ralf Martini barreled for me.So far I am working with 250 gr ballistic tips,270 gr Speer and the 293 gr Tug bullets from RWS. I hope to get my hands on some partitions and on some Swift A-frames. With the power of a 375 H&H in slick feeding non belted case of std length it is quite a cartridge.That may have to wait a while because Bear season opens here on the 21st and I hope to slip one of those 293 gr Tugs into a big chocolate coloured bear that hung around last fall.

I guess I'm just gonna have to build one ...do you have any trouble finding brass? I did the internet search thing here recently, and brass looks both scarce and expensive! Of course, a couple of hundred go a long ways...

Ralf can order all the RWS brass you want. I also formed some from 458 cases. It is a bit of work but you can do it.1/ Machine the belt off 2/rebate the rim slightly 3/recut the extractor groove using a shellholder as a GO gauge4/ size case in FL size die 5/ load it and fire it. This is why I was playing around with the cheap Speer bullets.

Tumbleweed,
RWS, Norma and Lapua brass are plentiful in the states, Graf and Sons, Huntingtons to name a couple...

RL-15 and H414 are the powders for the 9.3x62..I get 2520 FPS with a healthy dollup of RL-15 and a 286 gr. Nosler, and that should be good for up to Sherman tanks...

I have a 9.3x62 Husky M-98 for sale in the Classified section.

OOps, make that 2620 FPS....

Hmmm....9.3x62 is no problem - I see it everywhere. The 9.3x64 is a little tougher, it seems. RWS has a terrible website, IMO. I can't find anything there. Huntingtons does show Horneber brass in 9.3x64 however. I'm sure I could scare some up.

Oh, and Ray - if it were possible, that Husky would have been mine by now! But getting a rifle 'across the line' these days (either way, I'm sure!) would set off alarm bells clear to the east coast, and get us 10 to 20 of hard time in the digger. Us old gunnies is 'bad folks' nowadays it seems.... ..the Gubbmint doesn't like us anymore...

Actually, tumbleweed, it's not that bad. You'll have to do the register it thing at the border if you bring it back. I'm not sure about the US side with their new security laws however. I don't think any of us "furriners" can even have a gun in our possesion without a hunting licence or perhaps a letter from a registered/official competition of some type. Of course, Ray could just meet you at the border. - Dan

Tumbleweed, 9.3X64 brass can be had right here in Alberta. I recentlyordered some from Bullseye Reloading Supplies, out of Fairview. The guy to talk to is Bruno Gross, just phone (780)835-4648. I had the brass(HDS) in my hands within a week of ordering. This guy has an amazing variety of brass on hand, ask him for his price list, you'll be amazed.- Fred

Thanks, Metrix! I'll check him out - I go through there quite often.