I agree that there is no gap to be filled.

But when it comes to 9x57 mausers they can perfectly be loaded with .35 caliber bullets.
I am doing that, have used mostly 250 grain Hornady bullets in a Mauser from 1927 but the accuracy is great and there is really no problems at all.

Regards H�kan

The 358 Winnie is exactly what you're looking for, period! No need to look any further. Lou

Same here. I have a 1908 Oberndorf Mauser sporter in 9x57; I load .358 bullets in it with no problem. Mostly I use 200 and 250 Hornady RN's. I also have a .35 Whelen, and am in the process of acquiring a Winchester Big Bore 94 AE to be rebarreled with a .356 Win barrel I got from Numrich's. Do I need rifles in all these different cartridges? Not particularly. Are they useful and functional? You bet. Do I like them and want them? Yep. That would be the point. I think the 9x57 is a great old cartridge that fills a need. Other cartridges also fill that need, but then that's the case in every niche there is.

Hakan -- what do you shoot with yours?

It's actually not mine,it's my girlfirends.

She have yet not killed anything with it as she got pregnant fairly soon after she bought it. (but he is borned 5 months ago)
But the intention is to use it manly for roedeer, fallowdeer, moose and wild boar.

I also found a scope that have been installed on it a Ajack from 1937 7,5x50in periocally correct rings from Akah.

By the way I found the gun in a big gunshop for 60 USD.....

Regards H�kan

I'm using 358 bullets to reload my 9x56 Mannlicher also. I'm with the others though, if you need an intermediate, get the 358 winnie, none better.

regards,
Graycg

So, Hakan...Can I go shopping in Swedish gunshops? Do they have .404 Jefferies for $90US? Wonder what it takes to get an import license?

Your girlfriend has good taste if she likes the 9x57. My wife has a 7x57, which she has used on pronghorn, mule deer and caribou. I'm building my second 9x57, in part, so she can use it elk hunting.

That was just luck.
It was a gundealer that thought it was a FN based Husquarna rifle..................

Regards H�kan

I worked up loads for two 9X57mm Mausers and used .358" bullets in them. As long as a bullet will freely enter a fired case, it can be used. I got 2600 FPS with the 200 grain Hornady Spire Point and 2450 with the 250 grain Speer spitzer.

Bartsche, 35 Rem and 35 Whelen are great rounds but neither will fit my Sako AII action: 35 Rem's head is too small for the bolt face, and the Whelen is too long for the action. The 358 is a perfect fit for medium actions and ballistically between the 35 Rem and Whelen (actually closer to the Whelen - 225 gr Sierra 2530 from 23" bbl). I am doing my part to keep it on life support. However, if I get a donor AV or AIII action, it will become a 35 Whelen.

How about a 350 Rem.SAUM? I ran a 300 SAUM case over
A.350 expander and seated a 250 GR woodleigh to the
OAL of 2.8in And did not infringe at all on the powder
capacity. Should be a great short range thumper.

Lyle