A few months ago I had the opportunity to purchase a 1910 MS take down in 9.5x57 as I had wanted a MS for some time I jumped at the chance. I recieved the rifle (including new dies) a few months later after a gunsmith friend replaced the deteriorating recoil pad and reshaped the damaged front bead he also made me up a expander die which necks 8x57 brass up to around .410 then I run the brass through the full length die and I have 9.5x57 brass that doesn't need to be fire formed the whole process is alot easier than I thought it would be. I made up some test loads using ADI 2206H starting at 43 grains and worked my way up to 48 behind 235 gr Speer and Woodleigh projectiles there was no real signs of encreasing pressure and I ended up settling on 47 grains. I couldn't wait to take this thing out in the field so as soon as I got a chance I went on a quick hunt a few hours west of Sydney to test her out on some goats. I managed to bump into a mob of nannies and kids and took 3 of them all shots were at less than 50m off hand using the speer projectiles I didn't manage to recover any of the speers and by the look of the exit holes I think I will need to use these on some heavier game to see them open up. It was a great day out in the bush with my new rifle I now can see why so many people love these short, light and great handling rifles from what the previous owner told me the gun had been sitting in a safe for around 8 years, that won't be happening with this owner I intend on giving it some real use.

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