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19/05/13 08:31 PM

9.3 x 64 project opinions

Thinking of doing a 9.3x64 mid range working quality gun on a CRF action and looking for opinions?

One idea is a CZ550 conversion as its 'nice' without being overly expensive and also I have several Cz' so its a bit of a collectors theme for me. There are rarely ever any 9.3 x62 CZ550's avaialble in country and being in a bit of a hurry considering a CZ classic in 3006 or 270 win as start point with new barrel. Any suggestions or thoughts on this conversion, also good barrel makers in .366?

I would also consider any other relatively cheap conversions that end up in character for this cartridge. Of the existing 9.3x62's out there which seem the easiest route the Zasatava 9.3 I'm not too keen on, the stocks are obviously pretty so-so, though what price could someone get a half decent one to replace it? The sako85 has a typically continental overly complicated detach magazine I can't stand- being you need both hands on it squeezing different latches to release it. The other continental offerings like the Voere, Haenel and Rossler 9.3's I am also predicting in advance will have some kind of annoying low capacity frigging detatch mag

I'd most like a fixed box with at least 5 down capacity and prepared to pay the dollars in this one area to redesign the magazine. I know a good gunsmith can do this on a CZ550 for the right money but if there is a cheaper more obvious option out there willing to consider it instead...

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19/05/13 10:16 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Karl,
a lot depends on where you live, if you're not choosey as to which action/barrel you want then you can get a good deal along the way - too many options out there really!
I started my 9.3x64 back in the mid '80s, took years to get a decent barrel (Donnelly barrel I think it was, cobbled it to a Mark X action & fitted it to a Parker Hale stock. Took years to get it going - much easier getting barrels etc now-a-days! Prefer TSE barrels here in Oz, Lothar Walter are very good also!
If you don't mind my suggestion, I would save for a CZ / Tikka in 9.3x62 & then its just a rechambering job basically. Regardless you will still need to do some action work from a "standard" action (open feed rails & bolt face a little).
Otherwise you're going to need to buy a donor rifle, rebarrel, sights etc - more cost & greater build time.
As far a capacity, the best I can fit in the Mark X is three cartridges & that's pushing it!
The CZ & Tikka (if I remember correctly) have a capacity of 3 standard magnum rounds, you might squeeze 4 into the CZ if you're lucky, but you get 5 in for a 62!
Best to get your rounds & try on a friend's rifle if you can first.
If you're after Bottom metal - refer Custom Gun & rifle (USA) email:- duane@customgunandrifle.com .
Best of luck on the build, its a great cartridge & does it more efficiently than the .375H&H!
Cheers
93x64mm

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20/05/13 12:19 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

I can get 4 down in the mag on my Mark X.

tasso

(.400 member)

20/05/13 12:24 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

I had one on a FN Mauser action . No problem to put 5 rounds in the magazine .

The 9,3x64 is a cartridge for a Mauser action !

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20/05/13 12:27 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Karl

I agree with Grandveneur.

FN or some other Mauser action.

For some reason, I have a nagging thought
that the CZ550 is just a bit big and heavy
for it.

(.700 member)

20/05/13 12:58 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

With a .496" rim diameter, one would be better to start with a standard chambering, then do the work, opening up the bolt face and maybe some rail work.
I agree with a Mauser Action - a Zastava would be a good place to start - perhaps.
A re-chambered (& re-stocked) 9.3x62 with the necessary bolt work would be the cheapest avenue - a 9.3x62 Zastava would be one way.
Re-stocking and action work, brings out as much of a 'custom' rifle as desired.

(.450 member)

20/05/13 03:08 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

I have a Frankonia 9.3x64 built on a Mauser 98 action
so obviously Factory rifles were made like this.

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20/05/13 03:39 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Karl,
BRNO made the ZKK 600 in 9,3x64 and for me it seems a perfect foundation for the kind of rifle you are searching.
Zastava are not in the same league and their overall quality is not as good as their "look"…
Consider also the excellent and superbly made FN made before the ninety, some were chambered for the great Brenneke 9,3.
I have owned one in 8x60S at the end of the sixties and my first custom built rifle was based on a 9,3x64 FN.

DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com

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20/05/13 03:44 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Dorleac

I have never seen a ZKK600 in 64.

Was that a one off production run
or a standard calibre ?

Are you also saying FN made Factory rifles in 64 ?

Either of those would be nice.

(.400 member)

20/05/13 03:50 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

May be he means FN Mauser actions ?

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20/05/13 04:30 AM

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I have never seen a ZKK600 in 64

Here is two:

http://xaphpbp.egun.de/market/item.php?id=3949978&PHPSESSID=b4995185dfecdf20e889f27874e9fe53

http://www.waffen-bautz.de/index.pl/brnner_zkk_600

(.450 member)

20/05/13 04:45 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Thanks

That first one is only Aus $340.

I think it might be missing the peep sight ?????

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20/05/13 06:12 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Grab the ZKK - which ever one!
Never heard of a ZKK600 in 9.3x64, in the smaller 62 yes & if I'm correct it was also made in the 10.75x68mm?
It must have been just a "European" offering only, not the market or numbers here in Oz!
I had one in 7x64 - still regret selling it, problem is it (partly) financed getting my .404!
Bugger had the peep sight too!
Difficult choice to make Karl.
Like grandveneur I started with a Mauser - primarily because that is what Mr Wilhelm Brenneke used, more options if you go via the Mauser route though. Buy the bottom metal later, sights, scope etc in stages.
Best of luck with the project - glad to see someone's recognising a great calibre!
93x64mm

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20/05/13 06:20 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

"Bugger had the peep sight too!"

Wasn't it good when people didn't know much
and you occasionally found a Brno on the shelf
with a peep sight, even if it was a bit more
expensive than one without.

Now, if one hits the market, bang, gone in
10 seconds flat.

I wish they could work out of low cost way
of putting them back on the guns, they were
superb the way they folded away.

Agree, if Mauser was good enough for Brenneke,
it is good enough for anyone else !

(.333 member)

20/05/13 07:15 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

ZKK 600 9,3x64 are quite common and we have encountered many of them, the majority of the first type, fitted with Brno peep sight.
We have a customer, PH in West Africa, who uses two of these rifles from at least thirty years !
In the sixties and seventies FN chambered its Mauser type rifle in 9,3x64 and furnished barreled actions for the new Brenneke rifles sold circa 1980.
All good 8x68S Mauser actioned rifle produced in Germany or Belgium could be easily re-barreled to 9,3x64 as could the 10,75x68 made on FN barreled actions and sold by Humbert in France, Raick Frères in Belgium...etc.

DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com

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20/05/13 07:27 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Dorleac

Sounds interesting. Maybe not many of these guns
have ever left Europe as you don't see too many
around, that's for sure, the US or Australia / NZ.

That's why I was surprised when I was offered
a Frankonia in 9.3 x 64 here in Aus so grabbed
it straight away.

(.400 member)

20/05/13 07:44 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

There are a few Mauser '98's marked R.Famage 1952 floating around Oz atm.

These are/were 30-06 rifles with a small notch in the top of the front receiver and the correct magazine length for a .30-06 with spitzer. I believe they may also have the full 'C' ring if that is important to you.

The initial outlay may be less than a ZKK. Safely re-worked, it then gets down to how much the gun smithing is going to cost.

I have seen Tony Small http://nickalguns.net/ extend a magazine ( it is quite simple to do ) and he may have pictures of it still. He can also make up the correct magazine spring length.

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20/05/13 03:25 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Gents thanks for the comprehensive replies and great to see there is a fan base for the 9.3 x64!

I haven't had much time to research all the options mentioned and will continue to do so.But I am sort of leaning early toward the Zastava 9.3 x62 conversion now- a lot related to its availability ,low cost, simplicity of conversion, and from what I have breifly read options of aftermarketing it with stocks etc if need be.

Also regards suggestions above of FN mauser I read the zastava is very similar and they actually took over FN's operation/equipment at some stage, is this at all correct??? This is sort of a winner for me as well, that the 9.3 will belong in an action looking like this, even if its the poor mans version.

Lastly any general views on extending the magazine box if I did fo with the zastava. 5 down is paramount for me. I know for a price a good gunsmith can probably do it one way or the other -but any aftermarket options/cannabilised parts I can use to make it easier/cheaper would be good to hear of??

Feel free to hit me with any advice, its good to hear more about this cartridge in general.

I am in QLD these days by the way, have to change my old location

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20/05/13 05:24 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Quote:

5 down is paramount for me.

You should have quite a fat stock in magazine area if want so many.

GK

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20/05/13 07:33 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

This is my mates commercial FN in 9.3x64. Neither of us are positive, but we think its original.
Interestignly, magazine box is only 84mm long not 88mm like some .30/06 sized actions.

(.470 member)

20/05/13 07:39 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

very nice blueing

GK

(.300 member)

20/05/13 09:35 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

The seller said that it had a "tropical " finish. From the little l could find its like a varnish applied to the heated metal.

(.450 member)

21/05/13 12:01 AM

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GK

Looks very nice indeed - and Original.

Have you checked the Proof marks versus year ?

I haven't got my book handy but they look
about right.

Does your mates '64 have Open sights ?
Any chance of a photo of the whole gun ?

Now I have a reference, I need to check
my Frankonia to see if it was made by FN
and just sold by them.

From memory, the safety above is the same,
a lot thinner than normal Mauser 98's.

(.450 member)

21/05/13 06:00 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Anyone in Melbourne who is after Brass for the 9.3x64,
one of the dealers i deal with has 300 loaded RWS rounds
he wants to move so is willing to talk to anyone who
is interested.

If interested, PM me and I will pass on the details.

GK

(.300 member)

21/05/13 07:42 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

500Nitro,
My mates away this week so I don't have an overall picture.
As you can see it has sights, but fairly plain ones. This is the only pic I have atm.
George

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21/05/13 09:03 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Hello Karl,

Prechtl company in Germany presented this year on the IWA fair a magazine floor plate with enlarged capacity, the so-called Rigby floor plate.

link:
http://www.prechtl-waffen.de/Prechtl/de/Waffenteile/Mauser_Bauteile_

please scroll down to:
Rigbydeckel für K98

Dieser Rigbydeckel kann an jeden 98er angebaut werden,
der den Kasten mit Druckbolzen hat. Der Flache Deckel
wird einfach und ohne Anpassungen durch den Rigbydeckel
ersetzt. Der original Zubringer und die Zubringerfeder
können weiter verwendet werden. Die Magazinkapazität
erhöht sich, je nach Kaliber, um bis zu 2 Patronen. Für den
Einbau ist kein Büchsenmacher notwendig.

my translation (maybe not correct in technical terms):
Rigby magazine floor plate for K98

This Rigby magazine floor plate can be assembled to every 98 rifle, which has a magazine release with the tension loaded release bolt.
The shallow standard floor plate is replaced without any modification with the Rigby-floor plate.
The original fololower and follower spring can be used. Magazine capacity will be raised up to two cartridges, depending on caliber.
No gunsmith necessary for assembly.

(.400 member)

21/05/13 09:48 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Thanks, do you have any idea of price ?

(.450 member)

21/05/13 10:45 PM

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gk

My sight is also on an "island", very high like the photo
except I think it only has the ONE fixed blade.

Tall blade with a U notch in it.

(.400 member)

22/05/13 03:24 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

I just got an offer from Prechtl;

Kastendeckel Rohling für Argentino Mod.1909 vorgefräst zum einpassen
inkl.Schnäpper zum einpassen.....................193,00 €
(non-finished Mod.1909 magazine floor plate with enlarged capacity, with opening lever)

Magazindeckel Rigby für Mauser Modell 98 fertig brüniert....................209,24 €
(finished Rigby style floor plate with enlarged capacity)

Magazindeckel Rigby für Mauser Modell 98 Rohling .......................174,79 €
(unfinished Rigby style floor plate with enlarged capacity)

Transport und Verpackungskosten..............................10 € (to Finland)
(Shipping and freight)

(.400 member)

23/05/13 05:44 AM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

The 9,3Brenneke is a nice classic , but if I wanted to create as much gab from the Otto Bock, then a 9,3x70 DWM would make more sense.

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23/05/13 06:10 AM

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Quote:

then a 9,3x70 DWM would make more sense.

It´s a real boomer but I would prefer .404/375. Both have same parent case and .375 bullets are a tad heavier.

(.275 member)

25/05/13 07:17 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Interesting link Igorock. Does this 98 metal then work on a modern zastava as well?

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25/05/13 11:01 PM

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Quote:

Interesting link Igorock

If you mean my signum, it is my blog. I´m a pro artisan.

Quote:

Does this 98 metal then work on a modern zastava as well?

I´m not sure because those two magazines lenght is different. Maybe you have to ask Prechtl....

(.275 member)

26/05/13 02:50 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Thanks igorock I will do that.

Well all I have done some more thinking on the 9.3x64 and leaning towards a 26" barrel and ability to seat bullets out in a decent length magazine to do justice to the cartridge. So at this stage the easy factory 9.3x62 conversions are probably out due to their short barrels.I will be getting John clapham in NSW to do the work as he is top class, has the reamer and is a 9.3x64 owner to boot. I can probably rely on his knowledge to get what I want out of this now. Thanks again for all the input which will assist my discussions with him!

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26/05/13 04:52 PM

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Quote:

Thanks igorock I will do that.

Please send a copy here, too.

(.416 member)

26/05/13 08:30 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Karl, if you ever need loading data let me know
93x64mm

(.400 member)

26/05/13 08:44 PM

Re: 9.3 x 64 project opinions

Very kind , but imho it's not a problem to get data . This cartridge is again popular today in Europe .

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