grandveneur,

Thank you for your words of caution. I'll definitely take them into consideration as well as test results before I take on anything that stands a chance of screwing up my day. If it's decided that the 9.3X74R is the round to use, I have a couple of them as well. One in particular is also a piece that I want to use for a "classic" boar hunt. That piece is a 9.3X74R Brenneke clamshell drilling that I'm working on. I'll be sending pictures of that project to the forum. Specifically it is a 1912 Brenneke "Patent Drilling" with very interesting engraving which I hoping the international group of NE folks can help me identify. The artwork looks Morocan. Without posted photographs I'll hold off on saying more for now.

Thanks again,

Marcus