| fuhrmann |
| (.333 member) |
| 21/03/15 07:36 PM |
Re: 7x54mm & 7.63x54mm M-S Chamberings
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fuhrmann, that 9.3x38mm round sounds unusual, do you have all the measurements for that cartridge?
If so what would be a possible cartridge to make it from?
There is absolutely nothing on the web about it at all!
Would make a good finishing round for the bigger 9.3x62, x64 or x66mm in an adaptor cartridge!
Cheers
93x64mm
I discussed this with German cartridge collectors at an ECRA meeting last autumn. They also did not know much. One remembered some mention of such a cartridge in pre-war RWS files, but nobody had seen an actual example. Fotos and measurements are now in the ECRA database.
Base diameter is ca. 11.4 mm if I remember correctly, and this does not fit to the usual 8x57 IS dimensions. A close match for base dimensions would be the 6,5x54 Mannlicher-Schönauer.
We saw no real hunting use for this cartridge. One idea was that this was an experiment for a semi-automatic, a carbine maybe, and the 9,3 mm Tesco hunting bullet was used because it was lighter than the other 9,3 hunting bullets available.
fuhrmann