DarylS
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Good choice for Wyoming, Steve. I liked the way mine shot so well, I'm going yo.get another. Would you mind noting your load please. I went up to 48gr.ofH4895 in mine, as well as53gr. of BLC2 with the 270s.
I stayed at 45gr. with the 285's although.they were showing very low pressures.
Considering original 9.3x62 factory.ammo only did 2,175fps, your loads are more than adequate
I chronographed 45.0 gr. H4895 at 2,176fps with sized-down 300gr. Hormady's thinking they'd ne a super moose load.
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szihn
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Hi Daryl
My 1st 9.3X57 was the one I made on a Czech 98 action and I was using this load for it, so I just tried them in the M46 when I picked it up, and it shoots them very well. I think pressure is safe, but at the top of the scale for this cartridge if I were to guess. Primers just fill out a little bit and I got .0002" head expansion.
PPU 8X57 brass necked up to 9.3MM
CCI LR Primer
48.5 Grains of IMR4064
285 grain PPU round nose bullet.
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szihn
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Stock is about finished. That's good, because I may be using it for deer or antelope in the next 2 weeks.
Antelope first, then deer, then elk and then antelope again and finally a late deer hunt in late November.
I have other rifles I want to try too.
A 6.5X54 Mannlicher.
My old 30-30 marlin.
My M98 Mauser full-stock in 9.3X57
My Lee 303 "speed"
I have quite a few tags to fill this season, but more rifles and loads I want to try then I have tags for. I personally have 4 tags now and I am getting 2 more. I will fill our freezers and also I have 4 older friends who asked for meat this year. I will do all I can to help them too.
Dang..........I need more tags------------- and a lot more years and hunts.
That's one thing I really hate about getting old. Knowing that some day I will have to stop hunting.
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szihn
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First antelope buck down for 2018.
Not big, but it was a fun stalk. He's laying in a gully when I took this picture. 177 yards through the neck. He stuck his head up and saw me before I could get closer, but I had a solid position so I took the shot. 160 grain Sierra Round nose. The bullet looks as if it came apart. One exit hole just a few inches in front of the entry, showing the "blast" turned 90 degrees. The bullet hit the front of the neck bone and dropped him instantly. The other side has a hold about the size of a 50 cent piece, and about 1" away is another hole that looks like a 9MM pistol exit.
Sierras do weird things sometimes.
So now I'll have to use the Husky on some other animal. I still have more tags to fill.
 2018 #1 Ant. Buck by Steve Zihn, on Flickr
 2018 #1 Ant. Buck 2 by Steve Zihn, on Flickr
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Iowa_303s
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Congrats Steve!
Keep the pics coming
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szihn
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Hey there Iowa.
How's everything corn-country?
All is OK here. Still don't have my 2 4WD vehicles fixed, but I should have the truck back running in a week. The 4Runner may take about 3 to 4 weeks
I had to borrow a truck to go out and hunt this one.
So now I need to get some blood on the 9.3 we made the trade on and also the 303 "speed" I made for myself. I have 2 more antelope tags to fill, and one elk and one deer. If some of the older folks at my church ask for meat I may buy a few left-over deer tags too, and go hunt for them to fill their freezers. I expect this to be an outstanding year for hunting.
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lancaster
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good shot on the antelope
what is this for a rear sigth on the mannlicher?
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Louis
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Congratulations, Szihn; nice clean shot and good antelope!
Louis
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Iowa_303s
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Hey there Iowa.
How's everything corn-country?
All good here Steve. Just swinging the shotgun on doves while waiting on duck and pheasant season to get here.
Glad you're liking the Husky. Any word on the "speedish" Lee?
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"Once your reputation is ruined you can live your life quite freely."
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szihn
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Yes I talked to Pat and was told it would be ready last week and shipped Monday. I hope that's true. So if I ship it to you on Wednesday or Thursday I think you'll have it in your hands early the following week. Are there some deer in it's future for you?
Also, I want to let you know I chambered it to touch the shoulder of the case instead of allowing the shoulder to blow forward the way the Brits did it, but it does require you to trim the brass from 2.222 to 2.2 even. If you want a CIP chamber let me know now, and I can set it the way the Brits did it. If you do that you stick with the old standard of 2.222" in case length.
Give me a call when you can.
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Iowa_303s
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Brass is already trimmed to 2.200”!
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Matt
formerly known as Iowa_303
"Once your reputation is ruined you can live your life quite freely."
"Enkelkinder über alles"
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szihn
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My wife Anna got her Antelope Friday.
 Picture0922180833_1 by Steve Zihn, on Flickr
She did it all herself. Shot was a bit far back, but did the job. She killed, gutted, drug, skinned and field-butchered it all herself with no help at all. She is a real trooper.
I made the rifle for her 3 years ago. GEW length Mauser, 30-06. She likes it and seems to do well with it.
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JDL
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I would say she does right well with it, congratulations to the lady!
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Iowa_303s
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Congratulations to Anna!
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"Once your reputation is ruined you can live your life quite freely."
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szihn
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Lancaster, here is a picture of the rear sight. It's a standard type. I made the base myself. In fact I made quite a few of the parts and pieces of this rifle myself. It's a wonderful light little carbine, and it shoots as well as I can shoot it. With iron sights the limit is just how well I can see. I am in my 60s now, and I don't have the "young eyes" I used to, but if the sky is clear I still do well enough with iron sights to kill game.
 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA by Steve Zihn, on Flickr
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