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I got this info today from the US

quote <<".....9.5x57 brass re-formed runs $162.50 per 100, properly headstamped brass - Horneber (out of Germany)runs $295.00 per 100.

Reed's Ammunition & Research, LLC
www.REEDSAMMO.COM
Ron Reed
1209 SW 129th ST
Oklahoma City, OK 73170
5-73-027-07-9G-01978....." >> quote

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The 9.5X57MS with 270 gr bullets will not penetrate as well as the 9.3X62 simply because the 375 bullet of 270 gr weight or less has a lower sectional density. The 9.3 bullet is "fat & long" compared to just the "fat" 375s. This lack of penetration was a well known characteristic of the cartridge in both India & Africa. It was never popular as a DG round though I am sure some hunters did kill everything up to elephant with it. It was a popular meat getter & probably seen as an expensive upper end gun (MS rifle) / cartridge used by wealthy hunters.

To answer 9.3X57's question - My rifle came out of the tea plantations of Ceylon & South India. That was added nostalgia as I started my career in 1981 as a Tea Planter in Assam & then moved down to South India. ChrisPer says he bought his rifle in Zim.

There is one on auction here in NZ this Saturday. I am not sure what condition it is in.

The 9.5X57MS is certainly a joy to shoot simply because of the MS rifle action. It would be a better pig & deer round simply because the rifle is light & very handy. The 9.3X62 would be my choice for Aussie buffalo & African plains game.

When I do go on my dream African PG hunt I will definitely take my Simson 9.3X62. The dilemma is about the second rifle - should it be the 9.5X57MS, the 6.5X54MS, the Sako 280 Ackley or the Kimber 7mm08? Being an African dream it will have to be one of the MS rifles - unless I buy a double rifle!

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Always shoot through the target & not just at it.

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