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I would be happy with a 250gr Hornady at 2400fps, equivalent to Remington .35 Whelen ballistics.
Or a 270gr Speer at that speed. A very versatile cartridge with bullets from 232 to 325gr.Has big advantage over .358 Win in that heavy bullets can be seated way out and not protruding into powder space. Ammo may be limited to Norma, that now offers 232gr solids and soft nose only,but brass can be formed from 8x57 cases or .35 Whelen if you have excessive head-space. The growing popularity of the 9.3x62 now chambered by Ruger,Sako,CZ and every European gun maker ensures a wide variety of bullets.

https://www.norma.cc/us/Products/Hunting/93x57/

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The 270 Speer bullet acts like varmint bullet - way too soft in the jacket, even for a 1,800fps impact on a calf moose. Bullet went to pieces.

The Norma bullets, 232gr. Vulcan and Oryx, driven to 2,450fps(9.3x57/M96) with H335, BLC2 or H4895 make good game bullets with nice thick jackets - bonded in the Oryx. They both shot sub inch for me at 100meters.

If you want, I can give you my data,, or type it out here. I also shot a re-sized 225gr. Hornady SP, at 2,550fps - same load as the 232 Norma bullets. Rod H. found these to be remarkable game bullets, deep penetration and nice expansion.

Should be able to get those at tradeexcanada.

8x57RP brass is easy to form.
1st is new 8x57 RP case
2nd is new 8x57 RP case necked up for .366" bullet.
3rd is new 8x57 case necked straight in one pass - no annealing
4th is new 8x57 case necked for proper headspace in my rifle - note height of the shoulder compared to #2 case - easier to see than the shoulder, is the length of the neck - that is .019" difference.

My rifle had .019" headspace on a simply necked up case. This was common on the m96 9.3x57 rifles due to sloppy chambering.



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Daryl


"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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