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February 25th, 2021, 12:38 AM
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Has too much time on their hands
9mm confusion
I was finishing something up and listening off screen and this caught my ear. Minimizing windows, finding the tab that is playing... and
At the 9 minute mark they are talking about the 9mm Makarov (actually a 9.3), I remember someone saying they wanted to get a 9.3 (not sure which one) 57 or 62 or either but using the rifle as a gallery gun with the 9 mm Makarov ammo might be the solution to the price. Atleast for plinking.
Anyone have a 9.3 rifle and use the Makarov ammo to plink or for .... rabbits? I don't know, I just remembered someone said it awhile back and thought I would post this and ask... anyone done it? and lived. Did you hit anything with it? Might be real limited in the range or it might be like a 357 or 44 in a rifle where the performance change is noticeable.
Curious :-)
Last edited by mosquito; February 25th, 2021 at 12:40 AM.
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February 25th, 2021 12:38 AM
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February 25th, 2021, 09:36 AM
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Well the 9mm Makarov would just slide into the case of a 9.3x57 or 9.3x62 rifles, they are bottle neck and the makarov is a straight walled rimless case.
You could use bullets from the makarov loaded into a 9.3 rifle case but no idea what load you could use.
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February 25th, 2021, 10:54 AM
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Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
Fox
Well the 9mm Makarov would just slide into the case of a 9.3x57 or 9.3x62 rifles, they are bottle neck and the makarov is a straight walled rimless case.
You could use bullets from the makarov loaded into a 9.3 rifle case but no idea what load you could use.
Thinking about it now that I have had a coffee perhaps that is what they meant. I was trying to focus on the work and for some reason I was thinking straight cased ammo at that moment. I don't want to get one but that puzzled me regardless and thought I would ask.
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February 25th, 2021, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by
mosquito
Thinking about it now that I have had a coffee perhaps that is what they meant. I was trying to focus on the work and for some reason I was thinking straight cased ammo at that moment. I don't want to get one but that puzzled me regardless and thought I would ask.
Would be similar to loading 357 and 38 special bullets in the 35 whelen but I have not heard of it being done for any 9.3mm cartridges so no idea how you would develop a load, unless you went with a case full or trail boss. The 35 whelen does have data for 357 pistol bullets in some manuals, so at least there is a starting point there.
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February 25th, 2021, 12:22 PM
#5
Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
Fox
Would be similar to loading 357 and 38 special bullets in the 35 whelen but I have not heard of it being done for any 9.3mm cartridges so no idea how you would develop a load, unless you went with a case full or trail boss. The 35 whelen does have data for 357 pistol bullets in some manuals, so at least there is a starting point there.
I hadn't heard of that either, something to look at if I have nothing to do.... or just want to avoid what I do have to do. :-)
There is too much to do and too little time as it is and I don't have anything in the 4 calibres mentioned so bigger priorities.
Was it you that was talking about getting the 9.3 rifle?, They have the 57 and 62s at Trade Exchange I saw.
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February 25th, 2021, 02:51 PM
#6
Originally Posted by
mosquito
I hadn't heard of that either, something to look at if I have nothing to do.... or just want to avoid what I do have to do. :-)
There is too much to do and too little time as it is and I don't have anything in the 4 calibres mentioned so bigger priorities.
Was it you that was talking about getting the 9.3 rifle?, They have the 57 and 62s at Trade Exchange I saw.
No, I want a 35 whelen though and there were a lot of people telling me just to go buy a 9.3x62 but the idea behind the whelen is to be able to download for small game with the pistol bullets, load to nice deer hunting numbers with a 35 remington bullet and load a 250gr at max loading for big moose and bear and even a bison hunt my friend wants me to come on with him.
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February 27th, 2021, 08:18 AM
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Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
Fox
No, I want a 35 whelen though and there were a lot of people telling me just to go buy a 9.3x62 but the idea behind the whelen is to be able to download for small game with the pistol bullets, load to nice deer hunting numbers with a 35 remington bullet and load a 250gr at max loading for big moose and bear and even a bison hunt my friend wants me to come on with him.
Good luck, I thought I remembered someone saying they wanted to get a 9.3 rifle, ah well, the ones that did the 9mm confusion did some on .22 and other calibres that were interesting to listen to also.
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February 27th, 2021, 09:06 PM
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I just picked up a 9.3x57 at trade-ex. I always thought this would be a nice bear round. Now I just have to find ammo for it. lol
"Only dead fish go with the flow."
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February 28th, 2021, 09:33 PM
#9
Has too much time on their hands
Sat down to have a tea and listen to something, .... spotted this.
The Mystery of the 9.3
Even does some comparisons to the 35 Whelen.
Last edited by mosquito; February 28th, 2021 at 10:43 PM.
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March 1st, 2021, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by
Deer Hunter
I just picked up a 9.3x57 at trade-ex. I always thought this would be a nice bear round. Now I just have to find ammo for it. lol
Good luck, the 9.3x62 is available but the x57 is very tough, I looked into a pile of this when I decided a 35 whelen was a better option for me.
The problem with the 9.3x57 is that the lighter bullets are almost impossible to find, the 9.3x62 bullets are quite heavy for that case size, I could not find load data for it either.