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I do enjoy the Meffert guns now. Drilling is tight and have shot the shot tubes. I ordered some S&B 9.3x72r since seems to be the correct length of chambers and the shell holder in the butt. If it’s not that caliber it will most likely become that one.

Yeah, I'd probably order them too & maybe resize them as I just do not like reloading the 9,3X72R. Either BP, which I really don't mind but you must keep it squeaky clean or filler / „Kapok“. The Case is just too Bloody long if you don't use „Schießpulver“ / Schuetzen Pulver.

Serbus,

Raimey
rse

S&B 193gr 9.3x72r chambered perfectly. Very happy I can buy more. Bought 2 boxes this time around to see how they group. Thanks for your help as always couldn’t and wouldn’t buy some of these wonderful guns without having you guys backing me up with your extensive knowledge. Thanks

Did you find a reasonable deal on 9,3X72R?? From what I have seen that stuff is about like 375 Nitro Express being $3-$4 a round?

Serbus,

Raimey
rse

I use ammoseek.com 52.00 a box plus shipping. Hoping this thing is accurate with what seems to be .002 larger bullets than the grooves but only using calipers. Didn’t slug the barrel but these factory 9.3x72r dropped in perfectly.

With regard to the S&B bullets being larger than the groove diameter of a specific rifle, they are designed and manufactured to avoid excessively increasing the pressures when used in such rifles. With regard to the ammo being expensive, it certainly is, but seems to be about the same as pre-covid prices while other cartridges are considerably more costly. The long-term cost of shooting a 9.3x72R can be moderated by reloading the S&B cases, which are boxer primed.
Mike

I have been fortunate in always finding Norma 9.3x72R brass along the way and now that I no longer have a 9.3x72R rifle to feed all the new brass has either been converted to 360 2 1/4/9.3x57R (360) or is being held in reserve. My latest use for it is a 360 Nitro Rigby/Jeffery single and I'm sure if I approach the 30 grains Cordite with 300 grain bullet load that it is proofed for I may run through some brass. The brass that I used in my first 9.3x72R back in the 1970s is still in use (and I have never shot black in it or used fillers).

Once zeroed in and the three different flip up open sites are properly ranged, 5 boxes will last me a lifetime. Hope I didn’t sound distrustful, I have never messed with cast bullets. Only reloaded 270, 30/06, 300wsm, 7mm rem mag and a few 6.5x 58r ( which hasn’t worked out yet I’m waiting for my new custom scope mounts adapted to 1” rings from original). Usually nosler and Barnes bullets.
I have no problem paying 50-60.00 a box for this beauty.

Hum, so no Blackpowder nor filler.... What powder did you stuff in the cases?

I was talking to Ford earlier & I had a good laugh. We were discussing parent cases and leaving the parent headstamp. I had mentioned that I had some 9,3X74R that were converted to 9,3X72R and he said that he even had some 30-06 cases that had been converted to 9,3X72R. Then Ford went on to say that sometimes confusion arises when a gun is sold & loaded converted brass with the parent headstamp accompanies the longarm. My laugh came when I said can you imagine someone trying to stuff a bona fide 30-06 round in the 9,3X72R saying it won't go.....

Serbus,

Raimey
rsee

Raimey, I pulled a couple of cards from the way back file - a time when we didn't have all the choices we have today or the internet to see what others were using. Depending on what the rifle liked, of course, but it looks like 28 to 42 grains of 3031.