9.3x64mm Brenneke

[mooze]

I had the good fortune to by a rebuild Husquarna 146 from 1940 ( original cal 9,3-57) some ten years ago.

At the time Husquarna used FN 98 actions. It has served me well on too trips to Namibia and one tripp to south Afrika.

I use Barnes TSX 250gr.

I just read through this thread as I grew up with 9.3 guns ( which were the big boy's toys), so my 1st 9.3 was a custom 9.3x62 built on a DWM Berlin action. I was always turned off by the lack of available 9.3x64 brass although I wanted one badly so I began wondering about a 9.3 wildcat based on the 375 Ruger, which I then had realized 3 years ago. Reamer came from PTG and dies from Hornady. An initial test rifle built on a Browning Abolt 3 performed well so last year I had my local gunsmith built a CRF rifle on a FN Mauser/Browning. Forming brass is a one step thing. I have shot deer with very light monometals ( 155 gr flying at 3550 fps), the FN is currently loaded with 250 gr Nosler AB at 2860 fps ( slightly faster than the fastest 9.3x64 loads but there is also 12 gr more water -capacity in the case) and is awaiting this years moose or elk.
side note: the monometals ( MJG, Germany) have, from the 9.3x63 taken moose, black bear and deer without much ado, but for pure lung shots they sometime take a while to put the animal down, thus the switch back to lead.
So,to not hijack the thread: fast 9.3s are a wonderful alround gun!

 

[PaulT]

It's really encouraging to see the interest in this cartridge.
I though I might be a bit weird when I had mine built, apparently not.

Some great info being posted, thanks all, lets all keep the 64mm alive.

 

[Antho9364]

Good morning,
I share with you my favorite rifles, of course in my favorite caliber, the 9.3x64 Brenneke. Which for me is one of the best and most versatile calibers in the world with of course the 375. I opted for this caliber because I hunted a lot with the 9.3x62 and 9.3x74R with great efficiency.
But, for use with fairly long shots on animals of average build, the 250 gr - 260 gr are formidable and have a fairly flat trajectory. Another particularity, the 154 gr - 185 gr almost make us forget the use of a 300 WM on light animals far away.
To be able to shoot super heavy in the 366", the 300 gr and 320 gr, give us very convincing results and very deep penetration at magical speeds of 2400 fps - 2550 fps.
The eternal versatility of 285 gr - 293 gr is rightly the ideal weight.
Despite the excellent ballistics of the 9.3x62, the 9.3x64 is really the improvement that gives a plus, and we have hardly done better than it since 1927...
This is certainly the caliber that is most unfairly in decline of all the calibers I know.

(A Blaser R93 (6☆ wood). A first generation Mauser 66. And a very nice engraved Sauer 90. I know I'm missing the main one, a Mauser 98 action, maybe soon...)

 

[grand veneur]

I can only agree with that. The cartridge 9,3x64 Brenneke is a very universal cartridge when it comes to hunting heavy game. It also allows shots at longer range with a well-preserved terminal ballistic. When it comes to hunting big game with it, I am a bit hesitant, but that's a different topic.

As far as rifles for it are concerned, you should, as befits such a traditional cartridge, above all use rifles with a Mauser 98 action. I hunted for years with a custom rifle built with a FN Mauser action and I still own a very rare Mannlicher-Schoenauer GK rifle caliber 9,3x64 Brenneke.