M39 9.3x53R

[paulsonconstruction]

I'd be interested to hear more about the 210 grain monolithic bullet in 9.3mm. First I've heard of such a thing.

Cutting Edge Bullets 9.3mm, 210 gr ESP. They come with a poly tip that can be used or removed & will load in either direction. They come in other calibers, too. About $2/each. Strange & expensive, but interesting none the less.
Hammer Bullets makes some copper bullets from 240 gr to 258 grain that work pretty good, too.

 

[icebear]

Cutting Edge Bullets 9.3mm, 210 gr ESP. They come with a poly tip that can be used or removed & will load in either direction. They come in other calibers, too. About $2/each. Strange & expensive, but interesting none the less.
Hammer Bullets makes some copper bullets from 240 gr to 258 grain that work pretty good, too.

Thanks. I wonder how a bullet like that would shoot (and regulate) in a 9.3x74R double? I'll probably never find the time to try it.

 

[paulsonconstruction]

9.3x74R is a little more than I would care to play with, so I will never know how!

 

[mattimoose]

Thanks. I wonder how a bullet like that would shoot (and regulate) in a 9.3x74R double? I'll probably never find the time to try it.

Yeah, time is of the essence .By the time I get a 9.3x74 Valmet 412 I will be too old to shoot it or make an auxilary cartridge for it to shoot the 9mm Makarov. The 9.3x62 has no room in the extractor grove to make a one-piece cartridge whereas the 9.3x74R has just Enough and the 9.3x53R has ample room. I have always put the cart before the horse. I have have had the decimal reamers for the 9x18 Makarov chambering for 20 years now. Just never got the gun. It will work-out. It's like I accumulated and built everything to shoot 7x33, and after 20 years got a gun in that caliber. I guess I am the Idea man.

 

[Macce]

Thank you for the great info.
I know few gunsmiths in Finland who could make a scope mount but it costs 5-700€ here. So maybe I keep it as it is.
I also have Sako M39 SKY (7.62x53R) so maybe I'll put scope on that. It has original Finnish made military sights.

 

[P04R]

Thank you for the great info.
I know few gunsmiths in Finland who could make a scope mount but it costs 5-700€ here. So maybe I keep it as it is.
I also have Sako M39 SKY (7.62x53R) so maybe I'll put scope on that. It has original Finnish made military sights.

I wonder if the gunsmithing school in Ikaalinen still churn out the diving board style scope rails for mosins. They are screw mounted to the top of the receiver, so there goes your collector value, but if that's not a problem then it's a serviceable option. Poor gunsmith students do the work for pennies, at least they used to. Though beware the workmanship may be hit and miss.

 

[hohlweglauerer]

Made ammunition for my 9,3x53R.
Go for hunting im Finland/Varkaus mid of Oktober.
250 gr Barnes TTSXBT, N530, Vo 700 m/s, E100 4077 Joule.
Hope it works on moose.

HWL

 

[P04R]

View attachment 36088
Made ammunition for my 9,3x53R.
Go for hunting im Finland/Varkaus mid of Oktober.
250 gr Barnes TTSXBT, N530, Vo 700 m/s, E100 4077 Joule.
Hope it works on moose.

HWL

If this doesn't work on moose, I don't know what will

 

[paulsonconstruction]

View attachment 36088
Made ammunition for my 9,3x53R.
Go for hunting im Finland/Varkaus mid of Oktober.
250 gr Barnes TTSXBT, N530, Vo 700 m/s, E100 4077 Joule.
Hope it works on moose.

HWL

At the time Sako converted these M39s for sporting use Finland had a requirement that to hunt Moose the bullet had to be "greater than 8mm". Thus the conversion from 7.62 to 9.3 in the 54R case. It was one of several cartridges developed at that time that were called "Moose rounds". Always wanted that same rifle/cartridge combination but they were never available in the US. You shouldn't have any trouble taking a Moose with it.