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Could it be turned into a 9.3x74r?

How and who if it could be done.

R&M,

I would seriously doubt that you could find a 'smith that would do it. For a number of reasons...

1. Recoil lugs are not available for one thing.

2. The cartridge in question more than likely puts out too much pressure... (The action is only designed for .30-30 pressures... About 38,000 c.u.p.s)

I tried my very best to talk J.D. Jones into converting a M-219 to 6.5 Jap... (Which puts out about equal pressures as the .30-30...) He flatly refused. He kept trying to talk me into a 6.5 JDJ... His own propriety cartridge...

For what it would cost to realisticly convert a M-219, It would most likely be cheaper to just buy a Ruger #1 factory chambered.

I built my 1st 9.3x74R on a Ruger #1, and about 18 mos. later, Ruger comes out with a factory 9.3x74R.

Sorry, that's not likely what you wanted to hear, but it's my best answer... Good Luck in your quest...

I saw a 219 made into a 35 Herrett at a gun show in Eugene Or last year. I asked the guy and he said he had no problems with it. I looked at fired cases and they looked ok~~ no bulging or primer backing out. It was a rebored/rifled 30-30. Who did it or?? I have no idea. It did sell though.
Aloha, Mark

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Adam

And some were just beautiful right from the factory.

I worked a Sav 219 in 30-30 up to 92 kpsi.
The 219 could go higher, but C26000 brass (cartridge brass) Temper H06 will not.

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