Just today I got another 09 action so I'm pondering what to build .I have pretty much all the metric calibers and am trying to come up with a chambering . Give me some ideas . Kicking around a .280 Remington .
If you're going 7mm, you might as well go classic with a 7x57
7.65x53 Argentine. You'll be the only one on your block with one.
Okie John
7.65 x 53 Mauser or 7.65 x 53 Belgian or 7.65 x 53 Argentine are all good, actually. Grin. I don't know where Missouri is, I've heard there is one...but you might have the only 7.65 in the county.
I definitely know what I'd make it into... my favorite cartridge; 6.5 x 57...It would be all the better in a nice shaped Mauser Action on something like
an Argentine 1909 Mauser.
9.3x62 make a mini express rifle..... barrel band, express sights, ebony tip, Rigby style
25-06
270
280
30-06
338-06
35 Whelen
9.3X62
If you want to open the bolt face, extractor and feed lips :
264 Win Mag
7MM Rem Mag
308 Norma Mag
300 Win Mag
338 Mag.
9.3X64 ----- If you can get about 200 pieces of brass first
416 Taylor
458 Win
If you want to do the above and also lengthen the mag box, lap the bolt back to the point the 3rd leg bears, and re-cut the feed ramp a bit too
300 H&H
375H&H
You left out 6.5x55, 7x57, 8x57, and 9.3x57
How about 7x64 Brenneke or 318 Westley Richards?
I picked up a nice 1909 action here several years ago with the idea of using it for a 9.3x64 but a few things caused me to reexamine. (Hope to still do that but with a different set up.)
Leaning toward the 318 WR; it is "cool" personified, imo and no modifications needed.
No one mentioned the "original" .280, the 7X64 Brenneke?
I built a .280 Improved on my '09 Argentine.
I like the .280 idea that’s never a bad choice.
What do you have already? Any “holes” in yer cabinet?
9.3x62 make a mini express rifle..... barrel band, express sights, ebony tip, Rigby style
This to me is what a Argentine 98 screams for. I’d love to do one this way.
While I am not hot for the factory stock have a look at a 146 Husky. That is a good template for a 9.3x62.
9.3x62 make a mini express rifle..... barrel band, express sights, ebony tip, Rigby style
Love it!
I definitely know what I'd make it into... my favorite cartridge; 6.5 x 57...It would be all the better in a nice shaped Mauser Action on something like
an Argentine 1909 Mauser.
^^ This ^^ ..... in a full stocked rifle would be very cool!
Why not 6.5-06 or 6.5 PRC? I have a savage 99 in 308 with 2x7 scope, short distance light weight. Remington 700 in 280 Rem with a 4x12 mid range and a custom 1909 Arg in 6.5-06 with a 4.5x16 VXL and 26 in heavy barrel for long range. All my bases are covered for the lower 48.Find a hole in your battery and fill it.
The greatest wildcat in the last 100 yrs !
.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer
Edit: I would run a 1-8 or 1-7 twist or you'll be shamed from the Campfire for not setting it up to shoot 1000 yards.
Which brings up another question, with a 1 in 7 twist I wonder if a Sierra 52 matchking would make it out the barrel before it turned into fairy dust?
9.3x62 make a mini express rifle..... barrel band, express sights, ebony tip, Rigby style
Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes.
Two Cool
Please, Please,oh, Please!
Well I've determined what I'm going to build on the 09 Argentine . A classic looking .264 Winchester Magnum.
Have you considered a .256 Newton? Get all the good things the .264 has and none of the bad.
+ 1,0000 ^^^^^ I have one .
Sigh.... You make me sad. I was starting to get on the 9.3x62 train. I think getting a full custom mauser completed is hard enough with standard cartridges. When you throw in opening up the bolt face, correcting any feeding issues and potentially re-heat treating the action it becomes a much bigger can of worms.
Regardless, good luck with it!
Creedmire would fit nicely 😀