DOH! I knew what I meant.

by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Tuesday, June 02, 2015, 16:19 (3402 days ago) @ uncowboy

Apologies. This is for a BP cartridge approximately like a European 38-55. It is the 9.3x57R/360. Original bullet weights were 12.5gram...190 or so grains. I found a small supply of lead bullets and an equally small supply of jacketed. I have been told the jackets on these are both soft and thin in deference to the original barrels. Neither soft nor thin were quantified. Jacketed bullet diameter matches well with the land diameter.

I have a dummy cartridge loaded which will not yet completely chamber. I will do a chamber cast tomorrow to fully understand what we're mating up to. Right now, I suspect a thick neck (straight tapered case) as I am using shortened 9.3x72R cases.

I did pick up some 36 caliber pre-lubed wads to place over the powder charge. Once I figure out how load cartridges which will chamber, the shooting experiments will start.