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Good morning. Does anyone out there know of a source for the above?

A friend has one and would like to try it out.

Thank you!

Welder

Buffalo Arms carries loaded ammo and brass. Bertram makes brass and you can resize 9.3x72R brass. C&H has reloading dies for it.

Thanks oskar. It's tough to put money into reloading equipment considering the relatively few rounds that will be run through the barrels!

I think the Buffalo Arms ammo is around $76/20 plus shipping. They also have original length 38-55( 2.125")cases, at a good price. These cases are a little short but are useable by loading the bullets "out". They also have 38-55 Basic cases(2.245"), which are almost perfect length, but are a few dollars more per 20.The answer is to shoot more, and justify the equipment. To some of us, loading for our rifles is it's own justification. I load for several rifles, using a combination of different caliber dies, already on hand. However, to do this, you must have the other dies.
Mike

I looked into using the long 38-55 but my chamber is pretty tight and I was going to have to thin the rims. The 9.3x72R brass is only .14 cents more than the long 38-55. it was worth it to buy the slightly more expensive brass than have to mess with the rims. I load for the 6.5x58R Sauer, it is one of my goto coyote guns and I use a fair number of rounds each season and have 40 made up cases. I did buy 20 Bertrams but brass in the neck is so thin that my sizing die won't take it down enough to hold a bullet and the brass is brittle from the factory and needs to be annealed before loading. I do have to anneal the 9.3x72R's before swaging to 6.5

L to R .243-6.5x58R-9.3x72R



Instead of buying two boxes of shell buy one and a set of dies and shoot it as much as you would ever want. C&H 8x58R Sauer dies are only $87.

Appreciate the input. Think i'll have to wait until Buffalo 'reloads', as it were.