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I have been viewing a lot of drillings as of late & this Freidrich Stendebach / Gustav Kersten / Vierordt variation Dreiling in 9,3X82R wears both the Crown over G and Crown over S. Was it just a miss applied stamp or did the tube experience proof for both shot & bullet? What are the chances for that?


Hochachtungsvoll,

Raimey
rse

Raimey, do you think you can "highlight "the marks in question? As a general rule ,if a barrel has a proof mark I presume the barrel experienced that proof. We sometimes see smooth bored barrels proofed for a single projectile but normally used with shot(example-garden gun). One of the marks on the 9.3x82R barrel seems to be over stamped, if that is the one in question ,I can believe the barrel was proofed for bulleted ammo but mis-stamped with a mark for shot and then corrected by over stamping. I don't know of any shot loads for 9.3x82R. On the other hand, I didn't see confusing marks on either of the shot barrels.
Mike

Well, it didn't turn out like I thought.


What was the exact purpose of the 9,3X82R? Was it a Berkard Behr Proprietary Loading? What game would the end user intend on chasing w/ the 9,3X82R?


Hochachtungsvoll,

Raimey
rse

Not proprietary. Also known as "Nimrod"-Patrone, because one of the name rights holder for the commercial name "Nimrod" also peddled such ammunition.
Was once rather common, now fairly rare. Had more powder space than the 9,3x72R cartridges (note plural, there are at least four), so its performance with black powder was a bit better. Nitro loads, for the very selfsame reason, are a bit more problematic. Generally, the same nitro load levels as for the 9,3x72 R are recommended.

Carcano

Raimey,
OK, I'm guessing it was mis stamped and then over stamped.
Mike