Hello all,

The gun arrived and I did a chamber cast .. its exactly a 9.3x74R ... not the Sauer cartridge ... So does this give any idea of when this gun was made? Would such a powerful cartridge be in use is a rifle with this action? Interesting is that the rifling starts about an inch beyond the the case mouth. Looks like long heavy bullets could be used?

** update .... I just measured the twist rate. Best I could come up with is 1 in 10. Searching the internet says standard twist rate for the 9.3x74R is 1 in 14 ... But the new Ruger No. 1 also has a twist rate of 1 in 10. So, heavy bullets should shoot just fine in this rifle. A field test should tell.

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Last edited by buckstix; 05/21/26 08:01 PM.
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