Thread: 9.3x62 loads

So ,after a bit of a false start [the dummy rd jammed the neck right back against the shoulder]
Duh, so
I cleaned out the dies and F/L sized and chamfered the remaining 49 lapua brass.
No issues after that, fairly certain the one I chose must have had a ding in the mouth.
Jeez I hate F/L sizing brass, dirty damn job, or if it's not then I'm not doing it right. I'm going to bombard Lee with emails asking for a Collet Neck Die.


I had a few false starts actually as I had Hornady dies, Hornady Bullets @ 286gr sp-rp, and a Hornady Manual
However no mention of the calibre in the manual.WTF

So I ended up digging out some data from the Nick Harvy book I had which gave me several loads using regular ADI powder I have here such as 2209/08and 06H
I chose to start with 09 as I have shit loads of it.
A forum member also gave me a load he was getting good results with so I loaded that and 0.5grns either side of.
The load was in the middle of the data from Nick Harvy and just as well really as I dunno how bugger all more of 2209 would have fitted in the case.

Of couse in Harvys data there is no Coal so back to the interwebdictionarytakeyourlifeinyourhandifyoubelie veit thing
and I came up with good old Chuck Hawkes telling me I could load to 3.29".So I loaded to 3.28.
So then I had to find a shell holder, lee don't make one specific and they are the shell holder brand I have but I figured that if it was good enough for the 30 06 I run and the 35 Weelen [I don't] then that one had to be ok for the 9.3, so tried it, no drama.

Even at 3.28" there was alot of that bullet went into the case crushing down onto the 2209, so I guess at least there will be a good ignition
Used Federal large rifle 210M and checked every live load by runing them through the action, all rounds chambered and ejected well.
So we shall see if everything works tomorrow or wednesday.