9.3X64mm Brenneke Ammo
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The 9.3×64mm Brenneke (also known as 9.3 x 64) is a rimless bottle necked center fire cartridge developed for big-game hunting. The 9.3 denotes the 9.3 mm bullet diameter, and the 64 denotes the 64 mm case length.
The 9.3×64mm Brenneke was designed as a medium bore big-game cartridge for standard-sized Mauser 98 bolt action rifles. The round is ballistically very similar to both the .375 H&H and the .358 Norma Magnum.
The 9.3×64mm Brenneke was designed to have the broadest possible case capacity without any shape or dimensional drawbacks that would hamper its chambering and perfect functioning in Mauser Gewehr 98 rifles that were then standard issue in the German military.
About: 9.3x64mm Brenneke
- Type: Rifle
- Place of origin: Weimar Republic (Germany)
- Designer: Wilhelm Brenneke
- Designed: 1927
- Produced: 1927–present
Specifications
- Parent case: none
- Case type: Rimless, bottleneck
- Bullet diameter: 9.30 mm (0.366 in)
- Neck diameter: 10.04 mm (0.395 in)
- Shoulder diameter: 12.05 mm (0.474 in)
- Base diameter: 12.88 mm (0.507 in)
- Rim diameter: 12.60 mm (0.496 in)
- Rim thickness: 1.30 mm (0.051 in)
- Case length: 64.00 mm (2.520 in)
- Overall length: 85.60 mm (3.370 in)
- Case capacity: 5.71 cm3 (88.1 gr H2O)
- Rifling twist: 360 mm (1-14.17 in)
- Primer type: Large rifle magnum
- Maximum pressure: 440.00 MPa (63,817 psi)
Ballistic performance
| Bullet mass/type | Velocity | Energy |
|---|---|---|
| 14.6 g (225 gr) RWS DK | 900 m/s (3,000 ft/s) | 5,913 J (4,361 ft⋅lbf) |
| 19.0 g (293 gr) RWS UNI Classic | 785 m/s (2,580 ft/s) | 5,854 J (4,318 ft⋅lbf) |
| 19.0 g (293 gr) Brenneke TUG | 785 m/s (2,580 ft/s) | 5,854 J (4,318 ft⋅lbf) |
