North American rounds and their European/Continental Counter parts

I think that the 6.5x68 is probably closer to the 264 Win Mag. The 8x68s is reportedly pretty hot
 
Is 8x68 factory ammo usually 200+ grains?

Curious about the reference to the 7.62x39 as a fjudd caliber, anyone know what rifle bjubba and the boys would take afield in this chambering?
 
In a 30 cal fudd round, im thinking either 06 or 30/30.

The closest straight up equivalent would be 7x57/7-08. Believe the x57 has about 1gr more powder capacity, but is pretty much a reloader caliber both for availability and old/weak actions.

The 9.3x62 comparison to 338 win mag(my favorite caliber) is totally off. The 338 has it performance wise, but then again the 9.3 throws bigger medicine....meh a wash.

Cartridges look different, but check out velocity numbers between 308 and 303 british in 180gr.
 
The obsolete 375 H&H and the New King of the 375 calibers- the 375 Ruger.

There have been a few other North American 375's like the Weatherbys and RUM but for the most part they failed.
 
I always thought 7x64 with 175 grains was the euro “30-06” for modern hunters in Central Europe, I could be way off base
 
nowarningshot said:
In a 30 cal fudd round, im thinking either 06 or 30/30.

The closest straight up equivalent would be 7x57/7-08. Believe the x57 has about 1gr more powder capacity, but is pretty much a reloader caliber both for availability and old/weak actions.

The 9.3x62 comparison to 338 win mag(my favorite caliber) is totally off. The 338 has it performance wise, but then again the 9.3 throws bigger medicine....meh a wash.

Cartridges look different, but check out velocity numbers between 308 and 303 british in 180gr.
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some lightweight bullet with modern powder will get close to the 338 area.

conor_90 said:
I always thought 7x64 with 175 grains was the euro “30-06” for modern hunters in Central Europe, I could be way off base
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it is.
 
Mainstream commercial euro cartridges are 6.5x55, 7x64, 9.3x62, but they also love the traditional N/A cartridges like 222Rem, 243Win, 30/06, they don't get as carried away as we do with minimal caliber and cartridge differences, or the long action/short action arguments we have here. If it works it works, why change it.
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
This be mostly on, though the 9.3x57 has the advantage of tossing 270-286+ gr boolits in the bolt rifles they be chambered in. The 358 Win being chambered in shorter actions is best suited to projectiles in the 200-250 gr range. The shorter neck of the 358 hinders its' use with the heavy projectiles above 250 gr too boot. Both the 9.3x57 & 6.5 Swede cartridges are the ones I prefer as they normally run at lower factory pressures than the 308 Win based cartridges.

As fer the Whelly/9.3 comparo, ye can't go wrong with either one in my book. ;)
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I have never seen a factory round of 9.3x57 but it's a super cartridge for the reloader. You can load waaaay past the anemic CIP 38K standard in strong actions. And it loads down well for reduced loads too.
 
jethunter said:
I have never seen a factory round of 9.3x57 but it's a super cartridge for the reloader. You can load waaaay past the anemic CIP 38K standard in strong actions. And it loads down well for reduced loads too.
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Tradex is the only place I've ever seen it....Norma for $80/20. Definitely a reloader cartridge, 8x57 brass is not hard to find.
 
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