9x57 Rimmed in Handi-Rifle?

[lgm270]

Saw this cartridge, the 9x57 Rimmed, made from necked down .444 Marlin brass. Would this be a feasible round in the NEF handi?


http://www.ows-ammo.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/46/products_id/1179

[kombi1976]

I have to ask, why such a rare Euro round?
I like metrics but 356 Win as good or, better still, 358 Win.
Bullet range is MUCH bigger and TONS cheaper.
That and the brass is factory made, not converted from other brass.

[lgm270]

I have to ask, why such a rare Euro round?
I like metrics but 356 Win as good or, better still, 358 Win.
Bullet range is MUCH bigger and TONS cheaper.
That and the brass is factory made, not converted from other brass.

I saw this round listed on the Old Western Scrounger.  I thought it would be more suited for a Handi than a rimless round like the .358 Win.   .444 brass is supposedly very strong and readily available.  Also it uses  .358"  bullets.  I never previously associated the .444 with a 57mm case.

[quickdtoo]

The only reason why rimmed cartridges should be considered more suitable for Handis is they're generally low pressure and they work best in ejector barrels which have a bad habit of causing failures to eject, but H&R no longer makes ejector centerfire rifle barrels, hasn't for a few years, so rimmed or rimless in a high pressure round is a moot point. Even ejector barrels can be converted to factory extractors, so that makes the FTE problem a non-issue, the rim isn't a saving grace, it's the pressure they operate at and the breech thrust created, I've had FTEs in my 405Win H&R with max loads, it's a rimmed round also. On the other hand, I had no FTE's with the experimental 300WSM at mid level loads under 60kpsi, it has a rebated rim, those loads were just too much for the frame due to the huge case head and caused internal action flex, but they never did FTE in the ejector barrel.

Tim