OK, I finally got a chance to shoot some photos of Schuetzen number two that arrived recently.  This one is unmarked like the last one with just one single proof under the forearm on the barrel.  No makers name or distributor's name marked on it anywhere.  It has a cleaning rod hole through the rear sight, back of the action, and through the breach block that could come in handy on the range.  This one is chambered in 9.5x47R, which makes my third rifle in this calibre.  (I have another Schuetzen based on a Mauser 71 bolt action plus a break barrel single shot German Stalking rifle made in Dresden.)  The front sight is a replacement Parker Hale globe and it appears that someone has been a bit creative in adapting some "hardware" under the action (most likely for a thread on palm rest ?).  The bore is very good and it came supplied with 20 rounds of formed Bertram brass and two interesting looking home-made sight adjusting tools.  I suppose with three rifles in this calibre I should finally invest in a proper "stop ring" bullet mould to try in them.



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Those "home-made" sight adjusters are actually shop/factory-made winding keys for early weight-driven shelf clocks and some smaller wall clocks.  By the 1880s, however, spring-driven clocks with their "bat-wing" keys were the most common household clock.  So the old-style keys most often ended up in the backs of drawers or old parts boxes until someone who needed to turn a small square post got desperate, like one of your rifle's former owners.

Nowadays correctly-sized "bat-wing" keys can be bought from most internet vintage clock parts suppliers and most clock repair shops.  You can also likely get a two-in-one key that will fit all your posts with half the fuss.

Bill Lawrence

Yes, that is the mould that I was thinking of.  Do you just pan lube them and shoot them as cast?  If you run them through a conventional lube sizer it would wipe off the stop ring, which is the whole point of having that bullet.
Any tips on suggested 9.5x47R pet loads?  (I'd prefer to shoot low pressure, light smokeless loads that duplicate the original ballistics ... I hate cleaning black powder fouling ...)

Yeah, I guess I need to get off my butt and order that proper mould.  I do have several .38-55 moulds already (since I have several .38-55's), but it would be better to have the proper bullet for the job.  (Especially since I have 3 different rifles in 9.5x47R now.)  Do you use SPG or a home-brew bullet lube?  I generally pan lube for some of my other rifles using a 50/50 mix of beeswax and Crisco with a tiny bit of olive oil added if I want it a bit softer.

Yes, I tend to anneal pretty much all of the brass I reload and shoot even if it's not Bertram, but like most folks I have a "love/hate" relationship with Bertram since they offer calibres of brass that are tough to get, but they are also made from a horrible, brittle brass alloy and I've had lots of splits and case failures with Bertram brass.  (And at about $4 to $5 cost PER case I really HATE having case failures!)  Some of the brass I already have for my other two rifles was made from shortened .43 Mauser cases, mostly reformed from "Dominion" .43 Mauser brass since I'm up here in Canada and it still shows up from time to time at our gun shows.  (And it lasts WAY better than Bertram brass!)

I'll probably stick with light smokeless loads in all 3 rifles.  Again, I hate dealing with black powder fouling in the guns and in the brass, but you just never know.  I might eventually try some loads with BP if the smokeless isn't shooting up to my expectations.  I do have some BP on hand for a few muzzle-loaders that I have, I just dislike loading it in cartridge guns.

Might take me a little while to actually get it out shooting.  I'm in the process of down-sizing some of my project guns (that I'll never get around to) and a few vintage military bolt actions and replacing them with more single shots.  I have lots of rifles to load ammo and work up loads for these days ... sigh ...

Thanks for the help and suggestions on dealing with the 9.5x47R cartridge!

Be careful with that Dominion 43 Mauser brass. Micro cracks can develop in some of them from the head through to the primer pocket. I have some photos somewhere.

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Looks like a great design. Any feedback from folks who have used that bullet?