9×53mmR

The 9×53mmR rifle cartridge was designed for hunting in the USSR.^[6] It is a 7.62×54mmR necked up to accommodate a larger bullet.^[7]

9×53mmR
Type	Rifle
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1962–present[1]
Used by	Soviet Union, Russia
Production history
Designer	M. N. Blum
Designed	1955[2]
Produced	1962–1992, 1997–present
Specifications
Parent case	7.62×54mmR
Case type	Rimmed
Bullet diameter	9.22 mm (0.363 in)[3]
Land diameter	9.00 mm (0.354 in)[4]
Neck diameter	9.86 mm (0.388 in)
Shoulder diameter	11.63 mm (0.458 in)
Base diameter	12.42 mm (0.489 in)
Rim diameter	14.48 mm (0.570 in)
Rim thickness	1.575 mm (0.0620 in)
Case length	53 mm (2.1 in)
Overall length	67.8 mm (2.67 in)
Maximum pressure	254.80 MPa[5]
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy 15[2] LVE 640 m/s (2,100 ft/s) 3,072 J (2,266 ft⋅lbf)

History

It was offered for export to other countries.^[8]

Since 1971 two bullet types are available:^[9][10]

• Type A - SP for hunting 250–500 kg animals
• Type B - FMJ for hunting 70–250 kg animals

Soviet 9×53mmR cartridges were loaded with smokeless powder VT (винтовочный пироксилиновый порох ВТ), as well as Soviet 5.6×39mm and 7.62×54mmR hunting cartridges.^[11]

Firearms

In the USSR, several rifles were designed for this cartridge: bolt-action carbine "Los", self-loading carbine "Medved'", combination guns TOZ-55 "Zubr", MTs-7-09, MTs 30, MTs-109-09, MTs-110-09,^[12] MTs-111-09 and TOZ-84-12/9,27.

In the Russian Federation, several rifles were designed for this cartridge: "IZh-94 "Express";^[13] "Berkut-3", "Saiga-9 rifle" (it was produced since 2001 until 2005) and VPO-103.^[2]

See also

• 9 mm caliber
• List of rimmed cartridges
• List of rifle cartridges
• Table of handgun and rifle cartridges

Notes

9×53mmR

This 9×53mmR Russian cartridge should not be confused with 9.3×53mmR Finnish, a hunting cartridge from Finland based on the same Russian 7.62x54R case. This was developed in Finland to be compliant with hunting regulations limiting use of the 7.62x54R cartridges for larger framed game species.^[14] It also has similar dimensions, but a larger 9.3mm (.375 caliber) diameter bullet, 71.45 mm overall cartridge length^[15] with, more importantly, a significantly higher speed and maximum pressure - 340 MPa - resulting in higher terminal energy ratings at reasonable hunting ranges. At one time SAKO factory ammunition was available, but currently Boxer primed cartridges are most easily formed from modern Boxer-primed brass cases by expanding the neck of standard brass 7.62x54R to the appropriate diameter.^[16]

Sources

• М. Блюм. Охотничьи патроны к нарезному оружию // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 6, 1973. стр.26-28
• М. М. Блюм, И. Б. Шишкин. Твоё ружьё. М., "Физкультура и спорт", 1989. стр.106
• Патроны охотничьи 9x53 // Охотничье и спортивное оружие. М., Внешторгиздат. 1989.
• А. В. Кузьминский. Оружие для охотника: практическое пособие / под общ. ред. А. Е. Тараса М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. стр.250-251