9.3x62mm Mauser - "Put a spell on you..."

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I had a Ruger African in that flavor, wouldn't be terribly interested in another. Loaded up (286gr @ 2,400+ fps) in the 7.5lb African, recoil was.... lively, above my threshold for good and enjoyable shooting. It wasn't too bad loaded down, but then what's the point?

The African would be a neat rifle in 6.5x55 or .300 WM (or .30-06 if they chambered for it), but anything much bigger is going to have stout recoil and since I only hunt deer and elk, the extra power of the larger loadings would be wasted.
 
9.3x62mm is essentially the European answer to the .35 Whelen. The 9.3x62mm benefits by heavier bullets. The heaviest bullet I can find in .358 caliber is 250 grains. The 'heavy' bullet in 9.3mm comes out to 286 grains. (Personally, I think a 275 or 300 grain bullet for the big .35 calibers would be just dandy, but I read a lot of Elmer Keith as a child.) Yes, I understand and agree that would entail a fair recoil. I'm also a 6.5 fan for smaller game than bear or whatever.

Cases are available for reloading several places (PPU, S&B, Hornady, Norma) and reloading is no more complicated than any other large caliber.
 
I do love that cartridge. I almost built a 9x57 this December. Someone bought it before me.
 
I just bought my second vx3-i 2.5x8. I highly recommend it. Compact, powerful, and a good price. I also have a leupold rifleman 2x7 that Ive beat the snot out of on my .375 h&h. Very happy with that as well. I had the entire setup submerged on a canoe trip 2 years ago. No fog whatsoever. Even their cheap models seem bulletproof.
 
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9.3x62mm is essentially the European answer to the .35 Whelen. The 9.3x62mm benefits by heavier bullets. The heaviest bullet I can find in .358 caliber is 250 grains. The 'heavy' bullet in 9.3mm comes out to 286 grains. (Personally, I think a 275 or 300 grain bullet for the big .35 calibers would be just dandy, but I read a lot of Elmer Keith as a child.) Yes, I understand and agree that would entail a fair recoil. I'm also a 6.5 fan for smaller game than bear or whatever.

Cases are available for reloading several places (PPU, S&B, Hornady, Norma) and reloading is no more complicated than any other large caliber.
I have a Sako Black Bear in 9.3x62. It shoots sub moa with Norma 232 grain Oryx ammo. 250 gr. Accubonds over 54 grs. of 4895 at 2,500
FPS are also very accurate. It works great for Elk. A friend in Alaska says it has never failed to take down Brown bears and Moose.
 
9.3x62mm is essentially the European answer to the .35 Whelen.
It would be somewhat more correct to say that the 9.3x62 is European answer to the .338 Win Mag, or rather, that the .338 Mag is our answer to the 9.3x62, which dates back to early 1900's. I picked out this Mannlicher 9.3 at the Steyr Mannlicher factory a few years ago for use on a hunt in Czec Rep. The 258 gr. H-mantle bullets had a very soothing effect on several very large boar. DSC_0014.JPG DSC_0018.JPG
 
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Big Game is a good powder for that chambering. I used a Big Game load similar to that one under 286gr bullets, I think the max I chrono'd my load at was ~2,450 fps, right at 40 ft-lbs of recoil out of the African.

Traditional loads, and stuff like the Prvi Partizan factory ammo runs a bit under 2,200 fps and is much nicer to shoot.
 
Big Game is a good powder for that chambering. I used a Big Game load similar to that one under 286gr bullets, I think the max I chrono'd my load at was ~2,450 fps, right at 40 ft-lbs of recoil out of the African.

Traditional loads, and stuff like the Prvi Partizan factory ammo runs a bit under 2,200 fps and is much nicer to shoot.

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