Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

Hi John

What were the projectiles recovered from ?

I have yet to recover one from an animal with my 9.3x62.
But haven't managed to get onto any wild cattle beasts yet.
Using 286 gr Lapua mega's and 300gr swift A-frame's.

Likewise Akaroa never had one stop in an animal. Those samples all recovered from the same medium soft damp volcanic soil. The Oryx retained all most all it's weight and mushroomed most the Speer 270 lost 120 gr.

@john m @akaroa1 this might explain the projectile differences. Note the pics are not mine, I "borrowed" them from nitroexpress.com

I've found the 270gr speers to be somewhat explosive at close ranges, made a real mess on the animals, fragments all through the wound channel.

The 286gr prvi works well and is cheap too. Gunworks has/had them for $86 for 100 projectiles.

That's a good price, I will try some of them.

Yep the 285gr privis work well and shoot well in my rifle, good terminal performance on game too.

Thanks for all the information. I'll check out the Privi bullets. I would like to try Partitions as well eventually but they are not in great supply around here it seems in 9.3.

This article below is some testing of various 9.3x62 bullets into an elephant carcass to test penetration and weight retention. The Oryx did well. So did the Woodleighs. This test though was really shooting a tough animal hide so not sure how it translates to thin skinned NZ game. But it provided some interesting results:

http://www.northforkbullets.com/imag...%20Article.pdf

I took my Husqvarna apart tonight to clean it and give it a good inspection. The rifle weight is 3.09kgs (6lbs. 13.5ozs) which is pretty good. It is over 1lb. lighter than my bare weight Sako and about the same as my modern bare weight Winchester M70 Extreme Stainless. Not bad for a rifle that is over 50 years old. Husqvarna was making lightweight rifles before lightweight rifles were cool.

I got my dies in and will soon have the brass. Once I get a scope mounted I can do some load development and see where this all shakes out.

a brand spanker 9.3x62 Sako Grizzly on the yellow site will get all you guys frothing

I have a spear set of 9.3x62 full length dies if anyone is interested

Prvi Partizan 9.3x62 285gr SP Ammunition x 20 $36 a pack.

Gunworks has a heap of these if anyone is interested. Very nice price, i've bought a bunch already.
TM Listing #: 1365123289

I recently picked up a Tikka Battue in 9.3x62 for a light backpacking rifle. Makes a great short barrel sambar cannon, and shoots straight as well - below is the first group I shot with at 100m with cheap S&B 286gn factory ammo.

IMG_2352 by nak _80, on Flickr

Originally Posted by oneipete

Prvi Partizan 9.3x62 285gr SP Ammunition x 20 $36 a pack.

Gunworks has a heap of these if anyone is interested. Very nice price, i've bought a bunch already.
TM Listing #: 1365123289

I bought a few packets too, rude not to at that price! They still have a few available.

That's what my groups look like. Mine shoot that way with all 286 gr load combinations tested so far.

I am glad I stumbled onto this thread

Have a Custom Mauser 9.3 x62 Husqvarna

Kevin Gaskell walnut stock custom build for the action etc
Husqvarna Mauser control fed action with custom bolt handle
23" original barrel
Decelerator recoil pad
All gunsmith work carried out by Allan Carr.