Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

Good shit everyone. Only asking as I will be trying out by BSA Model E 303 in a few weeks time and if it shoots like junk it will need a rebarrel.
Its between 7mm rem mag, maybe a 30 cal mag or something like this.
Mind you its all dollars and cents and I know where there is a good priced P14 303 barrel so that is most likely.
The Privvi ammo for this cal is probably the best priced I've seen for any of my picks by a long shot.
Only thing wrong with that is there seems to be the odd one pop up that would be way cheaper than a rebarrel so maybe not for this thing.

@southernman bought some PPU down for the last Big bore shoot
Shot close enough to my handloads of Hornady 286gr and 2209 to not make any difference at 100 yards

The we tried a steel plate at 200 + still shot the same.
load going 2260 fps according to my crony, seems to work out 2 200yrds,

@csmiffy the BSA Model E/p14 can be made into a beautiful rifle. This one is in 416 Rigby

@stug yup they can it might be my project but I doubt I'm up to that standard lol

Originally Posted by stug

@csmiffy the BSA Model E/p14 can be made into a beautiful rifle. This one is in 416 Rigby

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That's a rifle.

Yeah the guy that made that one is pretty talented. Search Dorleac & Dorleac.

Last time I had the 9.3x62 out was xmas so, it was long overdue for a work out. Managed to knock over 6 it should have been 8 but, a couple of rushed shots meant they got away. As usual the calibre and privi's worked well. Few legs for the pot and the dog can have the meat off of the billys.

[QUOTE=mawzer308;720082]Last time I had the 9.3x62 out was xmas so, it was long overdue for a work out. Managed to knock over 6 it should have been 8 but, a couple of rushed shots meant they got away. As usual the calibre and privi's worked well. Few legs for the pot and the dog can have the meat off of the billys.

So Browning come out in 9.3x62 -
What other modern makes come out in 9.3x62 ??

Yip sure do Tikka, Mauser, Sako, Merkel, Ruger to name a few.

Originally Posted by mawzer308

Yip sure do Tikka, Mauser, Sako, Merkel, Ruger to name a few.

I’ve been looking at a Tikka T3x Battue in 9.3x62 as a woods gun for reds and big pigs.

I spent some time deciding on a BLR in .338 Win but can’t find one of those, looked at the other lever actions too. I won’t spend up large on a straight pull as I’ve never seen what’s so special about them. So I did some practicing with my T3 Stainless Laminate in .308 a little while ago, just wanted to see how I went with 3-4 quick shots off hand at A4 paper targets spaced 10m apart, right to left, trying to mimic shooting at a running animal. Was pleasantly surprised, the “animal” was dead or at least stopped most of the time. And after a couple of fails due to poor cycling of the bolt, my speed and smoothness started to pick up. Practice on dummy rounds is quite handy.

So looking through the calibre / cartridge options the 9.3 really stood out.

Sorry I haven’t read through all 24 pages of this thread to see if anyone else is talking Battue in 9.3x62... if there’s any first hand experience I’d love to hear from them.

I've got a Tikka Battue in 9.3 as my Sambar Gun........I love it.

It's short, light , balances well, hits like the hammer of thor and shoots cheap ammo really, really well.

It's cheap, made of plastic and I've got a much 'nicer' Ruger No. 1 in 9.3 as well, but the tikka never fails to leave a grin on my face after shooting it.


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Blaser do a 9.3x62

Nak, have you kept it factory spec, the T3 Battue, i.e. same open sights, have you fitted a scope?

I run it with a VX3 1.75-6x32 , it's a great little scope.

The open sights are pretty good, and I shot it for a little while like that and whilst that was good great in open country at short ranges, I just preferred the scope for being able to peer into dark bush a bit better and have a bit more confidence in shot placement on the longer shots - I've since taken the open sights off.

I too was interested in getting a large calibre for bush hunting , bought a tikka t3x blued walnut in 9.3x62 , it shoots PPU 285gr very well and is very light and handy , having a 20 inch barrel its quick to point. topped it with a 2.5 x 8 Nikon.
shot a red stag from 35m , it dropped on the spot. my only criticism of the tikka was the poor quality bluing , as it went rusty on the first trip.
I have had it cerracoted and had the half cock alteration done.