Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

Sweet trip

A mate has a 9.3x62 and he loves the 250gr Barnes TS 2550fps works great on big red stags up close out to 350yds

Any bullet out of a 9.3 is going to work on the biggest of red stags. I am about to load some 250gr Accubonds at a tad over 2500fps. Lets face it in todays energy conscious world, shooting animals with 285 gr bullets is such a waste of energy

I have a Husqvarna mod 1600 9.3x62, a real beauty.Bought it about 4 years ago ,used it on a few deer and hundreds of bunnys. Seems to go ok on the bunnys
Only issue is im a leftie,and the cheek rest is set up for a rightie,and it knocks hell out of my cheek,I thought about altering the stock a bit and adding a cheek pad OR turning the stock into firewood and getting a new one made. Its currently a target stock,looks huge but is quite light,my 17hm heavy barreled savage weighs a ton more.I can happily tote it around all day.

Now my question is, does anyone have their 9.3 suppressed ? Mine seems to kill the deer by the noise alone.

Don't have any pics of it apart from these from when I bought it.

Originally Posted by oneipete

I have a Husqvarna mod 1600 9.3x62, a real beauty.Bought it about 4 years ago ,used it on a few deer and hundreds of bunnys. Seems to go ok on the bunnys
Only issue is im a leftie,and the cheek rest is set up for a rightie,and it knocks hell out of my cheek,I thought about altering the stock a bit and adding a cheek pad OR turning the stock into firewood and getting a new one made. Its currently a target stock,looks huge but is quite light,my 17hm heavy barreled savage weighs a ton more.I can happily tote it around all day.

Now my question is, does anyone have their 9.3 suppressed ? Mine seems to kill the deer by the noise alone.

Don't have any pics of it apart from these from when I bought it.

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Thats a beauty OIP, I like the ammo storage in the butt, seams a waste to turn that stock into firewood though.....some one out there must want to swap?

Originally Posted by oneipete

I have a Husqvarna mod 1600 9.3x62, a real beauty.Bought it about 4 years ago ,used it on a few deer and hundreds of bunnys. Seems to go ok on the bunnys
Only issue is im a leftie,and the cheek rest is set up for a rightie,and it knocks hell out of my cheek,I thought about altering the stock a bit and adding a cheek pad OR turning the stock into firewood and getting a new one made. Its currently a target stock,looks huge but is quite light,my 17hm heavy barreled savage weighs a ton more.I can happily tote it around all day.

Now my question is, does anyone have their 9.3 suppressed ? Mine seems to kill the deer by the noise alone.

Don't have any pics of it apart from these from when I bought it.

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Very nice, I am pretty sure Boyds do a stock for the Husky, they might even do a left hand/right bolt one, be worth a look!

Originally Posted by Spudattack

Very nice, I am pretty sure Boyds do a stock for the Husky, they might even do a left hand/right bolt one, be worth a look!

Yup,

Boyds: CLASSIC HUSQVARNA® MAUSER® LARGE RING #1 BARREL CHANNEL LEFT HAND STOCK RIGHT HAND ACTION NUTMEG LAMINATE (UNFINISHED) Left Hand Stocks

Originally Posted by Toby

Yup,

Boyds: CLASSIC HUSQVARNA® MAUSER® LARGE RING #1 BARREL CHANNEL LEFT HAND STOCK RIGHT HAND ACTION NUTMEG LAMINATE (UNFINISHED) Left Hand Stocks

Wow, thanks. What is the difference between a small ring and large ring mauser ? unsure what I have. Don't like the nutmeg though. kinda looking at either Applejack or Sky royal blue for an extra $15. http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/79c4d7...or-Options.jpg I would really like to personalize this rifle. If someone has a Husqvarna mod 1600,they can have this stock if they like. I will be pulling the ammo storage in the butt out though to put in the new stock.

Originally Posted by oneipete

Wow, thanks. What is the difference between a small ring and large ring mauser ? unsure what I have. Don't like the nutmeg though. kinda looking at either Applejack or Sky royal blue for an extra $15. http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/79c4d7...or-Options.jpg I would really like to personalize this rifle. If someone has a Husqvarna mod 1600,they can have this stock if they like. I will be pulling the ammo storage in the butt out though to put in the new stock.

Call yourself a Mauser owner and you dont know the difference between small and large ring!!!

Basically I think its the diameter of the receiver, Mauser 98's are large ring, M96's are small ring. Just to confuse things, your 1600 is a large ring action in all respects except the actual receiver diameter, where is it the size of a small ring... Got it? That's b/c the 1600 is a commercial action...

What this means is that your action will fit in a Mauser 98 stock but you gotta pack it out a bit round the ring

I have no clue but they have the measurements there so you could check yours

Just in the process of restoring a 12.17 x 44 R, next size up?

The hole centers of the action screws are different between large and small too.

Picked up a very tidy Husqvarna 1640 today and two boxes Norma ammo, and a box hornady, been looking for a while at a sako, The husky sorta arrived on my door, pretty happy, price was sharp. Grand poorer, but very happy, my gift to me after 6 days OT.
Surprised how light it is 6.11oz, 7lbs all up with 4 rounds.
Going to give it a couple sighters tomorrow morn and take it out for a short hunt for whitetail or black bear.
leaving it as irons for now.

I bought a Boyds stock for my sons Husky 1600, had to be a large ring tho, and then bedded, as the Husky has small ring dimensions. Easy job, only hiccup is that the Boyds stock has a reinforcing pin right about where the trigger is, so that had to be cut out when taking out a small amount of wood around the trigger area for final fitting. Not visible from the outside.

Originally Posted by john m

I can't be the only one.Rifles are available from Ruger,Tikka,CZ and Zastava to name just a few.Ammo is usually there the next day but is rather spendy.Reloading components no problem with a good selection of 9.3 [.366] projectiles.This is a caliber that really packs a punch but is mild to shoot and in all my years hunting never have I come across another hunter with one.I see them for sale sometimes in shops and trademe so they are out there.I am loading Norma Oryx 285 gr and nothing shot so far has moved more than 3m and that was because that deer fell down a bank.If one of this team has used the Nosler 250 gr accubond on deer at longer ranges I would like to know how they perform and the load used as I've just got some to try.A bonus with the 9.3x62 is the lack of meat damage but the internals are torn up bad.

.243 30-30 303 9.3x62 250 gr Nosler Accubond 285 gr Norma Oryx

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Hi there John, well I have finally found a 9.3x62 so looking forward to it arriving next week some time...