Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

Wouldnt mind one in a Sako Black Bear or Kodiak for a guiding gun on big game. Someday!

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

Wouldnt mind one in a Sako Black Bear or Kodiak for a guiding gun on big game. Someday!

Nah, If you are guiding you want controlled round feed for anything that can bite you, horn you or trample you!

but jokes aside, they are controlled feed I'm pretty sure?

My plan was to hand the client the gun, climb a tree and say "there he is shoot him"

Yes huskys are controlled feed. Unsure about sako..

I was just being polite, they are. I have a sako 85 Bavarian (you would never guess from my name) and it is along with all Sako 85's

They say they are, while they are more controlled than a run of the mill push-feed, they are not a true mauser type controlled feed like CZ, Mauser, Winchester, Kimber, Ruger M77 etc.

Sort of, they are more controlled than a push feed but not a true mauser type non-rotating extractor like the Mauser, Winchester, CZ, Kimber etc. which is what you are after for dangerous game, not putting the Sako down, they are awesome rifles, you just don't see many guides that hunt DG using them because of that reason.

Sorry, PC f-ing around, didn't mean to post that twice, thought it had frozen!

Actually a debate my brother and I have had is that we hope to do hunts on buffalo up north in the next few years and are tossing up between a 9.3x62 and 375H&H, would also be good for thick country sambar hunting. What are your thoughts @Spudattack ?

Both would be fine I have both and would have to toss a coin. 9.3 lighter if a long carry is on the cards but that old Water Buffalo wont know if it is a 9.3x62 or a 375 H&H when you smack him in the chest. Hell I shot over 60 with 44 mag and factory 240 gr a few with a 45-70 and factory lead and some with a 12 ga with steel and lead solids.Also 2 with a bow, mostly on my own with no backup except for the bow hunting where my then to be wife carried the 44 mag just in case, and she can shoot!

Very true, my old man and his mate (who was a kiwi that died a few years back now) went hunting buff with the old .270 and had no problems with it. The thing I've learnt from my very short time guiding is it doesnt matter how effective I am, you have no idea of the blokes you're taking and their capabilities. A bloke about a month back from 100 m was shooting about a 15" group. Have to say he managed the deer alright but it was only about 40 m away. And then I've hunted with (but not guided on) a bloke that clean missed a sambar stag from 40 m. Some people boggle the mind!

Has anyone come across this slight deforming of brass when FL resizing? Any ideas?

Yes I've had it with 9.3x64. The dreaded donut. Brass flows into the neck and needs to be reamed out, do it before resizing. I use a 9.5mm drill bit turned by hand. If a projectile will not drop into a fired but not sized case you have a donut. Plenty of info on google.