Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

Stug - I'll ring you in a few days when I have as spare evening to pass on the Rhodesian stories that came with your rifle - for now I'll just say that it was owned by the Howat family from new!!

Originally Posted by john m

Very nice. It looks like there's plenty of history with that one.

My 9.3x64
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That looks awfully familiar - Saw something like that many years ago in the Hunting & Fishing store in Taupo.

LJP I think your memory is correct it also sat in a Rotorua shop for 3 yrs. The price was a bit high and most hunters had never ever heard of the caliber. It came with dies, projectiles and loaded rounds. I picked up 60 new RWS cases when last in Aussie. With top handloads it is has a slight edge over the 375 H&H which is rather a handfull in such a light rifle.

Just got back from shooting the 9.3x62 for the first time. The recoil was pretty stout, especially with the 286gr loads and they were only doing 2227 fps. Still the rifle only weighs 7.5lbs and has no recoil pad. I ran the numbers through a recoil calculator and it came up with 31 ft/lbs of recoil. That is about the same as my 9.5lb 7RUM shooting 180gr at 3200 fps. But that has a limbsaver and a muzzle brake.
I think I will get a slip on recoil pad for it, for when I practice with it.

A good pad will make all the difference 31 ft/lbs is not that much and the body and brain will get used to it with more use. The recoil wont come hunting with you anyway, it does like to be with me at the range and a slip on limbsaver is worth its weight in gold.

I recently took my Mauser 9.3x62 to Kaikoura for a hunt, Saw a few deer, chamois, goats and pigs. The only animal I got close to was a billy goat at 75yds. One 286gr Norma to the shoulder was enough to put him down.

Stug,
It's pretty cool taking classic calibres for a hunt. I have fond memories of a Mauser 9.3x62 factory sporter that I shot a lot of game with open sights. Even took out my Ruger RSM in 375HH for a goat hunt "just because"

stug
Was that the Norma Alaska or the Oryx I have both but have not yet used the 286 Alaska on animals as the Oryx does such a great job.

Originally Posted by john m

stug
Was that the Norma Alaska or the Oryx I have both but have not yet used the 286 Alaska on animals as the Oryx does such a great job.

286 Alaska, I got a packet of ammo off tentman when I got the rifle. There was a bigger entrance wound than exit. The billy was standing above us, hit in the centre of the shoulder and exited beside the spine.

Speer 270 gr at 80 yds today "just because"

I need a 9.3x62 now

go bigger toby

Nice to see some other 9.3x62s in use.
I have a 9.3x62 Blaser barrel with factory Mag-na-port that I use on both my R93 stocks.
Either 285 grain Lapua Megas or 300 grain Swift A Frame handloads.
Everything I have ever put through it groups abount 1" @ 100m.

Sika shot at close range in bush


9.3x62 perfect for shooting big cats


Maybe just go for head shots when using 9.3x62

Tried the Woodleigh 9.3 320 gr RN SP at 2230 fps, penetrated 580 mm into virgin soil thats about 200 mm more than the .375 Hornady 300 gr RN SP at 2620 fps did into the same dirt bank.

That would hurt a whole heap John