Calling all 9.3x62 owners

[1894]

I shot a very good muntjac buck over 20 years ago with a 286gr partition at 2,300fps. The buck ran a good 50yds and the stomach was not broken.
I would say a normal 286gr through the shoulders would not damage more meat than a 243. I’d shoot the centre or front of the shoulder to avoid any risk of stomach breakage

 

[JohnCZ]

Recently shot a 20kg feral goat with PPU 9.3x62 286gr load at about 100m, very dead with an end to end shot worked just fine.

 

[Scipio]

The standard 285 grain bullet will probably go right through a muntjac without doing much damage.
It does so on roedeer/small pigs and the small African antelopes like Stenbuck.
With lead free on German driven hunts I used Barnes 250 grain, no problem on roe and small pigs, Muntjac will not be a problem.

Have been using the 9,3x62 for 17 years from 2005 to 2022.
Smallest game has been Black Grouse i Sweden using Norma Jagtmach, and biggest i have taken is an Eland using 285 grain Hornady SP.

Now my Sauer 202, 9,3 has been send on retirement, and a new, old Krico 30-06 from 1971, has taken its place.
Wanted to go down in caliber and ended up with 30-06 as it is minimum for several species on Greenland.

How are you finding the change from 9,3mm to 30-06 @bobo ?

 

[bobo]

How are you finding the change from 9,3mm to 30-06 @bobo ?

To be honest, I dont find there is much difference in effect on European game when using lead free on still standing targets.
Not a lot of knockdown in lead free when hitting badly, as unfortunately often happens on driven hunts where fast shots at moving targets are normal.

With lead, 9.3x62 has an advantage on driven hunts, the pigs usually don't run very far and bleed heavy when hit by a 285gr round-nosed bullet even with a less perfect shot placement.
But there are almost no places left where we are allowed to use lead anymore in Europe.
On cape buffalo, I won't try the 30-06, although the 2 I've shot with the 9.3x62 went down without a problem (They were sick before I shot them, one with a broken leg and one with a serious stomach illness).
9,3 will have an advantage with animals like giraffe and the large antelopes.


I don't know what it's like in the eastern areas where you live, but around here 9.3x62 is super popular, second only to .308.

 

[Scipio]

To be honest, I dont find there is much difference in effect on European game when using lead free on still standing targets.
Not a lot of knockdown in lead free when hitting badly, as unfortunately often happens on driven hunts where fast shots at moving targets are normal.

With lead, 9.3x62 has an advantage on driven hunts, the pigs usually don't run very far and bleed heavy when hit by a 285gr round-nosed bullet even with a less perfect shot placement.
But there are almost no places left where we are allowed to use lead anymore in Europe.
On cape buffalo, I won't try the 30-06, although the 2 I've shot with the 9.3x62 went down without a problem (They were sick before I shot them, one with a broken leg and one with a serious stomach illness).
9,3 will have an advantage with animals like giraffe and the large antelopes.


I don't know what it's like in the eastern areas where you live, but around here 9.3x62 is super popular, second only to .308.

I do live in the East, but in the east of Denmark (jeg bor i Københavnsområdet ) .
Ill be hunting in East Sweden this year though, and there will likely be driven hunts there, so l hope to see how the 9.3 does vs my 7x57.
they perhaps primarily still use lead ammo in Sweden though, i imagine.

 

[bobo]

For driven hunting, 9.3 is really good with heavy, light-expanding lead bullets, preferably round-nosed. This gives a good effect on poorly hit game, giving a lot of sweiss and you can often hear quite clearly whether the bullet is impacting or not.

That said, I must also say that my personal record for a single stand on a driven hunt was set with .308.
Back in 2010, my Sauer 9.3 was off to repair for "sauer disease", and I borrowed my old man's BSA CF2 with 180gr RWS H-Mantel for one hunt.
That gave 8 pigs and 3 red deer on first stand, with 13 shots, this was on a hunt in Meklenburg Vorpommern.

The 2 ekstra shots were used on game that fell in follow-up shots, so no woulded game left my stand, no long timekonsuming sweiss dog work needed for me that day.
(In Germany on MV state forrest hunts, all shots are investigated by sweiss dogs, no matter the shooter thinks he hit or not)
With a well-placed bullet from a 7mm (or 6.5mm), there will probably be no difference in effect from it and 9.3mm.

 

[Motard]

I reload for all my hunting rifles (well except 223 where sometimes I may be tempted for the cheap factory althernativesv expecially at the range). But for 9.3, as mqny others here, I'll strongly reccomand bullets in the ranges between 180/199 grains (if solids) and 220/235 (leads). You will be surprised how effective and reliable this venerable cartridge is nowday. Good from roebuck to monster boars and with a negligible meat damage. I had boars way up over 100 kg weight dropped DRT just as if I had switched their's light.

 

[ARCHERFOREVER]

Folks, does anyone know and RFD in the UK that have 9.3x62 ammo in stock currently. Not fuss on brands....thanks