There are apparently a bunch of rifle/ammo marketers out there who haven't grasped the simple fact that most of the people who will buy a rifle chambered for some "new" round are handloaders. Instead of being sucked into buying some variation on the 9.3x62, most will buy a 9.3x62 and handload for it. Which makes it all the more puzzling why NO American company has chambered the 9.3x62 or loaded ammo for it. The 9.3x74R, yes, but not the 9.3x62.

I also cannot fathom why the marketers of any such new round would proclaim that handloaders cannot match factory velocities with available powders. They are just cutting of a bunch of potential sales.


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