I have been shooting a 9.3 x 62 for several years. It has the cool factor if that is important to you. Easy to reload and it is a hammer on everything. I have shot hogs, deer, and elk with this caliber and Barnes bullets. I had 1 animal go 30 yards. All the rest dropped straight down. Accuracy is great and honestly the recoil is not bad. I have shot some calibers that got my attention and exceeded my pain threshold on the bench. I could shoot 20 rounds off the bench and still not be in flinch mode. The only thing I would say is this- use this or the other calibers to hunt. This is not one for ultra long range stuff. I have shot out to 300 yards and dropped elk. I wouldn't go much further than that and that is about my personal limit anyway.
