Many decades ago, I first read about the 9.3x62 in a magazine article. It was used by a "one armed hunter" who had a gunsmith rebarrel his "Mod 742" to fire it reliably. He then went and shot a Brown Bear with! I was using my dad's Mod 742, 30-06, and if it got through a magazine w/o a serious jam...well..it never happened! ha That article "peaked" my interest in the 9.3x62 but I knew I would "pee" my pants if I had to use a Mod 742 on those big bears! Wow! lol...I am one OCD freak on reliability. lol smile