One of the virtues of the 9.3x62 is that cup-and-core 285/286-grain bullets tend to work very well at factory muzzle velocities. Which of course are the bullets it was designed for over a century ago.

A few years ago I killed a cow nilgai (about the size of a cow elk) with the 286-grain Hornady factory load. The nilgai was standing almost directly facing me at around 200 yards, angled slightly to the left. I put the bullet inside the right shoulder, and the cow crow-hopped to the left about 10 feet and fell over dead. The Hornady had exited just behind the rear of the ribcage on the opposite side.


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