While I love the 9.3x62, especially with 286gr bullets, I was disappointed with my first one (rebarreled Mod 70) on an elk hunt. Where I was hunting it was rare to get under a 250 plus yard shot, over 300yds wasn't that rare. I was zeroed +2" at 100 but I felt handicapped. I would have just held up if the shot had been offered, everything I saw was 400 and over ( running the ridge tops) In my old sporterized Enfield (24") I shot both the Sierra 200BT and Speer 200HC out to 600yds in practice with just a +2 inch zero. I learned my reticle subtension on exact drop shots, then shot at an 8" steel gong from 200 to 600 yds. It was a homemade range down a straight road on edge of a private rice field in Texas. I had a ball! Unfortunately I did not get to shoot that particular 9.3 past 200 before the hunt. I then gave the rifle to a young guy with a young family, he hunted in closer shot territory. From then on, I just used a 9.3x62 where I knew my shots would be 250 and under.
Last edited by Jim_Knight; 06/22/22.
