Can we throw the 9.3x57mm mauser in with these? It's very popular in Canada and Sweden. Norma still loads ammo for it. Probably runs 200 fps behind the X62. Hard to beat for a shorter range woods gun where 125 yds is a long shot.
That said I got my buck this year with my Whelen and it's a fantastic round. Barnes load data can send a 200gr TTSX at 2900fps for a very flat shooting load. B.C. is middle of the road at .369 but still way better than .2 for a round nose. It's trajectory is similar to a 150gr 30-06 but with a bigger payload. Switch to 250grs and it's power is inspirational. Fed a premium Woodleigh, or Partition and any brown bear is lunch. If going after the biggest bears tomorrow I'd grab my Whelen.
The 9.3x62mm was developed to take heavier boned beasts on another continent at typical hunting range. I often wondered if Otto Bock used the 30-03 case (shortened to the present in 1906) to make this famous hunting cartridge in 1905.
