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Just a debate for a cold day. Assuming hand loads will be used, which one and why for North America.
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Obviously, the 9.3 is a match for anything on the continent including the biggest bears. On the other hand, a properly loaded 7.92x57 is pretty much equal to the 30-06 in all respects. I guess I would go with the 7.92 for most things if forced to make a choice, but not by much. In my case, it is mainly because I prefer the little rifle that is my hunting 7.92.
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9.3x62 all day long. Much more factory ammo and reloading bullets available in this caliber. You can have bullets from 220 - 325 gr, in 9.3 which is much more versatile then the 8mm. 9.3x62 is so easy to reload and super accurate with almost any bullet. I have shot everything from small deer to moose with my 9.3x62 and its bang flop every time.
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8x57 without even beginning to think hard about it. It does everything I want a non-dangerous game cartridge to do fairly well. There's also the small matter of owning a half dozen of them already, with about my weight in ammo to feed them. There isn't a 9.3x62 in the house.
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P.s. just to demonstrate the popularity of the 9.3x62 in Scandinavia...I was in a hunting party of 12 guys going to Estonia and in the group nine had 9.3x62, one had a 8x68, one had a 375H&H and finally one had a 30-06
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Just throwing this out there for consideration. If loading to CIP standards there are powders that will get you well over 2600 fps with a 200gr load from an 8x57...makes for a very nice hole puncher. I don't have any personal experience with the 9.3x62.
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P.s. just to demonstrate the popularity of the 9.3x62 in Scandinavia...I was in a hunting party of 12 guys going to Estonia and in the group nine had 9.3x62, one had a 8x68, one had a 375H&H and finally one had a 30-06 were you the one with the 30-06?
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Not really a debate topic, IMO.
A guy ought ta have both of these, use one for 10 seasons, then the other. Or a number of other cartridges might be added or substituted...
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While I am personally in the 9.3x62 boat, neither would be a bad choice...
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Depends if you want more of an '06 or a .375.
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Depends if you want more of an '06 or a .375. Wow that was perfect! My 06 and 9.3 are two different animals
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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8x57,and I own rifles in both calibers.
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The 8x57 doesn't pound me ,like the '62 and it has proven to kill deer and moose with no problems.
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Exactly. The only time I'd pick the 9.3, between the two, would be for brown bear, and then maybe. I'd not be skeered to go after one with an 8x57, not in the least.
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The 8 X 57 is perhaps more practical, for medium game but, at the moment not as popular. Given the difference in performance between the two it's sort of like "apples and oranges". I do have a Mauser sporter from 1919-1920 but no experience with the 9.3 X 62....yet.
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I enjoy my 9.3's a great deal, as I do my .30/06's.
In North America, a 9.3 is my go to pig rifle. Quite decisive.
Have never owned a 8x57.
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Just a debate for a cold day. Assuming hand loads will be used, which one and why for North America. 8x57 vs. 9.3x62 is kinda like the 30-06 vs 35 Whelen. The 8mm Mauser (and 30-06) would be a little more versatile.
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Not really, given the range of bullet weights and top end capability of the 9.3. But then I really like the 9.3!
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Not really, given the range of bullet weights and top end capability of the 9.3. But then I really like the 9.3! Most guys are just deer hunters. OP did not specify. Both good choices.
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