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Nice, I've only shot the two mentioned in mine, after velocity was reached, the first load workup had three 320 gr Woodleighs in a ragged hole at 100 with a heavy duplex, 1.5-5, thought I'd best leave it alone at that point ;]

The solid load came several years later through boredom with a damn long Winter here.

I would have stopped there too!

Woodleighs usually shoot very well. Tried some 400's in Ruger No. 1's in .405 Winchester and .450/400 Nitro-Express. Three shots grouped right around 1/2" in both rifles.

I knew I'd forget some bullets I've tried in my 9.3x62. The 210 and 255 Cutting Edge Raptors also landed within the 2-inch point-of-impact where the others go.

I like Woodleigh softs, pretty much across the caliber spectrum, that must be near 10 different projectiles you've tested/shot/hunted in the 9.3, I'm hazarding a guess you like it ;]

Another reason to get out and slam some heavy Woodleighs into some test media, I'm just damn ready to go hunting, the reality of 8 months of mowing and weedeating first is purely depressing.

I feel your pain!

Well, a little. In Montana we have a spring black bear season, and after that can shoot unlimited numbers of agricultural rodent-pests until other big game seasons open in fall. At the moment, however, we're anticipating another spring blizzard....

70 and sunny with a pleasant breeze in Lafayette, LA. At my son’s house, playing with grandkids, sitting by the pool following a grand Easter meal.

Blizzard?

DF

Man I'm envious right now. Just got done plowing a foot of newly fallen snow from the house to the county road. Wish that last storm was an Aprils fool joke.

DF,

Sounds like wonderful weather!

The prediction is for up to a foot of snow in central Montana through Monday night, with stiff winds. We're in a little "desert" pocket a little south of the main storm track, so are only supposed to get about a third as much.

A nice black bear hunt and an ammo can fulla 600 empty 22-250 hulls after cleansing a PD town would surely be a great elixir.

Well, we didn't get a foot of snow, but we did have 2 above at 0600 yesterday. 22 above this morning at the same time.

Every time someone puts a 9.3x62 topic up I wonder why I don't have one.

Just a Hunter: I was in your shoes just a short time ago 'til the temptation took over and won. I now own a 9.3x62 and I am a happy camper!

I had two, have a .375 H&H currently. I wanted just one big gun, thought the .375 would cover more bases so kept it, traded the others.

I do like the 9.3x62; it's a very efficient and effective round.

DF

There's no doubt the .375 H&H (or .375 Ruger) is the most practical choice for those hunters who want one big gun--unless, of course, they hunt really big game often enough to want an even bigger cartridge, say a .416 or .458. If I ever downsize my collection of hunting rifles to a practical minimum (which might happen if I ever "retire") my .375 H&H would probably be one that stays.

But so far I haven't given up my last .416 (a Rigby), and since buying my 9.3x62 in 2002 haven't hunted with either my .338 Winchester Magnum or .375 H&H, my two most-used "medium bores" during the 1990's. In fact, since then I've taken 14 species of big game with the 9.3x62, from impala to bull moose.

A few years ago I had no 9.3s. Began to think about why I hadn't tried them. Now there are x57, 2-x62s, and a x74 double. So far I'm missing a x64 and an old x72. Maybe I'll try those in Encore barrels first?

Have a 9.3x62 and enjoy it a great deal. However, the single most useful rifle in my inventory for the hunting that I do is a .416 Rigby. If I could only have one rifle, it would be that .416 Rigby. Very accurate, reliable, flat shooting and hits like the hammer of Thor.