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I'm interested in what the twist rate is as well. My Savage was rebored by JES before I purchased it. I can only guess though, what one was chosen. Still need to develop loads for several rifles. The JES bore rifle is one. I also wonder how many rounds down on a mag full. Better get off the net if I'm going to figure these guns out. Rusty

If you have a cleaning rod, marker, and tape measure you don't have to guess at your twist rate

That’s a great post on a wonderful caliber. Thank you. I, like others, enjoyed the read very much.

1:14" twist, SU35.

rj,

Thats ah good carbine yah got there. Accrue some scratches and wear on that darn thing, aye?

Hard to find of photo of mine in captivity, but real similar. Its that bell and carlson stocked CZ carbine with a 1.5-5 vari x-3 in Alaska Arms quick release ring. Blueing is getting worn, and so is the finish on the stock, from stuffing it in the dog sled, and stuffing it into a canoe over the top of gear and moose/caribou meat. Back in November, my dog sled was so full of caribou, I jammed the rifle into the cavity of a gutted caribou cause there was no more room left in the sled. Pulled the rifle outta the caribou, took the rifle in the wash-basin with me when i got home! Then set it near the heat to dry it off/oil it.

When in canoe, one tied release-loop atop of a thwart, for quick use. Pull a tail end of a piece of rope, rifle is ready. Same on dogsled when meat hasnt been caught:

Thanks for the awesome write up

We had a lot of 9.3x62's turning up in Oz back in the middle, late 80's. I got to play with it as a few of my mates carried them on sambar hunts. It is a very practical cartridge once you step past a .30/06 and still maintains a full 5 round magazine in a portable rifle.

Only used my CZ 550 on deer, hoping I will be able to hunt others. I will say on White Tails and Mule deer it has been a hammer, never more than 25 yards and little to no bloodshot meat. That using the Norma 232 Vulcans.

Hell yeah slinging lead like champ!

smithrjd,

TRUE. Moreover in Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden, where commercial hunting for moose/reindeer/caribou is lawful, the old 9.3x62mm & its "little brother" the 9.3x57mm are popular as neither caliber destroys much salable meat.

Fwiw, I use either my home-brewed 280 grain GCCB at about 2,000FPS or the 286 grain grain factory ammo for every sort of big game, that a big-bore rifle is suitable for. = Either sort of bullet hits "like a sledge-hammer between the eyes".

yours, tex

I have a Mauser GEW custom in 30 06. When I use 220g round point cartridges I have feeding problems with the large ring Mauser action. The spitzer point cartridges work fine. Is this something that the 9.3mm solved? Is there anything I can do to my custom to fix it?

MM879,

My GUESS is a magazine problem. = Before spending any more money, I'd do a detail, strip & relubrication & see if that solves the problem.

yours, tex

Thanks. I realized it would seem like a stupid question because the Mauser probably was a 8mm to start with. The 30 06 220g RN core lok is just a little longer than the 150's I normally use. I got the 220's just to try and they hang on front of the mag. The Mag box is custom. It is a hinge door that was modified to eliminate the door. My gun is a Flaigs custom built in the 40's

MM879,

IF the Mauser will feed .30-06 "factory" ammo, I suspect that Jessie at JES can convert it successfully to 9.3x62mm,
(My reformatted Model 760 was once a .30-06 & it feeds/fires 286 grain Prvi Partizan FINE.)

yours, tex

Loved reading that post.

I own four 9.3MM rifles and I have wanted to read someone account of how well the PPU 285 grain bullet work on game. I have 2 9.3X57s one 9.3X62 and one 9.3X74R

I have used the Nosler 250 grain Accu Bond, (Seems perfect)
the Speer 270 grain Hot core ( which come apart baldly but have been freakishly accurate in my 9.3X74R)
the Hornady 286 grain Inner-Lock (so far so good for all my kills - but have read a few complaints from other users)
the Nosler 286 grain Patritions (also have been 100% perfect so far)
and some RWS 225 grain bullets that a friend sent to me which expand very quickly and violently, but have exited all the game I have shot, so they were not too bad.

The PPU bullet shoot quite well for accuracy. Not as good as the Speers, but still under MOA. I have yet to fire one at meat. So anyone else who has personal knowledge of this bullet, please post your results.

Recovered from the Bull moose at 500 yds, probably all of 1500 fps:


Recovered from the cow caribou at 400 yds, near the a-frame you can see some slight swelling, so probably a little faster speed of 1600-1700 fps:
No boattail or ballistic tip, you'd think that bullet wouldn't have worked in the new age.

[align:left][/align]My 9.3 is a 1988 year model Ruger 77 that started out life as a .30-06. Mile High Shooter talked me into doing it. I bought the rifle used to build a Whelen but he twisted my arm (OUCH!) and so I had it rebarreled to 9.3. It cost me about $450 to rebarrel because at the time I was ignorant of this rebore option. Anyway, I'm glad MHS talked me into the 9.3. He's always given me good advice. It's now one of my favorite rifles. I've only killed one deer with it but it knocked it down at 50 yards like I hit it with a bowling ball, a true bang-flop kill. If that deer kill is any indication of what it can do then I made the right choice. I later went on a Nilgai hunt and took it.. I was really hoping to get a shot at one, but it didn't happen. If I had I know it would have knocked it on its ass.

I need to check out some of those heavier bullets. I currently use the Speer 270 grain and that's way more than enough for what I've done with it so far. But someday I may get an opportunity to try it on something heavier and I might want a heavier bullet.

Those Swift’s look excellent, especially for the distances the shots were taken.

I see this bullet and think "Hammer of Thor"

My M70 classic stainless just got it's new McMillan yesterday, an Edge fill Winlite. With the peep sight it weighs 7lbs 2 oz, and 7lbs 14 oz with the VX II 2-7. The old standard fill Winlite developed a tiny crack. When McMillan said they were replacing it under warranty I upgraded to Edge fill. This rifle gets used on brown bears, goats, deer, and grouse with either 286gr Noslers at 2430 or 286gr cast bullets at 1350. Perfect cartridge for Southeast Alaska.

mm879,

I seriously doubt you'd notice a difference in killing power between a 9.3x62, a 9.3x64, a 375 h&h or a 375 ruger. What you will notice though, is a much lighter rifle, and five in the magazine. Twice now, I made my last and final shot on the fifth round. I do miss on longer running shots. Stakes are too high to not bring home meat. A five down gun is ok.

I don't shoot a 9.3 to be a 338. I shoot a 9.3 to nip at the heals of a 375. No 250 grain bullets for me: 300 grainer all the way. In an old Barnes shooting manual of mine, I saw that Doctari wrote up the description of the ole 9.3, and claimed back then, to have shot over 600 cape buffalo with it.

I honestly feel that the 9.3 poseses a slight excess of power and capability all the way out to 500 yds. My 358 carbine is just right for everything out to about 400 yds, when in the mountains.

pa,
We practically carry identical rifles, weight-wise. Mine is 7 lbs 4 oz with open sights. Whereabouts in southeast do you live? I've been to ketch, klawock, hydaburg, annette island, juneau and haines. Loves those big trees and that warmer weather down there. Rough hiking down your way, I don't blaime yah for going for a lighter carbine that packs ah punch, aye?

I have used the 286 grain partition on caribou, they expanded good on 200 yd shots with a muzzle velocity of 2200 fps (underpowered factory ammo). This was back before I started hand-loading the ole nine-three and before I ran that nosler custom ammo over the chronograph:




Oh forgot another observation: Factory Lapua megas don't expand on black bear, lead too hard. Would work better on thicker skinned game.