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Try a 250 gr Barnes TSX at a decent velocity in a 9.3. See what it can do. If it isn't enough try the 300 gr bullets, bonded. Be Well, Rustyzipper.
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Only "problem" I had with the 9.3x62 was misfires with some factory loads. A Ruger African misfired with Vortex 286 TSX factory load 20% of the time. A CZ 550 FS I gave my SIL does it too. To be "99.9%" reliable , fireformed or once fired cases would be my choice. I had a Walther Lothar barrel put on a Mod 70 FWT and it was perfect. I had another Walther Lothar barreled custom 404 Jeffery ( again, that long sloping shoulder) that misfired with RWS factory ammo. Its a pain, but fireformed cases can save a hunt! I used a 35 Whelen Ackley for 20yrs, shot Plains Game with it and the 250x then the 200x...one hog with a 310 Woodleigh soft ( just for grins) and I always felt it was closer to a properly loaded 9.3x62 than the standard Whelen. Have a ball Pard!
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Try a 250 gr Barnes TSX at a decent velocity in a 9.3. See what it can do. If it isn't enough try the 300 gr bullets, bonded. Be Well, Rustyzipper. ^^^^^^^This^^^^^^^^ The 250 gr TSX over a charge of Varget is amazing!
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Only "problem" I had with the 9.3x62 was misfires with some factory loads. A Ruger African misfired with Vortex 286 TSX factory load 20% of the time. A CZ 550 FS I gave my SIL does it too. To be "99.9%" reliable , fireformed or once fired cases would be my choice. I had a Walther Lothar barrel put on a Mod 70 FWT and it was perfect. I had another Walther Lothar barreled custom 404 Jeffery ( again, that long sloping shoulder) that misfired with RWS factory ammo. Its a pain, but fireformed cases can save a hunt! I used a 35 Whelen Ackley for 20yrs, shot Plains Game with it and the 250x then the 200x...one hog with a 310 Woodleigh soft ( just for grins) and I always felt it was closer to a properly loaded 9.3x62 than the standard Whelen. Have a ball Pard! I've had misfire issues with the last 3 Hawkeye Africans I've purchased. I now disassemble and clean the bolt, and add a 24lb firing pin spring as standard procedure - no more issues.
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To add: I've only shot hand loads in mine...
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Update on the PRVI bullets: I shot two WTs this year with them and both acted as one might imagine. Second one went through left lower foreleg (nickel sized hole), through chest (bad, bad damage) and through lower right foreleg (nickel sized hole) and is still going for all I know. And the deer died, too.
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I have two 9.3x62's (ZG47 and CZ550FS). Both shoot the Lapua Mega's and PRVI bullets in my reloads exceptionally well. PRVI's are cheaper to shoot too. I like that. Was hoping to get out Whitetail hunting with them the last couple of years but life had other plans. I have read that the PRVI's are a "harder" bullet.
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I like and use both the .30-06 and 9.3x62 for hunting similar game as the original poster. For me, and the way that I hunt, I prefer the 9.3x62 for Yukon game. It has all the range capabilities that I need, for the ranges that I choose to shoot game at. It has superior performance on very large game like moose and bison and grizzlies. In my lightweight rifle, the 9.3 certainly kicks a bit, but is manageable and very very accurate. I chose to carry my very tough stainless steel / synthetic 30-06 on my last hunt near the BC / Yukon border because of the expected poor weather. I didn't feel handicapped, but if I had a SS/Syn 9.3 I would have carried that.
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mainer_in_ak A few years back, Doug the owner of the hardware store down in Talkeetna, shot a man with a 30-06 180 grain remington cor-lokt.
Doug mistaken Eric's brown gloves as black tail deer antlers in his rifle scope. He hit Eric center mass and the bullet exited. Eric Had enough lung left to breath-in and yell: YOU SHOT ME!
Eric didnt bleed out and made a full recovery. He's a late 50's Anchorage guy. Old Alaskan men are tough, but not tougher than big bull moose and bear. ----------------------------------
What a one sad shooting story good that the man did not die.
It seems that Old Alaskan are much toughter than 670lbs moose.
It looks that some one cant get man killed via 30-06 but some one can drop 670lbs via one shot it stands.
50000 mooses put down here yearly and most with 308.
Iam not taking nothing from 9.3 and can use it myself too. But i choose 30-06 and like it.
30-06 has flatter bullet trajectory and more long range muzzle power than 9.3.
You can shoot thirty-aught-six over 4000J muzzle much more than deer and humans not poor Alaska man shooting story take away that.
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Always amazes me the people that forget how many heads of game of all kinds have been killed with 180 Orr 220 grain bullets from a 30-06
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
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I've had the good fortune to enjoy them both, and I would be hard put to choose one over the other. I think if I did not re-load, I would go with the 30-06. I handload both.
I typically shoot 168 gr. and 180 gr. bullets out of the 30-06. I shoot 250 gr. Accubonds out of the 9.3 x 62 and 286 gr. out of a 9.3 x 74R.
Not exactly an exhaustive example, I have shot a number of Aoudad. Two in particular were shot with a 30-06 and 180 gr. partitions and 250 gr. Accubonds respectively. Both were at +/- 90 yds., the Aoudad shot with the 30-06 weighed +/- 270 lbs., IIRC. The Aoudad shot with the 9.3 x 62 weighed in at 260 lbs on the dot. Due to the terrain where I hunt, I want an animal to be DRT. The ram shot with the 30-06 managed to run about 80 yds over the crest of a hill. Bummer. The Aoudad shot with the 9.3 x 62 and the 250 gr. Accubond dropped at the spot. Both died and were recovered This has been the case with the hogs that i've shot with the 9.3 x 62 and the 9.3 x 74R. DRT.
I have also found that with the heavier bullets at say 2,200 to 2,500 fps, bloodshot meat is not as evident. I can say I have become a fan of heavy bullets at moderate velocities.
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GWB I wonder how the .30-06 would have fared using a 200 gr Accubond or a 220 gr Sierra RN for those shots. It would be a little closer apples to apples comparison. Velocities would have been tamer and the bullets bringing more freight.
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