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The only rifle cartridge I have that I know can be bought more or less "over the counter" is the 22LR. A few can be ordered from some specialty dealers but I don't go in any "sporting goods" store and look for them I have a few 9.3's but the 62 isn't among them....yet.
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I just got my first one back from JES. Buddy shot it when we were out test firing and now we both planning on building another one. My first is on an FN Mauser,22” with peep sights in a laminate. Next will be a 23” fluted SS on a 700 in a McMillan, parts have already already begun arriving😉. Might just be a passing thing but so far it’s a pile of fun.
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I talked to szihn about the 9.3. He said he has barreled it a lot in the last few years. So people still want it, but maybe only those who will be going after animals bigger than deer. Kind of like the .338 WM.
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I think Mule Deer's statement that since he got his Nine-Three he hasn't hunted his .375H&H or his .338WM in the last decade, is a pretty strong endorsement. They sometimes go to the range, but the Nine-Three goes hunting. I can't wait to get mine. Just wish I could find some 286 Nosler Partitions - they are out of stock most places. Waiting for SPS to get some more blems back. So let's talk up the Nine-Three, so more people buy them, and Nosler makes more 286 Partitions, and some of them are inexplicably designated as "blems" and I get to buy them for less than half price. Yeah, that's the plan... Rex
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Educate me.
Does the 9.3 not also require re-chambering, as well as new bore size?
Looks like it from my quick and dirty wikipedia look.
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Yes las it does. The shoulder is a little farther forward of the 06 case and of course the neck is larger to accommodate the larger diameter bullet. If you go the reboring route with JES, he does the rechambering as part of the rebore. Various case dimensions are slightly different from the 06 case but that’s the basics. It also predates the 30-06 by a year or so. Les
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With all this talk about reboring to heavy calibers, especially the 9.3x62, I'll be more than happy to help someone wanting to turn their 84L into a light weight 9.3 hammer (or 33/06 or 35/06). Have a 24" matte blue 30-06 barrel in great condition pulled off a 84L wood stock that should be an easy drop in to your existing Kimber stock. $100 shipped CONUS. Keep your factory barrel intact just in case.
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I have a 9.3 in a Blaser rifle. Loaded with a sling it's 8 lbs. I wouldn't want it any lighter. Factory loads are medium/mild but with heavier loads it has pretty good recoil.
I have routinely shot mine out to 400 & 500 yards with 250 AB So it's not really a short range round
Going spring bear hunting in BC this coming May.
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I think Americans long ago got used to metric cartridge sizes, so that isn't it (if it is disappearing). There just isn't much need for a middle bore in North America and most people, I suspect, fill that need with the .338 WM, .338-06, or .35 Whelen.
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CZ 550 American, 9.3 x 62. It followed someone else home, once upon a time! Got this Sako 75 Hunter from Handwerk, who posts here. It started life as a 30-06 Springfield. IIRC he shipped it to JES to be reborn as a 9.3 x 62. Perhaps I should never have let it slip away. However, I've managed to console myself! Blaser R93, 9.3 x 62 ya! GWB
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GW, great mass on that Aoudad. Ya!
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Why wouldn't it disappear? For the fun of the hobby? I mean, I really have zero interest in what you choose to shoot, your choice, right? Then in reality I can't disappear. Someone will make custom barrels, someone with make brass, dies, bullets. Just because noone cooks factory ready to shoot doesn't mean chit. I run a dead caliber 376 Steyr. Plenty of brass, plenty of bullets , dies are showing no sign of rot.
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We definitely need a like button.
gw, is that aoudad in Tejas?
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We definitely need a like button.
gw, is that aoudad in Tejas? Ya! taken near Reagan Wells, Tx. in Uvalde County. GWB
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Geedubya,
It’s easier if you just swap out the barrel...
I.e. - My Sako 85 has a 280AI Krieger barrel on it,... but in the safe is a 9.3x62 barrel in case I get all excited about it again.
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I run a dead caliber 376 Steyr. Plenty of brass, plenty of bullets , dies are showing no sign of rot.
Not dead to me! I got lucky and got the last Steyr Pro Hunter that EuroOptics had. Seems it liked the 235 Gr. Barnes TSX 100 yds. 200 yds. Its a thumper! This was on the occasion of the first 24hr campfire hog hunt. Usually I only get one shot, so I only took six rounds with me for the Steyr. I ended up shooting four in about 1-1/2 hours. I shot two, then shot at one on the run and missed once. One I ended up shooting twice. It was a good thing as I found out later we could only shoot 4 hogs apiece. Pretty good pile-o-pigs ya! GWB
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Geedubya,
It’s easier if you just swap out the barrel...
I.e. - My Sako 85 has a 280AI Krieger barrel on it,... but in the safe is a 9.3x62 barrel in case I get all excited about it again.
10/4 Over the last few years I've managed to forage two wood and one synthetic receiver and barrels chambered for the 243 Win., 7mm-08 Rem., 300 WSM, and the 9.3 x 62 and bolt heads to run them along with saddle mounts for each barrel. ya! GWB
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The 9.3x62 is quite popular here in Australia mainly as a sambar rifle. Tikkas probably make up over 90% of 9.3 sales. Mine's a Ruger 1S with 4x Leupold. I have shot fallow deer, pigs and foxes with mine with Norma 232gn Oryx and Vulcan bullets. I had some 250gn Accubonds but just sold them to a mate last week as he just bought a Tikka 9.3. The 9.3x62 is more popular at the moment than the .35 Whelen as just about nobody chambers the .35W anymore. I have a Ruger Hawkeye.35w with HS Precision stock that I use on sambar, but the 9.3x62 is the new go to non magnum sambar round these days.
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There's a company here in Canada that has sold hundreds of 9.3s over the years with lots of loading kit support. They are a very good dealer overall and have done much to ignite 9.3 interest here in Canada. https://www.tradeexcanada.com/They supply in-the-white Zastava M98 bbls for 9.3x62 for $169 CDN which is a mere $123 US https://www.tradeexcanada.com/content/mauser-m98-barrel-zastava-93x62.
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What's not to like? 375 lite. Penetrates from here to Sunday. Moderate recoil. My rifle is 9lbs in a laminate stock and thinking of a synthetic for another 1/2 lb savings. It's hell on everything.
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