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What was the LOP? I'm a six footer and 13.5" always seems right for me but lots of custom guns are up to 1" longer. Strange to me.

Don’t remember LOP, just that it was sorta long for me. I like 13 1/2”. This one probably 14” or so.

I’ve noticed custom guns sometimes having longer LOP.

And it was a tad heavy as CZ’s often are. And super dense, fancy walnut tends to be heavy.

But, being slightly heavy, it sure was a sweet shooting 9.3. Recoil was very manageable. And it liked to stack bullets. The 260 NAB with JB’s load worked very well, sub MOA.

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Disappearing? I was shooting mine tonight and I knew right where she was the whole time.

Any chance anyone following this has any 9.3 core lokt factory ammo? Been hunting around for a round.

Guess mine”disappeared” when I traded it, but I do know where it is.

Don’t think the chambering is going anywhere.

Too good to die.

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Disappearing due being “raptured”.

GWB’s - Blaser R93, 9.3 x 62
A modern art masterpiece of the finest quality!

Yep.

That GWB's gptta be one cool, suave dude...

Nice selection of fine toys.

And he seems to be able to shoot'em, based on his portfolio of dead critters...

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I just did one yesterday on a stainless Model 70

You did one for me a few years ago, blued Shilen on a 98 Mauser. I later got you to swap it out for a blued Shilen 6.5x55, sold the 9.3 barrel to another customer. I had picked up the AHR CZ 9.3 posted earlier, didn’t want two. Still have the Swede.

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I talked to a CZ manufactures rep at Pheasant Fest in Feb who said they would be available for special order only.

Yep, mine kept "disappearing" into the same hole...

Tend to agree, the best of the bunch is the 338 Win Mag, most useful of all pushing 160 gr at 3,325 fps - 300 gr loads at 2,500 fps. There’s nothing the 35 Whelen and 9.3x62 can do that even comes close to the 338 Win Mag’s versatility and horsepower.

No matter what you choose, there is always something bigger, faster, more better. ........... Lots of folks fall into that trap.

99.9% of hunters could hunt with a 30-06 and not want for anything.

Not going away here in Wyoming. It's become the single most popular job for a re-barrel for me in my shop in the last 2 years or so.
One little niche is the LH market. Left handed shooters have discovered that any 30-06 LH gun can be re-barreled to the 9.3X62 easily and fairly inexpensively and they end up with a shell that come very close to a 375H&H in it's abilities to kill game, but is a long way from the cost of a LH 375.

My 9.3X62 reamer gets a lot of use here.

I made myself a 9.3X57 and I also traded for another one. I have shown my 2 rifles to several hunters and I was surprised that 3 of them so far decided to have me make them rifles in that caliber too. Loaded in a strong action it will beat the 358 Winchester in every way, and again is fairly inexpensive to make. I form my brass from 8X57 in one pass and it works perfectly.

While true the 338 Win Mag with various comparative loadings to the 06 has more delivered energy at 200-300 yards down range than the 06 has at the muzzle. Again quite versatile from very light to very heavy game. In the field the 9.3x62 and Whelen are simply handicapped in comparison to the 338 Win Mag. It truly is a one gun does it all chamber.

The advantage the 9.3x62mm has over the .338 Win Mag is in bullet weight. Also the 9.3 can be used on dangerous game in Africa in quite a few countries while the .338 can't

I’d hate to guess how many lion and cape buffalo have been killed with a 338 Win Mag. The 9.3 isn’t exactly a legal caliber in most African countries either with .375” being the stated minimum. Show me where a 9.3x62 hurls a 300 gr load faster than a 338 Win Mag.

The 9.3 has been the go to gun for so long in Africa, I don’t think that are many African countries that are stupid enough not to grandfather it in to its “legal” big game list.

Not knocking the 9.3x62 at all. The 338 Win Mag has pretty good track record in Africa as well. I’m quite sure driving a 300 gr solid with a .375 SD at 2,450 fps will result in lights out for most recipients. Just pointing out that overall it is a more effective medium bore for versatility under most, if not all field conditions. Not to mention the use of heavy for caliber .338 VLD bullets in the .675-.750 BC range.