Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles T3X Hunter in 9.3x62

Quick momentum comparison:

286 x 2400 / 180 = ~3813

I used 60 grains of 15 with a 250 Accubond. It made about 2400 on the nose and was pretty gentle in my rebored Ruger. Stepping up to 2600 with the same Bullet is a bit more noticeable.

The Ruger is a couple ounces over 8lbs scoped. Might be a more of a handful with 286’s at 2400-2500 but probably not nasty. Just my experience with it.

I'm planning on loading for a 286 gr. (NPT, SAF) big game bullet and somewheres around a 200 gr. whatever for a varmint load.

Just gotta lasso the right rifle....

How did you come up with adding a scope, mounts and magazine full of cartridges to a 6.5 pound rifle adds up to "a touch over 7 lbs"? It takes a pretty light scope AND mounts to add only a pound to a rifle. Add five rounds to be magazine and the result is a rifle around 8 pounds.

My 9.3x62 weighs 8 pounds on the nose with scope, around 8-3/4 with a sling and full magazine. Even with .30-06-pressure handloads it recoils noticeably less than my 9-pound-scoped .375 H&H with typical 270 and 300-grain factory loads.

Yea, I figure just barely under 1 lb for scope and mounts based on the same setup I use on another rifle. However, I didn't really figure for 5 rounds in the magazine - gotta get used to what the 9.3x62 offers.

Good to hear that your 8-3/4 lb rifle all up recoils noticeably less - that opens up other possibilities for me to consider.

Thanks

About a decade ago, I loaded 64 grains of Alliant 2000 Mr in Lapua brass, using a 300 grain swift A-frame for 2460 fps from a 20.5" barrel. I stuck with that handload all these years. Put away a pile of moose and caribou with that load. The recoil was significant from a 7.25 lb rifle. Not really in the field, but sighting in. Shoulder was only good for about 10-15 rounds.

Anything less than 4 inches of eye relief on a scope, the light carbine rifle would ever so slightly introduce my eyebrow to the scope in the prone shooting position:

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In the lady's original 1922 Oberndorf sporting Mauser, I've throttled down to 58 grains of Reloder 15 or 60 grains of Reloder 16.


This original type b sporting Mauser in the original stock weighs 7.25 lbs. Kind of hard to call the barrel a feather weight contour, since this gun was made long before the model 70, but it is a very thin contour 23.6” barrel. The stock is as thin as a stock could be. I don't understand how this almost 100 year old wood doesn't crack, as we shoot it frequently:

I think they had it right. I honestly wouldn't want a 9.3x62 any lighter than 7 lbs.

That's a beaut Mainer.