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Thanks for that, i heard, maybe from you the 320gr Woodleigh solids were world star straight line penetrators too.

Good deal bearhuntr, glad to know that, i had this rifle built from the ground up, the stock has a LOP of 13-7/8ths, so had the barrel cut at 25 inches, perfect balance imho.

I may be looking into 286-300gr bullets someday if the Woodleigh factory doesn't get back up and running, that said and not to hijack the thread, but a buddy offered me 286gr oartitions for 35 bucks a box and 286gr TSX at 45 bucks a box, he sold his rifle and they're just sitting on his load shop shelf gathering dust, a man could probably do a lot worse than those two loading the 9.3x62, the 300gr A Frame comes to mind as well, bet it's a hammer at 2500 fps.

If you pass on those bullets give me a shout... 😇😀

I'm getting great results with JB's load of Varget under 250gr TSX.......

[quote=458Win]286gr Partitions [/quote

We have probably discussed this before, but what muzzle velocity were you getting?

The 286 Partition load I've used gets around 2475 fps.

Those figures are close to what I experienced and not much different than many 300 gr 375 H&H factory loads I have chronographed. With equal sectional density to the 286 gr 9.3x62 and appx same velocities, the difference of 15 grains of Bullet weight and the difference in diameter only the depth of the rifling, it's no wonder we don't see a lot of difference in the field.

22" 9.3 X 62, 286 gr Bullet, 2520 FPS, RS BG.

250 gr Bullet 2630 FPS RL 15 both shoot under 1"

LH Win 70 22" barrel 9.3 X 62

What powder charge in grains are you using to get those velocities? I reload my 286gr partitions with ~62gr of big game

Shhhhhh.
Don't jinx it.
I'm enjoying the straight forward talk.
Reading these threads convinced me to convert my LH M70.
Thanks guys and thanks to JES.
Haven't played with it yet but can't wait.

Thanks, Phil. That is basically what I recalled--and have experienced!

Haven't used the 9,3x62 much in Alaska, just on a couple of bear hunts--though one of them was was with the 9.3 Barsness-Sisk wildcat, which was designed to get the same ballistics in a short-action case.

But have plenty of experience with both the "modern loaded" 9.3x62 and 375 H&H in Africa, and also some in the Lower 48, with a wider variety of bullets. So far still haven't been able to discern any difference in field performance.

The ole nine three is really catching on it seems. Even in treeless Alaska, it reaches out to 400 yds with ease.

One of my greatest memories hunting a nine-three, was running the baldwin peninsula at moonlight with no headlamp. Mid-day light, filling the ole freight sled and rerurning in the evening sore and cold,
to a fresh litter of puppies.

The 9.3 manifests puppies?!
That's it, hunting everything with it now.

CW7, will do.

The late Don Heath (Ganyana) was a Zimbabwe PH who preferred the 9.3x62 for virtually everything

I miss that guy's writing!

Speaking of, how's that book coming along Mr. Shoemaker?

Always liked that video of Don crumpling the charging elephant with his 9.3....

Awesome pictures and cool story!

I like this thread; I've been curious about the 9.3. Sounds really cool, but it seems from this thread is that there really is no reason for me to get a 9.3 if I already have a .375 I really like. Ya know, other than more guns = more fun.

Somewhere b/t faith and fact... lies will.






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