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I’m sure the question has already been asked a million times but I have yet to see the comparison from real hunters in the outdoors. You guys in Alaska who hunt moose, brown bear & blackbear, do you see any significance in stopping/killing power between the 9.3x62 vs the 375h&h in bullet weights from 250 up to 300?


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In the last two decades I’ve killed a bunch of stuff with both and cannot see any difference in performance between the 300gr .375 and the 286gr 9.3. This includes moose, brown bears, deer, mountain goats. I basically never use the .375 any more because the 9.3 does the same thing in a rifle that is lighter and holds more ammo.

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A plus for the .375 is ammo. I see it once in a while even now. Never ever saw 9.3's on any shelf in any gun store..


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Originally Posted by remingtonman
I’m sure the question has already been asked a million times but I have yet to see the comparison from real hunters in the outdoors. You guys in Alaska who hunt moose, brown bear & blackbear, do you see any significance in stopping/killing power between the 9.3x62 vs the 375h&h in bullet weights from 250 up to 300?


Some great experiences and conclusions in this excellent thread:

13 Years Huntin Alaska with the 9.3x62

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I see 9.3x62 on the shelves pretty consistently in Fairbanks. That's what I carry after moose, but I haven't actually shot anything with it yet

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Aside from rimfires, buying factory ammo hasn’t ever concerned me much.

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I just bought 4boxes of Remington 9.3x62 loaded with 286gr cor-lokt $48 bucks. Anyhow i have both mentioned chambering. I need to send my 9.3 off get open sights put on it.


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I'd like to know the barrel lengths folks are using on the 9.3x62. The older 375 h&h and 9.3's I've seen all have 24"-26" barrels. I've got the Ruger 338RCM and Ruger Alaskan in 375 ruger and they have the 20" barrel. These shorter rifles with irons are my favorite bolt actions.

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Yukoner needs to respond to this, Have heard the 9.3x62 called the 5 shot 375 H&H probably by Ted!


Ted alias Yukoner has caused a lot of us to try the 9.3 X 62!

After listening to Ted I had Pac-Nor rebarrel a LH Winchester 70 to 9.3X62 22" same contour as factory 270 Win a very accurate rifle with good balance.

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Originally Posted by Theoldpinecricker
I'd like to know the barrel lengths folks are using on the 9.3x62. The older 375 h&h and 9.3's I've seen all have 24"-26" barrels. I've got the Ruger 338RCM and Ruger Alaskan in 375 ruger and they have the 20" barrel. These shorter rifles with irons are my favorite bolt actions.
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Do not have a 9.3 but carry a Sako TRG Sporter in 375 h&h. It has a full magnum action on it and will hold 5. Came with a mickey stock and irons. About 28 years old. A 9.3 would be a fun rifle. Could consider one but there are many others on my short list that would be more interesting to my hunting needs...


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My 375 is a Winchester stainless classic with 24 inch barrel. My 9.3x62 is a rebore and barrel is 24 inches long. Both rifles are phenomenal shooters. I shoot 250 AB out of the 9.3 because at the shooters pro shop was selling them cheap. I shoot 300gr barnes tsx out of my 375 H&H.

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Originally Posted by kk alaska
Yukoner needs to respond to this, Have heard the 9.3x62 called the 5 shot 375 H&H probably by Ted!


Ted alias Yukoner has caused a lot of us to try the 9.3 X 62!

After listening to Ted I had Pac-Nor rebarrel a LH Winchester 70 to 9.3X62 22" same contour as factory 270 Win a very accurate rifle with good balance.

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Originally Posted by Theoldpinecricker
I'd like to know the barrel lengths folks are using on the 9.3x62. The older 375 h&h and 9.3's I've seen all have 24"-26" barrels. I've got the Ruger 338RCM and Ruger Alaskan in 375 ruger and they have the 20" barrel. These shorter rifles with irons are my favorite bolt actions.

My Springfield rebored by JES was bobbed back to 23.5". Shoots great. Have not yet hunted it. Heck, I haven't even finished the stock. Hope to have it ready by this fall.

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I'm not an Alaska guy, but my 9.3x62 is an Interarms Mark X mannlicher with a 20" Lothar Walther barrel. It is a handy length and heavy enough to help absorb the recoil. I'm shooting 286 grain PP factory loads, but would opt for a tougher bullet that would provide deeper penetration and hold together better when hitting bone if I was hunting anything bigger/tougher. When shooting into gallon milk jugs this bullet expanded to around 8/10", but penetration was less than I'd expected. I don't know how that would translate to actual field performance on game, but it is what I've experienced.

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Would love to see a picture of that one. Were the irons replaced to the new barrel or did it have any to begin with?

Seems like a Swift AF in 286 would be a good choice (if they could be found) as would a Barnes TSX in 250 grain or a TTSX in 286. Am thinking your 20" might get 2,300 fps headed out the tube. Would be good medicine for most that walks on four legs methinks....

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Having followed wounded bears more than a few times in nasty brush, 20" is almost too long. No way I would run 24" or 26".

My 375AI has a pacnor #5 at 20". With 270gr TSX it is plenty.


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Originally Posted by bearhuntr
Would love to see a picture of that one. Were the irons replaced to the new barrel or did it have any to begin with?

Seems like a Swift AF in 286 would be a good choice (if they could be found) as would a Barnes TSX in 250 grain or a TTSX in 286. Am thinking your 20" might get 2,300 fps headed out the tube. Would be good medicine for most that walks on four legs methinks....

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The Lothar Walther barrel was 24" so I trimmed and recrowned it to fit the mannlicher-style stock. I didn't install the open sights from the original 7x57 barrel on the 9.3x62 barrel, as I felt that I was more likely to catch the front sight on something than to ever use it to aim at a target. The 286 grain PP load appears to have the same approximate trajectory as FED/REM/WIN 170 grain 30-30 factory loads. This rifle rifle is one-half of a nearly matched pair, the other being chambered in 7x57. This is a classic parts gun, the action is from a rifle that I bought from Weagle in 2004 and the stock came from a riflle that I bought at Cabela's flagship store in Sidney, NE, in 2003.

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I had a LH Ruger SS MK ii put together with a Douglas 24" No 3 barrel and had the factory laminate stock trimmed back to more of a Hawkeye-esque type. I shoot 286 NPs under 58.5 gr RL 15. Don't know about speed but suppose somewhere close to 2500. I mainly use an NECG peep with a wide open ghost ring and their tallest patridge sight. The barrel banded sling swivel allows me to hold it at the pistol grip and swing off the shoulder to fire very quickly. The only change I want to make is have the comb lowered a tad. I increased the LOP to about 14.25 to fit me nicely. It makes for a nice medium bore boomer at 8.5 lbs on the scale.


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