So I had a long action Hawkeye with a McMillan stock in 280 Remington, I kinda had a hankering to try a 9.3x62 so I sent it off to JES to have it rebored/rechambered with a 1-10 twist, 3 groove barrel.

The 9.3 has a million miles of freebore to accommodate the old RN bullets that were used and 250 Accubonds were loaded to fit and funtion in the magazine. Anyhow, I decided to try Barsness load with RL15 and 250 Accubonds.

I loaded up 58, 59, 60 and 61. I didn't get to the 61 grain charge, and 58 and 59 were roughly around 1.25".

Here is 60... I tossed shot number 4 and decided to see if I could redeem myself..

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Pretty neat cartridge. No idea on speeds yet, but I'll check them eventually. I am guessing its around 2600 FPS or so though going off of others data.

That will work!

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9.3x62 is a tempting cartridge.

beretzs, what's the OD of your muzzle? Trying to figure out how much meat was left after the .366" hole was punched through.

Nice setup

Gotta love JES.I shot these groups out of my 338-06 JES re-bore.I quit shooting five shot groups because the barrel usually starts getting hot by then,especially down here in South Texas.I go for three if I can get repeatable accuracy.

I’ll measure it and get back to you.

Nice shooting BH. That’s a good shooting 338