New or used? 9.3x62

I bought a Husqvarna M96 in 9.3x57 at tradex. The rifle is in very nice condition, no cracked stock, rust or anything. The only aesthetic issue is 5 light knife slice cut under the forearm. For 295$ I can't complaint, I think the slice just add history to the rifle.

I have not shoot it yet but I am impress by the quality and condition :

 
Isobar1999 said:
So a guy asks for advice about a rifle. I have owned said rifle , found it to be lacking in all areas for the price , recommend him not buy that rifle and save for a better one, question the validity of advice given here from some others who appear to have little to no actual experience with said rifle. All to help him not go through the expense I did and I’m the “dog with a bone”?
This is the exact problem with this forum. It’s full of blowhards giving advice based on zero or very limited actual experience.
This is a persons money they are spending , if you don’t have relevant experience and actual knowledge of the rifles asked about then don’t influence the guy one way or another.
Personally I know how it sucks to buy something , be dissatisfied then have to go through the bull$hit of getting what you actually should have got in the first place.
So someone with experience in the exact question topic offers advice he is considered a “dog with a bone”. How many people have wasted their hard earned through poor advice in this forum ?
I’ll just shut up then and let the internet benchrest experts help this guy waste his money on a piece of $hit rifle that will no doubt let him down at the worst possible time.
Good luck OP , with advice like this forum gives you , you just can’t go wrong lololololol
One last thing , the reason I’m pushing on the Sauer is that it is pretty much the only new rifle you can get in 9.3x62 that is readily available and relatively in the same price range as the zastava. Anyway good luck with your decision, if you do go with a zastava I hope you get a good one. All the best and peace out.
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You keep saying the same thing, ad nauseum.... I have owned the Zastava and the Husky that are in question for this thread... offered my opinion on those two... you are making an assumption that others who weighed in on this thread have no experience, and I am betting they do. You threw out another option and won't let it die... hence, "dog with a bone..." it would appear you just can't handle not having everyone get on board with your opinion.
 
hoytcanon said:
You keep saying the same thing, ad nauseum.... I have owned the Zastava and the Husky that are in question for this thread... offered my opinion on those two... you are making an assumption that others who weighed in on this thread have no experience, and I am betting they do. You threw out another option and won't let it die... hence, "dog with a bone..." it would appear you just can't handle not having everyone get on board with your opinion.
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I don’t care what people think of my opinion , I care about a guy spending money on something because it was recommended by someone on the internet who gave no additional supporting experience either way.
There only a couple of options available for a new 9.3x62 rifle in that price range , literally three options new as best I can find. The Sauer is the best choice by far , that’s why I’m recommending it. To help this fella get the most for his money , not to impress or seek the opinions of randoms on this forum. You yourself even said “if forced to choose” , care to elaborate? Give the guy some useable advice based on practical experience.
Waste of time trying to offer any help here , just turns into a #### measure contest. Like I said peace out. Good luck OP.
 
Isobar1999 said:
So a guy asks for advice about a rifle. I have owned said rifle , found it to be lacking in all areas for the price , recommend him not buy that rifle and save for a better one, question the validity of advice given here from some others who appear to have little to no actual experience with said rifle. All to help him not go through the expense I did and I’m the “dog with a bone”?
This is the exact problem with this forum. It’s full of blowhards giving advice based on zero or very limited actual experience.
This is a persons money they are spending , if you don’t have relevant experience and actual knowledge of the rifles asked about then don’t influence the guy one way or another.
Personally I know how it sucks to buy something , be dissatisfied then have to go through the bull$hit of getting what you actually should have got in the first place.
So someone with experience in the exact question topic offers advice he is considered a “dog with a bone”. How many people have wasted their hard earned through poor advice in this forum ?
I’ll just shut up then and let the internet benchrest experts help this guy waste his money on a piece of $hit rifle that will no doubt let him down at the worst possible time.
Good luck OP , with advice like this forum gives you , you just can’t go wrong lololololol
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Ouch. As a member of the group you mentioned, seems you hold the position of Chairman, or at least 1st Vice. As I stated earlier on, I have a pair of full wood models, the first of which was the 9.3x62 (.366 Wagner) purchased on a bit of a whim, just to 'try' this somewhat different calibre. Admittedly, the fit & finish doesn't come close to matching others in my safe, ie, 700 Remingtons, M-77 Rugers, WBY S2 Vanguards, Winchester model 70, Marlin levers and especially my Schultz & Larsens. Yes, cycling the actions of my Zastavas felt a little gritty but seems to gradually be smoothing out. The length of pull was excessive but that was easily cured and I plan to go over the checkering at a later date. Bang for the buck, both the 9.3x62 and the 7x57 cycle without issue. And, accuracy on paper, especially taking into consideration the quality level compared to other brands on the market, far exceeded my expectations.
 
hawk-i said:
So which woud be the better gun

1) new Zastava M70 9.3x62 for 695.00

OR

2) Used Husky 1600 9.3x62 (cracked behind tang) for 695.00

Both are at Tradex
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hawk-i said:
I've got an African in 416 Ruger...really like it.

But was asking about a new Zastava or used husky 1600...:)
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Isobar1999 said:
... You yourself even said “if forced to choose” , care to elaborate? Give the guy some useable advice based on practical experience.
Waste of time trying to offer any help here , just turns into a #### measure contest. Like I said peace out. Good luck OP.
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You don't read well... he asked about two specific options, someone offered a better all-be-it more expensive option, the OP said in essence; "stick to the two options presented." You come along with yet another option, and then keep harping on it... and denigrating everyone else's advice and experience.

You want me to expand on my opinion, very well, if he is going to save up another $400 for the lowend Sauer 100, I would save up another $600 and get the Ruger African that Buckmaster advised... in the end you have a rifle worth owning.
 
^^The two self proclaimed forum/gun expert at their finest. No room for anything else but pushing for what they claim to own. Lets all jump onto their Ruger/Zastava junk wagon. Nothing else is acceptable, lol.
 
hawk-i said:
Whats a good powder for the 9.3x62?
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I use two of the loads published by John Barsness - he pressure tested them at the Western Powders lab in Myles City, Montana - my Shooting Chrony shows same velocities that he published. Ramshot Big Game powder with 285/286 grain (I worked up both with RN PPU, and with Partition), and then Varget powder with 250 grain Accubond. Pretty much lost interest in the first, when I worked up the second. Second load pretty much matching muzzle velocity that I was getting with factory 250 grain 338 Win Mag, and my 9.3x62 rifle has two more rounds on board, if that means anything. A big test done on CGN indicated that the more readily available Hornady Spire Point bullets are probably not what you want to use - so sometimes, as much a challenge to find the adequate bullet in appropriate weight for what you want, first, which will then likely lead you to a powder to choose, second.
 
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riversrest said:
^^The two self proclaimed forum/gun expert at their finest. No room for anything else but pushing for what they claim to own. Lets all jump onto their Ruger/Zastava junk wagon. Nothing else is acceptable, lol.
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The "piece of work" offers another gold nugget.
 
hoytcanon said:
They are on PR's website... you are getting a stained beech stock not a walnut stock.
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Well I looked in a few place and even on Sauer USA site and none of the 100 come with open sights and the wood is..... well like you said!
So to me anyway open sights is important, I want to be able to take my scope off at night for possible big bears encounter in camp! Or if I’m in the boonies and that is where usually I am hunting I want to be able to take that scope off in case of an incident and the scope is made unusable!
So a good reliable rifle that is built solid with open sights, wood stock, that is less than $1k and all the sudden you are getting quite limited....
 
DGY said:
Do you have a link to a sauer with wood stock and open sights in 9.3x62 genuinely interested!
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Check prophet River for Sauer , they have them in stock regularly. neither the tikka or Sauer have iron sights factory fitted. That was a reason I originally went with a zastava was to have iron sights. Unfortunately the zastava I received did not have enough elevation adjustment in the rear sight to be able to properly zero the iron sights. Like I’ve kept saying , for $700 it was a disappointment to get a rifle I couldn’t even use in its intended form.
 
DGY said:
Well I looked in a few place and even on Sauer USA site and none of the 100 come with open sights and the wood is..... well like you said!
So to me anyway open sights is important, I want to be able to take my scope off at night for possible big bears encounter in camp! Or if I’m in the boonies and that is where usually I am hunting I want to be able to take that scope off in case of an incident and the scope is made unusable!
So a good reliable rifle that is built solid with open sights, wood stock, that is less than $1k and all the sudden you are getting quite limited....
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If you wanted new with iron sights you would most like have to go to a CZ and double the budget. The sako 9.3x62 offerings come with irons but that’s well outside the price range of your mentioned guns.
The reason I’ve pushed on saving a bit more and going with a Sauer is purely through my own disappointing experience over the past two years. I originally bought a converted Carl gustaff in 9.3x62mm which turned out to be unsuitable but no great loss as it only cost $400 , I then purchased a zastava 9.3x62 thinking it would be the way to go as it was a new in box gun and should be good to go. Unfortunately it was not. Like I mentioned the iron sights could not be properly zeroed , there was a feeding issue with certain factory ammo and overall it was a lump of gun that wasn’t very nice to either carry or shoot. Then I lost money selling it and put that towards a Sauer as the Sauer is the next step up in the price range of a readily available new rifle chambered in 9.3x62. Biggest downfall is no iron sights. Which incidentally was why I chose the zastava as my second purchase.
So what I’m saying is take my experience into consideration when you make your decision. Considering you can’t go in and choose your rifle in person with tradeex you are talking a chance on what you get. I have purchased many rifles from tradeex and as a company they are great but buying online always has its risk. Of all the options available to you the Sauer is the most likely to be a good to go/no issue gun out of the box, albeit you will need to scope it though.
Unless zastava has changed the rear sight they use I can only imagine you will come up against the same issue I did this rendering the iron sights unusable anyway.
But that’s the last I’ll say on the matter. You’ve got the info from all and sundry, the decision is ultimately yours to make based on what you decide fits your needs best.
 
https://www.corlanes.com/cz-550-93x...erior option to the husky, zastava, sauer etc
 
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My observations are that there is certainly plenty of junk for sale. Good knows, I've owned my share of it. Again, if I were in the market for a new rifle chambered in this very capable calibre, I would save a few extra pennies and buy a brand new CZ 557 from a reputable seller. Or, save a few more pennies and buy an Anchultz. They won't disappoint. Buying used is a very risky game, and I have been burned many times by people that purposely leave out specific details in an effort to conceal the truth. Unless you're dealing with a very respectable and well known seller, better to wait until you can handle one personally. Who cares about saving a few dollars or losing a few days searching. Guns are tools, and you want quality, fit and function first and foremost. My experience with Zastava has been pretty positive, but I'm not surprised some crap has been sold under their name as well. Zastava are generally rough, hence the low price. You get no hand finishing, utility finishes and plenty of sharp corners. But, for a few hundred dollars, you can find a reputable Smith to finish one. They are like a blank canvas ready for some colour, though some are ok with plain.
 
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