Campaign to Rename the 9.3x62

Choose the new name for the 9.3x62

  • .360 Ted

    Votes: 17 5.4%

  • .366 Wagner

    Votes: 69 22.1%

  • What in God's holy name are you blathering about BUM?

    Votes: 226 72.4%
  • Total voters
    312
Being a solid .375 enthusiast, I had something of a low opinion of the 9.3x62, and considered it a bit of a ballistic dog. Then slowly I had an epiphany. The first shot of reality came from a South African fellow who I haven't seen on these pages for quite some time, Johann22. In discussions we had prior to my trip to Tanzania, it was apparent that he observed that the 9.3's effectiveness on game, was equal to the .375. Then I came across a Finn Aagaard book, which gave similar praise to the 9.3. The final stroke came when I met Ted last summer while in Whitehorse, and wouldn't you know, I walked away with a 9.3 rifle! So now I know what everyone else seems to have known for the last 100 years; the 9.3X62 is a big game hunter's cartridge, and performs without the cost or drama of a big case .375.

To me one of the big attractions of this cartridge is that it can be easily made from plentiful and inexpensive .30/06 brass, something I have a reasonable supply of. Now I suspect that 9.3X62 brass with a propriety head stamp will be anything but plentiful or inexpensive, but if it bears homage to my friend, regardless of the designation, I want some. I'll load them with 270 gr Matrix but rather than shoot them, I'll give them away individually to friends who might appreciate the story of Ted's grizzly and how he came to have a cartridge with his name on the headstamp. Speaking of which, if everyone who bought 50 or 100 pieces mailed one to Ted, he would have a pretty good supply without it ever costing him a cent.
 
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Joe549 said:
Who the heck is Ted Wagner? I'm assuming that is where the name choices came from??
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Here's a pic of TW with his 9.3.

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SuperCub said:
Funny how that old Yukon river pirate got you guys hooked on 9.3s and he got me with 35s and 375s. :D
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Me to. I was searching for a Schultz & Larsen in 358NM, which I've just recently acquired, and at that time he catered to my addiction and sold me a very nice model 1651 Husqvarna, in 358NM.





Now that I've acquired a Schultz & Larsen, I may one day part with the Husqvarna;)but not yet. It's too pretty, so, for the time being, I have two.

 
Johnn Peterson said:
Me to. I was searching for a Schultz & Larsen in 358NM, which I've just recently acquired, and at that time he catered to my addiction and sold me a very nice model 1651 Husqvarna, in 358NM.
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That Husqvarna came to him on my information of it's whereabouts in a gun shop in Southern Ontario. I passed on it (not really knowing it's value) and told him about it.
 
SuperCub said:
That Husqvarna came to him on my information of it's whereabouts in a gun shop in Southern Ontario. I passed on it (not really knowing it's value) and told him about it.
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It is a sweetheart:D. Ted saw my post looking for a S&L in 358NM and sent me a PM offering the Husqvarna, which I initially turned down. I had already turned down another Husqvarna and two CZs in that caliber as it was a S&L I was really after. A n y w a y;), he sent me a couple of pictures and my resolve fell by the wayside.
 
Johnn Peterson said:
It is a sweetheart:D. Ted saw my post looking for a S&L in 358NM and sent me a PM offering the Husqvarna, which I initially turned down. I had already turned down another Husqvarna and two CZs in that caliber as it was a S&L I was really after. A n y w a y;), he sent me a couple of pictures and my resolve fell by the wayside.
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He almost got me into a 7x57 that way.
 
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