9.3 x 62
- Thread starter Rob
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there is a big chance the hornady are not really 9.3x62 cip case if it matter for you and if your firearm is european it might create issues. even if more expensive i will go with the lapua, but you can find the components and start to reload even in using lapua brass and bullet.
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- Alberta, North America
I have maybe too much lol -
Well ####, could this have been the reason that the Browning BAR I had jammed? You're telling me that 9.3x62 ammo is nothing more than necked up 30-06 and not 9.3x62 CIP cases? That would really piss me off as I REALLY liked that gun!
Post #14 here: https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/2131327-Help-with-Browning-BAR
well when we did the test of the 9.3x62 bullets with the legendary why not? i found some issues on my rifle when using hornady reloaded cases and remington factory ammo: in both cases the issues were exactly that no proper size cases ... main issue primer not hit properly. when i reloaded some of those cases same issues again. Anthony from tradeex was willing to take the rifle but when we found out the issues i took me few hours with Ted to make them working better but still luckily Lapua cases are the best. i did a visit to the local gunsmith and the go nogo was not a problem.
i may found too online sometimes rcbs dies set are not properly done again due to cip but lee set are way above on that so not anymore a problem as well ...
i do not know for the sb that you used but never had a good opinion on them and they were the bottom of what to use in the reloading but that was in france when we had already lapua available lol ...
i had no issues shooting factory lapua, norma or prvi.
so from one problem you rifle might few others. sorry i did not see the post at the time otherwise i will have chime in.
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- Vancouver Island, BC
Serious question: Do people in Europe avoid hornady ammo then? The custom international line isn't available in the US. Why do they bother making 2 separate lines with the same projectile ? Marketing ? Reg conpliance?
Hornady is obviously aware of issues with the non cip spec brass in 9.3x62. Seems unlikely they would they risk selling ammo if they knew even a fraction of a percent of it would cause issues, but also unlikely they'd make 2 different spec brass
Fwiw my h&I slb2000 had issues with some older boxes of Remington factory ammo used for sight in. Mainly had to reslam the bold shut to get them to fire. No issues with the hornady custom international gmx. Admittedly very small sample size.
While I can not speak for Hornady, I have bought "real" 9.3 x 62 PPU brass from Intersurplus, $63 for 50. Good quality as far as I am concerned.
Now, I have also resized .30-06; once stretched open, they need to be trimmed; first use fireforms the neck; check length again before second reload. Yes, there are some subtle differences in dimension, but mine seem to be within tolerance; but I shoot a commercial M98 Husqvarna.
Honestly, I avoid their bullets for reloading. I have found in .223 and 6.5 x 55 that I am unable to achieve the accuracy I want and have come expect from Sierra and Speer. Presently, I am only using PPU bullets for 6.2; but am impressed with the accuracy so far. I hope to eventually get a 9.3 bullet sizing die and resize some jacketed 40 cal pistol bullets for plinking.
for Jay but others as well:
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...-3-bullet-test-started-pics-posted-in-1/page4
starting at post #177. and #256 ...
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...-3-bullet-test-started-pics-posted-in-1/page4
starting at post #177. and #256 ...
Interesting, thanks!
i have been raised with my dad reloading and he used us stuff mostly for his 7x64/7x65r and 300 win mag but he never used hornady brass or bullet. he had no problem to use speer bullets or nosler partition ones ... we avoided s&b, hornady (i should had remember that one lol). he used also ppu, rws and so on. not that much norma or lapua but i made him changing his mind on that.
cant tell and speak only what happened. remington core lokt 286 grains were hornady brass and bullets ... the reason i cant speak about hornady is when i contacted about the issues i found on the sp rp and gmx they thought i wanted free bullets instead of opening some discussions. for the cases at the time i found only hornady brass at the local store and i had a lot to load lol ... imagine the work to shoot all those bullets lol ...
maybe hornady changed their production on the international gmx but seems your german rifle did not like one of the kind mine did not like as well ...
yes the ppu are not that bad.
Seems expensive...and that price is before tax and shipping. Not long ago, it seemed that reloading was no longer a very good deal, with all the high-quality ammo and also all the discount brand ammo available. However, now with these escalating prices, I suppose reloading might again be the way to go, although I haven't checked out powder and component prices lately. Maybe with inflation and the low Canadian dollar, reloading has become expensive too.
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