Weatherby Fan
CGN Regular
- Location
- Maple Ridge,BC,Canada
Well the rifle is 7lb on its own so by the time you rebarrel with a #5 contour and add in 2lbs for a scope and mounts won’t be much of a Featherweight
9.3x62
- Thread starter diabeticfreak
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Weatherby Fan
CGN Regular
- Location
- Maple Ridge,BC,Canada
Now that’s some funny #### right thereGotcha. It's a ballerina and 3 years on a potato chip diet
I’ve shot a 9.5lb 300 Wby for years with no brake so I’m sure a 9.3x62 will be a pussycat !!!!
tactical lever
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Fox Creek, Alberta
Pretty much the same recoil with an equally heavy rifle. But 9.5 is fairly hefty, and probably most 9.3 scoped up will probably come in a bit lighter.
Not far off:
| Cartridge (Wb@MV) | Rifle Weight | Recoil energy | Recoil velocity |
| .300 Wby. Mag. (180 at 3240) | 9.0 | 31.6 | 15.0 |
| 9.3x62 (286 at 2360) | 9.0 | 28.0 | 14.1 |
I doubt I'd be able to really tell a difference there. My crappy old Zastava 9.3 had a crappy recoil pad, my current Mark V in .300 Wby Mag has a nice squishy one. That's probably enough to make up for the difference alone.
saskgunowner101
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- near Prince Albert
Take that 9.3 load up 100 fps, and the weight down a 1/2 lb for some extra punch!
2450 fps/8.5 lb/ recoil energy 37/ recoil velocity 16.74
Take the same 2450 fps load and stuff it in a redneck express 7.5 lb rifle, and you get more cowbell.
2450 fps/7.5 lb/ recoil energy 42/ recoil velocity 19
