I heard a rumor that savage built a bunch of 9.3x62 and 8x57s in the 116 model with a 20" barrel and rifle sights. I was told they came with a blaze orange stock and meant for European hunting market. Is any of this true? Could it be possible to get one in a non painted stock if we could get them into canada? Seems to me like the new bush gun savage offered but in 9.3x62.
savage 116 in 9.3x62
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It's not a rumor. The savage 111 is available in both of these calibers in Europe. If you do a google search for savage 111 9,3x62 (the Germans use a comma rather than a period as the decimal marker) you will find lots of them for sale from various dealers in Germany.
I'm sure if there is enough demand some importer here could get some from Savage.
I'm sure if there is enough demand some importer here could get some from Savage.
it appears lately that the 9.3 x 62 may eclipse the 280AI as the coolest cartridge to own.....I think Tradex can take the credit for this
Tradeex is not selling 9.3x62 anymore (Only one 9.3x62 on hold for a few month already), maybe they can't get them due to competition.
They have tons of 9.3x57 though.
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Ruger makes a nice M77 in 9,3x62 as well.
No disrespect to tradeex but I'm not into husquavarna rifles. Tikkas don't feel right to me. Savage rifles have always done me well. The only guns I'd consider in 9.3x62 are possibly a savage or cz550 carbine or if I win the lotto max a chapius arms safari challenger take down
I didn't realize savage had a custom shop that would build such a thing as a one timer
Thanks for the replies
I didn't realize savage had a custom shop that would build such a thing as a one timer
Thanks for the replies
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Personally, I'd buy a CZ 550.
They already make them in 9.3x62mm and 7.92x57mm, and their prices are quite reasonable compared to other gunmakers.
Their quality is top notch too.
They already make them in 9.3x62mm and 7.92x57mm, and their prices are quite reasonable compared to other gunmakers.
Their quality is top notch too.
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Personally, I'd buy a CZ 550.
They already make them in 9.3x62mm and 7.92x57mm, and their prices are quite reasonable compared to other gunmakers.
Their quality is top notch too.
I'm not a fan of set triggers but I must admit that the CZ carbine in 9.3x62 is something that I'd like to play with a bit.
I wanted a 98 Mauser so that's what I went with. It would be an easy thing to rebarrel a Model 70, which is the way I would go if I wanted a scoped 9.3x62, but for a classic iron-sighted hunting rifle, a true M98 is the only way to go.
Most of the Tradeex 9.3x62 rifles are actually M98 mauser actions built by FN. For all intents and purposes it is the exact same action as the CZ550.
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....with superior workmanship, better trigger, and a much smoother bolt.
Ted
If such details are important to you.
....with superior workmanship, better trigger, and a much smoother bolt.
Ted
Exactly.
hmm, having owned a half dozen or so examples of each (cz 550 and Husqvarna FN98 rifles) and rebarreling FN 98's to 9.3x62 on a couple of occasions I think you fella's need to have your prescriptions checked. Both actions are forged and the barrels are both hammer forged and thats about where the similarities end
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=219549
no cut in the locking lug cz 550, no third locking lug, better recoil lug (2nd in the big booters on the barrel) cz 550. single set trigger that is wonderfully adjustable on the 550 and far nicer wood in most instances than anything Ive owned from husqvarna. Stock bedding has been better with the cz's and workmanship overall at least as good on any of the rifles Ive owned. 19mm dovetail cuts in the reciever (square bridge by the way) for a solid scope mount , bolt dissasembles in 2 seconds etc, you get the idea.
And before the flame attack starts I currently own 9.3x62's in each flavour and if I had to part with one it wouldnt be the CZ.
Everyone of my cz rifles has been wonderfully accurate (sub moa), far more so than any of the 98's (other than one 8x57 with the original tube that shoots like a house on fire) even with the heym and douglass barrel's I put on em. Both have their strong points , the cz is an improved mauser in my opinion So each to their own I suppose, but better trigger, smoother bolt ,better workmanship on an FN 98, I'm not buying it not for a second. How about better engineered , manufactured , more features and metalurgically superior for the 550 ?
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=219549
no cut in the locking lug cz 550, no third locking lug, better recoil lug (2nd in the big booters on the barrel) cz 550. single set trigger that is wonderfully adjustable on the 550 and far nicer wood in most instances than anything Ive owned from husqvarna. Stock bedding has been better with the cz's and workmanship overall at least as good on any of the rifles Ive owned. 19mm dovetail cuts in the reciever (square bridge by the way) for a solid scope mount , bolt dissasembles in 2 seconds etc, you get the idea.
And before the flame attack starts I currently own 9.3x62's in each flavour and if I had to part with one it wouldnt be the CZ.
Everyone of my cz rifles has been wonderfully accurate (sub moa), far more so than any of the 98's (other than one 8x57 with the original tube that shoots like a house on fire) even with the heym and douglass barrel's I put on em. Both have their strong points , the cz is an improved mauser in my opinion So each to their own I suppose, but better trigger, smoother bolt ,better workmanship on an FN 98, I'm not buying it not for a second. How about better engineered , manufactured , more features and metalurgically superior for the 550 ?
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What? You a Sthil not working fan or something. Sthil wont start?
I guess it depends on your experience with them. The CZ triggers i experienced felt like I was trying to pull a cat across a screen door by it's tail. Wood to metal fit was terrible, and the bedding was a joke. Sub 3 inch groups out of the box, brought down to 1.5 inches with bedding and trigger jobs. I had two like that and i'm not in a hurry to own another.
Not sure that the CZ 550 are "metalurgically superior" that the post war (i.e. "commercial) FN Mausers... anyways, both are good guns, depends on what your looking for.
Also, comparing the bedding of a 60-40 years old rifle - which we have no idea of the storage methods and conditions - with a freshly CNC-made one may somewhat be "unfair". Plus most HVA 640s (FN 98 actionned) have beech wood stocks. Also, to me, it would be more fair to compare a CZ 550 with a 1640... then, the nicest CZ 550 may be on par, or close to the all hand made 1640..
As noted by Jethunter, sometimes a simple bedding job will make all the difference. I also have good and bad exprience with the CZ 550 as it seems in some periods the wood is of lesser quality than others.
But at the end, the best rifle is the one you like.
The only advantge I, myself see in buying a Savage 9.3X62 is if you have any other rifles chambered in that caliber, if the price is right, of course. Then, any Savage with the '06 magazine will take the 9.3X62 with a minimum of work, means maybe tweaking the feed ramp and switching the barrel...
Also, comparing the bedding of a 60-40 years old rifle - which we have no idea of the storage methods and conditions - with a freshly CNC-made one may somewhat be "unfair". Plus most HVA 640s (FN 98 actionned) have beech wood stocks. Also, to me, it would be more fair to compare a CZ 550 with a 1640... then, the nicest CZ 550 may be on par, or close to the all hand made 1640..
As noted by Jethunter, sometimes a simple bedding job will make all the difference. I also have good and bad exprience with the CZ 550 as it seems in some periods the wood is of lesser quality than others.
But at the end, the best rifle is the one you like.
The only advantge I, myself see in buying a Savage 9.3X62 is if you have any other rifles chambered in that caliber, if the price is right, of course. Then, any Savage with the '06 magazine will take the 9.3X62 with a minimum of work, means maybe tweaking the feed ramp and switching the barrel...
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