Whats the story on the 9.3X62 in Canada?

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I've recently been intrigued by the 9.3x62 Mauser and I've read about as much I can handle. Its been around longer than the 30'06 and has very popular in Africa and Europe a for the majority of its life. Ammo availability probably sucks but I am set up to load 303 so I assume I could load the 9.3 just as easy. I haven't looked for price/availability of components quite yet, GOOD factory ammo is still being produced but might hard to find and expensive. The 9.3 will fit in a standard length action and it does not have a belt which I find are attractive features. The ballistics are equal to if not better than the 35 Whelen which is great for cartridge of that size. There seems to be lots of rifle choices out there from CZ, Sako and a few others and a bunch of old stuff in sometimes questionable condition but extremely cheap online. I haven't hunted at all in my adult years but I will hunt at some point in my life. Its inevitable and I would need a rifle for that occasion right?. I find I'm drawn to larger slower cartridges with rich history and I like them chambered in CRF rifles. The 9.3's story is epic and nobody seems to argue much against a Mauser or M70. I don't know anyone who currently shoots a 9.3x62, actually I don't personally know anyone who ever has either. I hear its a great round that will take anything in North America and I can take it to Africa when I win the Lotto too. So tell me please why I should not buy one because cause I might just have to pull the trigger!

P.S - 270/30'06 lovers stay home, I'm done with the .30 cal thing!
 
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I own two rifles in this caliber and love them both for being in the brush. Both iron sighted. Also own a 375h&h and 416ruger but don't feel at all undergunned with the 9.3 when out walking the dog in the woods.

I also own a 35 whelen and of course a 30-06.

As for factory ammo. Up here I actually have a better factory ammo selection for 9.3x62 than my whelen. There is the hornady dangerous game series with a 286 grain bullet and a German brand err RWS maybe? It uses a bone crushing 293 proprietary "TUG" bullet that is my choice for bears.
 
Oh and I have a zastava mauser CRF that I got from tradex and also a tikka battue from the EE. The tikka is push feed but so darn light with some crazy fast to acquire sights so I probably use it more. Gasp! But I have held it upside down, on an angle, and I'd trust the push feed for what it's needed for YMMV
 
Buy one. They're awesome. I have a CZ 550 Medium and love it. I've only ever shot reloads out of mine. Don't waste another second and throw your money down for an awesome calibre. Why not?can also chime in and show you some photos from last year's bear and the integrity of the Matrix bullet.
 
I use the caliber for years and in many rifles, were they CRF or push feed, light weight or heavier barrels, old or modern design. Can't be wrong with it if, of course, you can handle it, which almost every adult can do with a little practice.

As for ammo availability, you can get cheap Sellier & Bellot and PPU (Prvi Partizan), more expensive Hornady, Lapua and Norma ammo.
Remington and Federal just chimed in the lot too. Reloading is easy and most of the rifles shoot less than 1.00" at 100 meters.

I and other firends harvested almost everything that walks in our area with it.
 
I'm a recent convert to the 9.3X62 myself and at the present time I own two of these rifles.One is a Stiga sporter built on a M96 Swedish action and the other is a rare M46AN Husqvarna,both rifles are in pretty good shape and the Stiga has particularly nice wood,I should post some pictures of them at some point.I really like the smooth as silk actions of these rifles and as a handloader I like the fact that loading components are pretty easy to source for the round from the people I purchase my goodies from.If you have to think about this you should be "pulling the trigger" so to speak and snagging a rifle in 9.3X62 in whatever make and model you fancy.
 
almost every gun store with in a hour drive of prince george has , or had at least one box of 9.3x62 in the last year or so ... some of them had several boxes of different brands .

tradex has all the reloading componants and dies .

as for power compare a 250 grain bullet in a 338 magnum and a 250 grain in 9.3 x62 , loaded to similar pressures , and they are very similar power wise .
 
I bought reloading sets from nanaimo whole sale sports. they also ordered tsx bullets for me. tradeex has everything though.
if I get spring grizzly draw, I will buy matrix bullets which are made at Nanaimo backyard.
it recoils heavy on the bench,but I can shoot prone in the field.
 
I got on to 9.3's about five years back.

The 9.3 x 62 is a great blend of bullet weight, power and recoil.

I'm a long time .338 win mag and .375 H&H hunter and I find myself reaching for the 9.3x62 more often than either of those lately, so that should tell you something.
 
I have an old FN action Husqvarna built in 1951, and can't think of anything bad to say about either the rifle or cartridge, and it's hard to add anything to what's posted above. Tradex has components and dies, and you can get Lapua brass from Prophet River or Hirsch Precision. Sweetheart to shoot even in a 7 1/2 lb. rifle.

Ok, have thought of ONE bad thing to say about the rifle; that awful beechwood stock split at the grip, and now it's in getting a new stock.
 
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I've recently been intrigued by the 9.3x62 Mauser and I've read about as much I can handle. Its been around longer than the 30'06 and has very popular in Africa and Europe a for the majority of its life. Ammo availability probably sucks but I am set up to load 303 so I assume I could load the 9.3 just as easy. I haven't looked for price/availability of components quite yet, GOOD factory ammo is still being produced but might hard to find and expensive. The 9.3 will fit in a standard length action and it does not have a belt which I find are attractive features. The ballistics are equal to if not better than the 35 Whelen which is great for cartridge of that size. There seems to be lots of rifle choices out there from CZ, Sako and a few others and a bunch of old stuff in sometimes questionable condition but extremely cheap online. I haven't hunted at all in my adult years but I will hunt at some point in my life. Its inevitable and I would need a rifle for that occasion right?. I find I'm drawn to larger slower cartridges with rich history and I like them chambered in CRF rifles. The 9.3's story is epic and nobody seems to argue much against a Mauser or M70. I don't know anyone who currently shoots a 9.3x62, actually I don't personally know anyone who ever has either. I hear its a great round that will take anything in North America and I can take it to Africa when I win the Lotto too. So tell me please why I should not buy one because cause I might just have to pull the trigger!

P.S - 270/30'06 lovers stay home, I'm done with the .30 cal thing!
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You've read all you can handle so you posted a thread on the internet?

There seems to be a lot of us using the 9.3x62 these days. Guys like Why Not have a ton of experience with it but I can think of a half dozen (and I'm nto through my morning coffee yet) on the forum that hunt with it. There is quite a bit of factory ammo available, from Remington at WSS and other big-box stores, to Norma, Prvi, S&B and Hornady sold at TradeEx (the super-purveyor of all things weird and wonderful). If you are set up to reload then the options for bullets runs from 232gr Normas to 320gr Woodleighs, though 250/270/286 are the most popular. Hornady, Speer, Barnes, Lapua, Prvi, Nosler, Woodleigh, Norma and Swift all offer bullets for it. Varget and RL15 are solid powder choices. Lapua, Hornady, Prvi and Remington all sell brass and if you're in a pinch (or facing a long cold winter like Boomer) you can pick up once fired brass at the range and reform an entire 5 gallon pail of empty 30-06 cases into 9.3x62 cases (and no, your #### will NOT drop off from doing this). Run a 286gr premium bullet at 2400 FPS and you will kill just about anything that you can hunt. Even standard cup-and-core bulelts perform well due to the low velocity of the round.

PHs like Kevin Robertson (author of "The Perfect Shot") and Ganyana (the nom-de-plume of Zimbabwean PH Don Heath) are big supporters of the 9.3x62 for use on game including Cape Buffalo and even Elephant (Ganyana, never heard Kev recommend it). John Barsness, the American gunwriter, can bear a lot of the responsability for the current popularity of the 9.3x62 in North America. I know I blame him squarely for mine!

In short, the 9.3x62 - The official Rifle Loony cartridge of CGN! Don't buy one...buy TWO!
 
I also see that Riflechair has his posted again on the EE. And TradeEx has a half-dozen Zastavas (and one lefty), Nine Verney-Carrons and five Husqvarna M98s (the official rifle in the official chambering of CGN rifle Loonies) all in stock right now. They even have one on a 96, if you're so inclined.

Kool-Aid, sir?
 
I've got a '62 that I had built on a 1908 Brazilian Mauser. I had another built on a M50 JC Higgins but it went to Why Not? and became the co-star of the 'Bear' adventure that starred Ted and his wife.

Reloading for the '62 is a snap and components are readily available. Brass life is amazing - my original 50 Norma brass have all been loaded at least 8 times and are still going strong.

The '62 with a 8 lb CRF rifle makes for unbeatable combination for all NA big game.
 
The 9.3 x 62 is a great blend of bullet weight, power and recoil.
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an old FN action Husqvarna
a 7 1/2 lb. rifle
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The most desirable BA of all, IMO. So quick to the shoulder, sleek and lively in the hands. Butter smooth. Accurate. Dead nuts reliable. Mine wears a 2 1/2x post El Paso Weaver in QRW rings over the irons. At 8 1/2 lbs all up ... a joy to carry. The scope soon comes off when the hills get steep.
The BRNO .375H&H weighs a lot more, so it stays home whenever there is much hiking to be done.

that awful beechwood stock
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Yeah, they don't turn my crank neither.
Picked up a real pretty Husqvarna walnut stock from Tradeex, with checkered grip and snobble forend. The original inletting was cut for long tang bottom metal and a skinnier barrel, not so hard to rectify.

I got my 9.3x62 now, and it's a keeper.
 
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