What is your favorite .366 BULLET and what cartridge do you shoot it in and at what velocity & for what purpose?

Note, I do not currently shoot this caliber.

286 Gr Nosler Partition and / or 286 gr Barnes X both at around 2,400fps from my 9.3x62.

Used them on Whitetail, Impala, Warthog, wouldn't hesitate to go much larger...

286gr Nosler Partition. 2450fps in my CZ 550 Am 9.3x62.

250 Gr. Northfork @ 2900 fps. (scary accutate)
286 Gr. Barnes TSX @ 2800 fps.
9.3 x 375 Dakota

9.3x62
286 grains Lapua Mega
56.9 grains VV N140
Velocity remains unknown the time being.

It took Roe Deer, Wild Boar, Springbok, Kudu and Warthog. I'm perfectly happy with it!

My CZ American the 286 Nosler at 2425 fps has taken whitetails (WV and Texas), Impala, Warthog, Blue Wildebeast, Kudu, and Zebra with spectacular ease. No recovered bullets. I'd only go with a Barnes if hunting something really heavily built.

The little VZ.24 is new to me and it seems to really like the 250 gr Woodleigh. We'll see how they work this fall.

300 gr a frame 9.3x74 dbl rifle

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Originally posted by 308Sako:
What is your favorite .366 BULLET and what cartridge do you shoot it in and at what velocity & for what purpose?

286 gr Woodleigh round nose
Approx 2400 fps in a 9.3x62 (handload is 58.0 gr of RL-15)
African plains game (I haven't hunted anything else yet with my 9.3x62)

-Bob F.

I am currently shooting 286 grain Norma Alaskan bullets and was shooting 285 grain PRVI's until I just ran out. They are both shooting to the same point of impact with the same load which is 60.5 grains of Ramshot Big Game in Graf brass and CCI large rifle primers. I leave for my elk hunt tomorrow and may have a report for you on the performance of the bullets by next week.
I have not tried any of the "premium" bullets for this cartridge yet, my personal feelings are that for Deer, Elk, Moose and Black Bears the plain vanilla bullets should be adequate at the velocities I'm pushing them. I would not use the Barnes X unless I was expecting an extremely difficult critter at close range but that is just me. Nosler partition is a little softer so it may be more useful to me.

286 North Fork at 2475 fps.

286gr Rhino (RSA copy of TBBC)
9.3x62
2350fps

Anything that needs shooting (Jackal to Eland so far)

286 gr Partition or Barnes
9.3x62
58 gr R903 (RL-15) 2300fps

Roe up to African Plains Game. Works well across that range of critters.

The 256 grain RWS H-Mantle, then the 286 grain Nosler Partition!

"What is your favorite .366 BULLET and what cartridge do you shoot it in and at what velocity & for what purpose?"

Swift A-Frame 250 grains or Rhino 250 grains - 9,3x64 - Reloader 15 - 67 grains - 2800fps - Everything.

286 Woodleigh Soft Point Roundnose in a 400/360 William Evans Double rifle at 2050fps. Hog Slayer extraordinaire.

250 triple shock 9.3x62

Update on my ever changing opinion
The new Hornady 286gr soft point refuses to shoot larger than one hole groups I believe Hornady has developed a bullet with an insecurity disorder so they'll stay together.

Hopefully I'll have a report on how they perform on deer sized game later this year.

The 250 gr X at 2650 fps in my 24" barrelled 9.3x62's. Here's some recovered bullets from a trip to Africa 5 years ago with my FN. All drop at the shot kills.

286 Partition, 9.3x64 & IMR 4320