I have a new CZ550 LUX and am having a hard time finding reasonably priced ammo for it. I have friends who reload but are not familiar with this cal. What is a good load for this round for deer and for plains game up to oryx and kudu sized animals ? Which bullets are you finding good accuracy from in the 100 to 200 yard range ? Thanks.....eric

Well, simply because of cost and availability, mostly I use the Speer 270 bullet and H414 powder. They seem to work well together, and in my rifle I get 2600 fps which is all I can use. Manual max load is 60 gr I believe. - Dan

My CZ-550 American has shot well with all of the bullets I've tried in it, but the very best groups ( 1/2" center to center) have been with the 250 Barnes X bullet , Lapua cases, WLR primers and 59.0 of RL-15...

I also got good hunting accuracy from the 270 Speer and the 250 Nosler Ballistic tip, with RL-15, H-414, and IMR 4064....

Eric,

my suggestion would be a Alaska 286 gr or Oryx 286 gr from Norma. If you can get Norma powder over there, you�ll find some loads at www.norma.cc. The finnish www.vihtavuori.fi also have some good loads.

The 9.3x62 is a big game classic for moose, bear, boar and deer here in Scandinavia. Power enough and still estimable recoil. You will love that rifle.

Best regards,

Fritz

Based on a whole 1 deer a buddy shot with his Steyr in 9.3x62, I'd say, the 270 Speer is fine on deer & whatnot, but I'd use the Barnes-X (250 or 286), Nosler Partition (286), or Swift A-Frames (250 & 300, I think) on bigger critters. Oh, and Ray will take us to task if we don't mention the 320 Woodleigh.

The 286 grain bullet made the 9.3x62's reputation, and I wish Hornady would produce a good 286 round nose for the cartridge.

The Nosler 250 Ballistic Tip should be a dandy bullet for any shot on deer & such, and for lung shots on bigger things. The B-Tips over .30 caliber have a much stouter jacket than the 30-and-under sizes.

BigIron