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OK, picked up a Sears FN 30.06...of course, extra hole in rear bridge (off center!), timney trigger, poorly fited Banser stock all for a price I could not pass on (too low even to mention). Problem is I have a really nice 7X57 in the works on a G33/40. I think I need a medium bore! Thoughts are either a 9.3X62 (this gives 5 down, easy to make feed, etc.) or a .338 Win Mag (only 3 down, feed issues to sort out) and fix the stock/tig the extra hole, etd. Opinions and ideas are much needed and appreciated. Thank you in advance, Arthur | ||
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No brainer if it was mine, I'd go the 9.3. | |||
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x2 on the 9.3 | |||
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I'd second the 9.3x62...great non-magnum round with real-world performance. Think 30-06 but with 100gr heavier bullets. | |||
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9,3x64 Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Hard to argue with that!  Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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9,3x64 all the way. They dont call it the gentleman's .375 for nothing. Marius Goosen KMG Hunting Safaris Cell, Whats App, Signal + 27 82 8205387 E-mail: info@huntsafaris.co.za Website: www.huntsafaris.co.za Skype: muis19820603 Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmghuntingsafaris Instagram: @kmg_hunting_safaris | |||
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9,3 x 64 all the way. They dont call it the gentleman's .375 for nothing. Marius Goosen KMG Hunting Safaris Cell, Whats App, Signal + 27 82 8205387 E-mail: info@huntsafaris.co.za Website: www.huntsafaris.co.za Skype: muis19820603 Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmghuntingsafaris Instagram: @kmg_hunting_safaris | |||
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Arthur, I'm a 9.3x62 fan also - perfect round for a standard action; sorta K.I.S.S. principled without the other fixes the 9.3x64 would require; including the off-sized brass. Cheers, Number 10 | |||
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Read and heard about the good features of the 9.3x62 round and had few spare VZ24's at that time and decided to go ahead and do one. Glad I did for it turned out to be pleasure to shoot and required no mods to the action. Very desireable combination, Mauser and 9.3x62 | |||
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You won't regret it Do Everything from 156 grains to 325 grains projectile One rifle and hunt the world Still needs zeroing though from time to time ......... | |||
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I'm a huge fan of the 9.3x62 but whatever it will do the 9.3x64 will do better. 9.3x62's are great for milsurp actions especially for the timid due to the general lack of feeding issues to resolve. However, the FN action being designed from the factory to feed either '06 based or Magnum based rounds (poorly I might add) will have less issues to work through with a 9.3x64. If 5 down is super important go with the 62 if you can live with only 4 down, the 64 is for you. I just completed a 64 on an Interarms action. With very few mods, it holds 4 down and feed every bit as good as a 62. Food for thought. Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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I am of the opinion that a 7X57 and a 338-06 would make a fabulous two rifle battery for NA.. AK-47 The only Communist Idea that Liberals don't like. | |||
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why not a 35 whelen or a 338-06 | |||
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Hello Mr. Olds, good to hear from you. Its been awhile. From a handloading standpoint, I can come within 100 FPS of the 9.3x64 with any bullet in my 9.3x62, that is why I sold my 9.3x64. That and I have always had a .375 around the house, and I always worry about the availibility of 9.3x64 brass and with Horneber going under, I would be real concerned, unless Hornady has come out with it.????.. As to the .338 and 9.3x62, the .338 will beat the 9.3x62 anyway you cut it but not by a heck of a lot and they are equal out to about maybe 200 yards I suppose..I have two 9.3x62s and one .338 win. for elk and mule deer I would pick the .338 hands down with its 210 Nolser at 3000 FPS and the 300 Woodleigh at 2500 FPS thats hard to beat.. In the thick stuff I would opt for the 9.3x62 with 300 or 320 gr. bullets at about 2400 FPS or a bit more, It really sticks a big bull elks nose in the pine needles on a going South shot in the black timber. I would chose based on my hunting... Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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9.3X62 - because it is easy to convert and I own one! good luck. "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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I have a CZ 550 American in 9,3x62. I liked it so much I built a second with a VZ.24 action. They both kill like Thor's hammer. Feeding not an issue at all. I did build a 338-06 on a J. C. Higgins FN action and had no feeding prolbem with it either. The FN action is the one my poor pocket book prefers for sure. They just make up into lovely rifles. Mike -------------- DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ... Knifemaker, http://www.mstarling.com | |||
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Hello, Arthur! Long time no post, or something like that. I once converted a Husqvarna M96 to 9.3x62 from the 57mm case. It was truly sweet, a veritable pocket rocket but since I already had a .375, a .404 and a .450 it seemed redundant and I sold it to a friend who wanted a Puget Sound elk rifle. I hope he got one before he passed away but I never heard. I kind of regret the decision, now. Some day I might do it again though with a .318 just below and a .375 just above I have to question my sanity. But we know about that . . . Sarge Holland's .375: One Planet, One Rifle . . . for one hundred years! | |||
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Here's a pair of those Husqvarna 146's that were rechambered to 9.3x62:  Nice, little rifles that shoulder quickly and are easy to acquire sights on. This is my go to 9.3x62 at the moment:  Another M146 drilled & tapped, bolt handle changed for use with scope. About 7.75 lbs with EAW quick release mounts and scope. Not much to look at but a real tackdriver. I have one last 146 set aside to be rechambered to 9.3x64. Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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I prefer my mausers metric (even though I do have one in .35 Whelen). I'd go with a 9.3x62. There's nothing a .338 Win will do inside of 300 yards that you can't do with a 9.3x62. | |||
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