I think it would look neat!

Something I have done if you are computer literate, is to use Microsoft paint to cut and paste a gun toghether using various gun parts.

A M70 with that barrel would be interesting.

I was thinking that too. Maybe some nice NECG sights and a swivel band. I'm building a "beater" now using a 1999 action and a no. 4 Douglas, and a fg stock that wasn't quite right for another project. Stuff around the shop for years and thought I'd put it together. Be nice to do a nicer one too. I wish I could afford a Prechtl or a Granite Mountain 98, but oh well...

My inprocess beaters are on Santa Barbera and Argentine actions. You are doing better than me.

Yeah but in my case the project has been sort of "cursed." Like bad dimensions in the first chamber reamer, the thing wouldn't feed after I put it together, etc. Has really tried my patience and more than once I considered taking a cutting torch to it or just tossing it in the river. Beginning to see daylight now, but many times I would rather have just had a nice Mauser....
Kind of like the first part of my signature line below.

Sorry to hear that, I have had a few failed gunsmithing projects. It hurts your brain and wrecks your emotions.

I like it "good job is a series of fixed fark-ups".

Well, the fark-ups have been / are being addressed one by one. The original reamer was returned ( for "credit", not a refund. Grrrrr) and a new one obtained at greater cost from another company. Top notch customer service on the second one, very responsive, on time delivery, and worked perfectly. I had bought over 20 reamers from the first outfit and was / am very disappointed. My confidence in them is gone. This has been discussed here in different forums by others.
The feeding issue was addressed somewhat by the manufacturer who danced all around the suggestion that the receiver needed rail work and IMHO really scraped the bottom of thee barrel to find reasons why they should not cover this under warranty. So I paid again. And when it still didn't feed well I slept a couple of more nights with visions of cutting torches dancing through my head. One day with nothing more to lose I went after the rails with a small file and stones.... carefully.... and now have it feeding like greased lightning.
With a bunch of grinding and glassing I've gotten a good working fit for the stock. Probably not the prettiest, but it should work. And that's where I am now. Just another day in paradise.

IMHO, be that as it may, I consider it just short of a felony to own a 9.3x62 in other than a Mauser action, but then I'm a total nostalgic and must be forgiven and to each his own!

Ray, I'm getting to the point where I can almost agree with that sentiment. I've got a CZ 550 and am doing the Montana. I think it's going to work out but as you say, it just isn't a Mauser. I'd love to have a really nice Mauser and wish I could afford one of the really high end new actions. I really don't want to go through all the foofaraw involved in redoing a military one. I recently read a statement somewhere where someone stated that he was a pretty decent "armorer" but not really a gunmaker. That pretty well describes me. I do a pretty decent barrel job but a lot of the other refinements escape me.

Just another thought here: isn't that kind of like saying that a .30-06 on anything other than an 03 Springfield is almost equally felonious?

Just some more on this, thinking about how to best use the dpcd barrel: in cruising Gun broker, etc., I see a few Browning and pre - Browning FN'S for sale. A couple in .270 caught my eye, to include having similar barrel contours. One of these might make a nice reasonable rehab job in 9.3. Thoughts?

I wanted a cz550 when they were 499. Now they are 799, that's rediculous.

The 1930 Mauser sporter contour barrels look good on any action; not just a 98. To me. Of course, ,the 9.3 works best in a real 98 so why use anything else?

I stopped in Cabelas and ended up with two Huskvarna large ring 98s in 8x57 and 9.3x57 today.

The Weatherby Mark V in 375 I drove 100 miles out of my way to take a look at wasn't very nice. Rough action, wood was rough, but the price was high.

Cabelas drives me nuts. They gave a 25% discount on the rifles, and another 5% for retired military. So that was good. 2 Husky large rings sporters for $950 plus shipping to California.

Fun trip.

I'll post photos when I get the guns in a few weeks.

I ended up backing out of them. A little research will solve some headaches with projectitis.

I have have good results with this round via a FN Husqvarna and Blaser on lion,Hippo and Numerous Cape Buffalo and Plains Game.

The potato gun is a neat cartridge. I am looking forward to using it.

Wyo,
a rebored 98 Mauser Husky in 8x57 makes a fine 9.3x62, the 96s are dubious however..The 9x57 is a snap to to convert, that can be done with a hand reamer...Nice find

Dulltool17,
I suppose it was original and your may surely use it all ya want.

I made this 9,3x62 scout rifle out of an original WWII K98 receiver + a Delcour barrel.

Andre; Nice looking rifle! I really like Scouts!

A few years ago, I used it for a season of drive hunting. Having gained field experience with it, I must admit that a "battue" scope, like my Swarovski 1,25-4x24 is just as fast, with an illuminated reticle to boot.

Presently, my foul weather rifle (= when I don't want to expose my double rifle to the elements) is a 9,3x62 Mag-Na-Ported Blaser 93, topped off with the above described scope.

I've had a Tikka T3 Lite in 9.3 X 62 for the past 4 years. I've owned many "mediums", including a .340 Wby, a couple in .338 Win Mag, two more in .35 Whelen and 2 in .375 H&H.

This is the one I like best for a number of reasons, and nostalgia isn't one of them. And it isn't the same rifle as in 1905 or 1995 when chambered in a modern bolt-action employing the best of modern powders and bullets.

All up, ready for action it weighs 7.4 lbs with a 22.5" barrel. It likes (and I like) the 286 Nosler Partition shooting three into sub-moa at MV's that puts nostalgic minds into a state of shock from which they rarely recover!

And if I were not as old (or just about) as Atkinson, I'd have one of those Sako 85 Black Bears in 9.3 X 62, just to irritate him!

Bob

www.bigbores.ca

I played with a Sako 85 yesterday. The magazine system is horrible. The spring strength wouldn't push up a q-tip let alone a cartridge.

Nice looking rifle, but those magazines have issues.

Currently on my third in this caliber. First was a beat-up but workable old husky. Grouped fine and the action was smooth.
Upgraded to a steyr. Wood stock, and blued finnish. Groups were good, but I found the action a bit clunky.
Lastly, my current 9.3x62 is (not what you wanna hear) a Blaser R8. Possibly the finest gun I have ever owned. Definitely the most accurate of the three, as well as being the nicest to pack in the back-country.
Not sure what the OP's turn-off of the R93 was, and I have never even owned one or cycled same, but my R8 will give me half inch groups any day of the week, and I never knew a trigger that could be so sweet! Wanted to give the gun a bit more soul, and bought a high grade wood stock for it. Before I knew it I had enough parts to build a second blaser in '06! These frickin leggo guns are like oreos! once you start it's just a nasty addiction.

Blasers are addictive. I once had 4 receivers and 13 barrels. Just not into them anymore.

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Originally posted by 416Tanzan:
The 375 Ruger has wider bullet selection, more versatility at the high-power end, a tiny bit more diameter, and can be loaded down to 30-06 levels with the faster powders.

If you have a 9.3, enjoy it. Surely.
If someone is buying a rifle to cover the niche of "hunting large game", then the 375Ruger is the cost-efficient entry level.

The OP said "I lust for another 9.3x62 and am weighing my options."

Like Mike Dettorre's sig line says
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place to get a steak dinner? is…Mel's Diner has the best fried chicken in town.

Back to the original post.
I have a LH Sako 85 in 9.3x62, love the gun, love the chambering.
I think you would be amiss to leave it out of your possible options.

quote:

The OP said "I lust for another 9.3x62 and am weighing my options."

Rod, you are right. the 9.3x62 stands on its own.

Regarding accuracy of the Blaser 9,3x62, my R93 keeps 5 <.75 MOA with a Swaro "battue" scope set on 4X (fat reticle 4).

quote:

Originally posted by 416Tanzan:

quote:

The OP said "I lust for another 9.3x62 and am weighing my options."

Rod, you are right. the 9.3x62 stands on its own.

Nope, I don't think it "stands on its own", I think it stands among other very good chamberings....some better, some worse.

I have a 375 Ruger, a 375 H&H & the 9.3x62....for MOST game; I would freely interchange any of the 3 for any given situation.

"stands on its own" meant
the 9.3x62 is self-evidently good, doesn't need outside help to do whatever it does.
Rod, I was trying to agree with you. I seem to have failed to communicate.
Yes, I would use any of the three, too. We just need somethig to shoot at.

If it wasn´t for the fact I use a .333Jeffery I would have had a M98 in 9,3mm. It is one of the best cartridges for all-round hunting ever made.

I am seriously considering sending JES my Steyr Mannlicher Model M Professional .30-06 for reboring to 9.3x62mm

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Originally posted by pacecars:
I am seriously considering sending JES my Steyr Mannlicher Model M Professional .30-06 for reboring to 9.3x62mm

I wonder if you have enough metal left in the sidewalls under the screw holes for that to work.

Not sure if rear locker Steyrs can be rebarreled or not. The new SBS ones can not....well can not easily anyway.

JES said it should work fine. I wouldn't want to rebarrel and lose their hammered profile.

This is a Brno 8x57 I had JES reborn and rechamber to 9.3x62mm. I wish I still had it

Nice rifle, looks quite nice.

I have been lucky enough not to trade or sell off anything that can't be replaced.

It shouldn't be hard to find a Brno rifle like that.

Guys,

I have two rifles chambered for the 9.3x62 and am very pleased with each of them. One is a Granite Mountain Arms rifle using their GMA action and the other a pre-64 Model 70 action custom that Gary Goudy stocked for me. Both rifles are sub-MOA shooters with the GMA slightly more accurate. I believe it has a Danny Petersen barrel and the Model 70 has a Lothar Walther barrel. I also have a 9.3x64 Brenneke in the works. I used a 09 Argentine action that Reto Buehler worked over for me and Gary Goudy now has it for stocking. I'll send a photo of it when it's finished, probably around Thanksgiving sometime.

TT





below is the beginnings of the 9.3x64 Brenneke. The action is an all matching numbers 09 Argentine by DWM, the trigger and bottom metal from Blackburn/Swift and the three position safety from Dakota.