Gentlemen, I am out of RL15 for my 9.3 has anyone tried Win 748 in theirs. I use 748 in my 375 whelen it is the best for accuracy I have found so tell me why not in the 9.3. Any tried loads would be appreciated. Lynn

Hodgdon shows W748 loads for the 9.3 x 62 on their load/reloading website

I find AR2208 / Varget the best - even better than Re15.

VV N150 also works well. PM me with your email for a lot of articles & loads I have. I have shared this with heaps of 9.3 fans on AR!

For me Ramshot Big Game is THE powder for the 9.3x62.
Out of a 20" barrel I'm getting great velocity and excellent accuracy.

My 9.3x62 seems to love vv N-135.
Where a lot of the other powders seemed to be in shortage of supply, the vhitavouri (not as common for north american reloaders?) was available, and I was happily surprised at how well my gun seemed to group with it.

It works well also with N140 VV

Both Vihtavuori N 135 & 140 are fine. I use N 135 with 286 bullets, a very accurate combo.



5-shot groups at 100 m with 4x scope.

There is a new powder IMR 4166. It is rated at slightly faster than R15, (about like IMR4064), but it may match velocities because of new powder technology.
It has been available online at Midway, Midsouth, Natchez, Powder Valley.

The Hodgdon/IMR website has very good things to say about its consistency across temperatures and its extended peak pressures (=higher velocities at lower pressures). I've got some waiting for my wife's 375Ruger, but it will be a few months before I can test it.

It's definitely worth a can for testing. Or a jug if you have other medium speed bottleneck cartridges to load for.

MidSouth shooters had an 8lb jug in stock, also Winchester LRM primers, while Powder Valley had 1lb cans in stock of IMR 4166 "with Enduron".

powder for 9.3x62:

imr4064, varget, rl15, big game etc ... seems like the the 308 or 30-06 a lot of different powders are working great.

can t wait to hear about another powder that may work in the 9,3x62 and 375 ruger 416 Tanzan did Hogdon/Imr released any reload datas on it?

Yes, go into the Hodgdon/IMR Reloading Center and look for the cartridge. The loads with the new IMR 4166 and IMR 4451 and IMR7977 are already there. There is plenty of interesting data.


IMR4166 is close to 4064, IMR4451 to 4350 and Rel-17, and IMR7977 to H1000.

On the other hand only the 375Ruger has data up with the new powders, I didn't see anything under the 9.3x62. However, an examination of loads in 375Ruger or 30-06 can give a ballpark starting expectation.

I used Reloader 15 for years until it became hard to find. At a whim i tried IMR 4320 and have never looked back. I have found it just as accurate and velocities were a bit better. Give it a try, you may be very pleasantly surprised.

Sako uses VV N-140 in their factory 9.3x62 ammunition.

I have had good luck with that, Varget/2209, IMR 4320, and of course, RL-15/Norma N 203B

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Originally posted by derf9.3:
I used Reloader 15 for years until it became hard to find. At a whim i tried IMR 4320 and have never looked back. I have found it just as accurate and velocities were a bit better. Give it a try, you may be very pleasantly surprised.

Yep - mine also likes IMR-4320.

I am content with Varget and RL-15.

I have been using BL-C(2) with 286 Nosler Partitions. No chronograph or target pictures but worked in the field. Plus I like how it smells.

Mark

54.0/Varget with the 286gr PRVI bullets and 55.0/Varget with the 270gr Speer. Blaser R8 Pro rifle 22"bbl 1.5x6 Swarovski or 30S Aim Point. Not fast but accurate. Great on boar and deer. Carl L.

I've gotten great results with Ramshot Big Game.

So, again, what have we learned about all of the above?

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So, again, what have we learned about all of the above?

The 9.3x62 dotes on any quality mid burning powder.

In these days you can look on your powder shelf and likely find a suitable powder.

For northern Canada to the Zambezi escarpment - VARGET.

Agreed.

I use RL-15 and it gets the second best velocity on my chronograph, contrary to some post, maybe I use more of it than they do. RL-17 gets the most velocity by a good deal, but I have so much ammo loaded with RL-15 I have not used RL-17 except for velocity tests and accuracy. It seems to be the best powder so far.

My favorite max hunting load is a cup of RL-15, 286 gr. Nosler partition, 210 Fed primer, any brass, at 2529 FPS making it 4 FPS legal for Zimbabwe..

Most, not all, of my hunting loads are chronographed 10 times, taking out the high and the low and averaging them..works real well for accuracy.

h 4895, 250gr. X. loading for 20 years and devastating performance.

I used to use RL-15 in my .35 Whelens and .350 Rem Mags,and it gave superb results. So I assumed RL-15 would be best in my 9.3 X 62, and it did a good job in that as well.

Then I tried RL-17 and have never looked back. There is no comparison. Easily it gives 150 + fps over RL-15 from the 286s with excellent accuracy.

This year I'm giving the 250 AB a try for bear using RL-17 at 2700 + fps into .44" three shots at 100 yds. That's from my Tikka T3 Lite w. a 22.5" barrel.

Bob

www.bigbores.ca

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Originally posted by lawndart:
Sako uses VV N-140 in their factory 9.3x62 ammunition.

I have had good luck with that, Varget/2209, IMR 4320, and of course, RL-15/Norma N 203B

Likely a misprint but Varget is 2208 not the slower 2209/H4350

I have used Varget, and Re17 and got the most accurate results out of Re17...

Ed

Hi all, I'm about to add 9.3x62 to my library of calibers (barrel is on the way) so best powders are an interest to me. I've noted that some mention barrel length and I'm wondering if this will have bearing on powder selection (narrow it down anyway). The barrel I'm receiving is a LW 25.6 inch barrel, and I'll be starting out testing TXS 286gr hp bullets. Thanks

Barrel length should have no impact on powder choice....there might be a small difference in accuracy with different powders and changing barrel length might cause one powder to create better accuracy....it's a crapshoot that way but velocity will be best with one powder regardless of the barrel length.....I'm assuming we are not talking less than 20" barrels here.,

Further, you should find that with larger bores (and the 9.3 is a fairly large bore) extra barrel length has very limited velocity gains.

If the reason is solely to generate additional velocity with the 26" barrel, you might want to rethink it. If the reason is to instill greater accuracy, that too is quite questionable. If the reason is for balance that you like, that's a great reason for the longer barrel.

Never the less, the barrel length you choose will not be the determining factor in the powder you should use.

Just about to start loading for my 9.3x62 and I have a half tub of reloder 17 on the shelf...

Anyone care to share some loads? It's an LW barrel at 21.5". Will be using DAG brass.

Cheers

G

I agree with Vapodog for the most part, but I have found it hard to get what I call Zimbabwe Buffalo legal with 9.3x62 and the 320 gr. Woodleigh without the 26 or 27 inch barrel, even then case is just barely able to get you there with RL-15 or RL-17..Sometimes 50 to 100 FPS can make a difference.

The other option is to use the 300 gr. Swift and your 24 inch barrel and its just as good.