I was just wondering if my 9.3 which should be arriving any day will need bedding to stop it cracking stocks like I had done to my .375 H&H and will have done to my .458 Lott ??

Does the 9.3 have the power to crack stocks ??

PC,

I'd do bedding in stock's rifle if the rifle was in 9.3X64 but not for the 9.3X62.

If you want to spend money do a bedding fir you future 9.3X62 but not required.

PC,

I have seen a Mannlicher Schoenhauer in 9.3 x 62 with a cracked stock in the area between the trigger housing and the magazine.

I you are worried I would have a couple of crossbolts fitted but if it was me I would leave it as I doubt it will be a problem with the CZ stock.

Every mannlicher-schoenauer above 7mm cracks between the trigger and magazine.

They should have hollowed that area out completely and saved folks lots of worry. Around 1952 they started putting beefier stocks on the large bores. They hold up pretty well.

A friend has the 550FS in 9.3x62 and it gets some reasonable hot loads thru it. No signs of stress.

Thanks Ber007 and others.

I think the cz's are cross bolted at any rate in 9.3 I suppose I will find out when it arrives.

PC,

I did not bed my 9.3x62 CZ550 Lux since it shot so well out of the box. So far I have had no problems with it.

Jim

mbogo375,

after your and others comments a may be best to try it first. Thanks for the help.

I get the impression that our Czech brothers have given us a true heavy-duty rifle in the 550. My American has two crossbolts and a 1" Pachmayr Decelerator, which they don't put on Americans in smaller calibers. Mine is accurate enough that I haven't bothered to bed it. I have seen no cracks in the stock with nearly 500 full-power loads downrange, but as I investigate my misfire problem, I'll reinspect the whole thing very closely and report back. When your rifle arrives, chances are you will only need to take five minutes to tune the trigger, then zero it and go hunting. Okie John.

Okie when it arrives being the operative phrase.

Please get back to us about that fireing pin issue with your CZ, I am very interested in the outcome of that.

PC,
I rechamered my 62 to 64 and bedded it. After lots of rounds, no cracks.Bob

PC, my 9.3x62 is a 550 Lux, the stock already came fitted with dual crossbolts and ventilated rubber recoil pad. I don't know if the Aussie version will be the same but we can hope now can't we.

Trailblazer,

only 5 of the cz's lux 9.3's have actually come in so I am hoping there double crossbolted !!

VFR I thought about a re-chmaber to 64 but I already have a .375 H&H which gives me "that power level" so I thought the 62 would be more of a "relaxed style of rifle" am I making sense

PC,
VFR I thought about a re-chmaber to 64 but I already have a .375 H&H which gives me "that power level" so I thought the 62 would be more of a "relaxed style of rifle" am I making sense [/QUOTE]

I won't change the 9.3X62 in 9.3X64, you'll have same velocity than with your .375 H&h but with more pressure and more recoil than the wonderful .375 H&H.

I have tried a 9.3X64 in a very light rifle made by Frankonia in Germany, the recoil is brutal. i prefer the .375 H&H or .35 Whelen over the 9.3X64. JMHO.

Ber007,

no I definitely won't rechamber to 9.3x64 as I own a .375. If I did not have a .375 well it may be a different story.

I have a 9.3 lux that is unbedded. It shoots MOA or slightly above with no signs of splitting. My Bwana Companion bought an identical rifle after he shot mine and bedded it with steel bedding. I can't tell any difference in the two but he swears it is more consistant now. One day if I get time I may bed it but I'm not in a rush. So far it has killed everything I've shot at except one lucky Duiker- a clean miss due to a limb. So much for "brush busting bullets".

DR Duc,

what bullets are you mucking about with.

I will try some speer 270's to start with as there cheap and soft for grassy's and pigs.

My game load is the Nosler 286 partition exclusively. I have shot the Norma Alaska and gotten comperable accuracy to the Nosler but it's soft.
I tried some GS of some sort( I don't remember which one now) and got good accuracy but I didn't have enough of them to use regularly.
I've also tried the 232 Normas and they also do OK. I've got a bunch of Speers but I haven't had time to reload in seeveral months.
I found a load and bullet that worked well and stuck with it!
Either Norma 201 or IMR 4895 are excellent powders with the Nosler.

[ 08-19-2003, 05:03: Message edited by: Dr. Duc ]