For those of you who use your 9.3's as your primary deer round or at least on deer sized game, what is your primary load/bullet? I have a CZ 9.3x62 and several different bullets/powders to choose from in my cabinet to choose from. I'm never opposed to buying different ones. What I do have are 250 gr Woodleighs, 250 gr Accubonds, 250 gr tsx, and am waiting on some 270 gr hot cors.

Hornady's 285gr bullet is accurate and stout enough to hunt anything in the "deer" family.

Plus I've got a bunch Midway sold as "seconds"

Lapua 285 grain mega, I use it for deer, wild boar and black bear. Bullet has never failed me.

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Originally posted by wkh:
For those of you who use your 9.3's as your primary deer round or at least on deer sized game, what is your primary load/bullet? I have a CZ 9.3x62 and several different bullets/powders to choose from in my cabinet to choose from. I'm never opposed to buying different ones. What I do have are 250 gr Woodleighs, 250 gr Accubonds, 250 gr tsx, and am waiting on some 270 gr hot cors.

When I had rifle in this caliber the only load I used was Norma 'Oryx'? with 232gr slug.

I have shot several deer and a few pigs, including a big one with the Speer 270 gr, loaded to 2490 fps in my 9,3x74R double.
The only one I recovered was form the big pig, a rear raking shot, it had expanded perfectly.
The pig went right down.

Norma 232s plenty bullet for deer

My situation is different than most, because for deer hunting around here, it's prudent to carry a rifle adequate for brown bear, just in case. My 9.3x62 isn't my primary deer rifle, but I do use it for deer.

Simply said, there is no reasonable load, factory or handload, that I can think of that isn't a good deer round out of the 9.3x62. What I use is the same load for everything, which is a good stout bullet, at a reasonable velocity, normally available in the 9.3x62. Any of the bullets you mentioned are good for deer, but they may not be my first choice. I would pick the accubond ot TSX out of the selection you gave. I use 285/286 gr bullets in my x62. I have no preference whether it's the Lapua, Norma, Nosler, Hornady, Woodleigh, Swift. Whatever is loaded, and the rifle is sighted in for at the time.

The nice thing about the 9.3x62 is it's very much overkill for deer, but not like a high velocity magnum, like say the 340 Weatherby, so it doesn't mess up a deer too bad.

If you use your rifle just for deer, and want a load specifically for deer, sight in your rifle for one of those you mentioned, and go hunting.

I don't see how you could be dissappointed with the bullet.

KB

Nosler 250 Accubond

Varget 58 gr.

Deadly and accurate.

I've been thinking about the same thing in regard to mule deer hunting here in Utah. I've been using loads in the 270-286 grain range and they've all been great. I thought of trying the Norma 232 grain this year to see how it works. I'm sure it will work just fine.

Yo wkh,

Welcome Aboard!

As been mentioned here prior - at the moment there are really no "bad" bullets for the 9.3x62 floating around at the present; espcially for the purpose you mention - primarily Deer.

I loved the 250 gr. NBT's but I've only got 7 bullets remaining and 15 loaded rounds for the 9.3x74R Drilling since changing the Insert Barrel POI isn't one of my favorite pastimes.

Europe isn't the huge reloading market that North America is and suddenly everyone here is on the Privi Partisan bandwagon which apparently the US relaoders have discovered much earlier - good, accurate 9.3 bullets reasonably price.

Currently using the 286 gr. Hornadys & 270 gr. Speers in the 9.3x62 as they're easy to obtain and priced right, as are the 286 gr. S&B bullets but I have not yet tried any of these.

I use VV N-140 since it's easy for me to obtain (but expensive) although IMR-4320, H-4895 & H or IMR-4350 work well also but from what I've read here RL-15 appears to be THE powder of choice for the 9.3x62 in the US.

Have Fun with your 9.3 reloading & good hunting.

For deer, I am loading 250 gr Accubonds, 55 grs Varget, CCI 250 primer in Lapua brass. This has proven MANY times to be a "one hole" load out of my 20" R-93 barrel.

I have used a 9.3x62 and a 9.3x64 on deer and elk. As several have already mentioned the 250 gr Nosler BT was very accurate and is all the bullet you need for most NA game.I still have a couple boxes of the BT left and I am saving them for the 9.3x62. I have switched over to the Accubonds for the 9.3x64 . For anything bigger the 286 gr Partition or the 300 gr A frame get the nod.

I've used 232gr Norma Oryx on deer, pronghorn and impala and kudu cows, kills everything just fine.

However; the bullet pretty much turns into a button mushroom and a couple that I recovered were wider than long and seemed to "squireled" around inside the animal ending up at oblique angles to the entry wound. A couple of exit wounds were also at odd angles to the shot direction. Like I said, everything died just fine but they would not be my choice on elk.

Even though you can push them at impressive velocity they have a very un-impressive ballistic co-efficient and loose that velocity very quickly.

I seem to be the only guy who has not had good experience with the 9,3 270 gr Speer Hot Core projectile.

Have killed a 125+ pound piggy with one fired from a 9,3x74R double rifle and a nice White Tail with the 9,3x62 and that bullet. Both shots were fatal with little movement from the point of impact. BUT ... and for me it's a big "but" ... the projectiles fragmented leaving chunks of lead in the wound.

They are great target bullets, but I don't use them on game any more.

For the 9,3x62 I've just standardized on the 286 gr Nosler. Opens up fine on deer and piggies while being easily good enough for Kudu and Blue Wildebeast.

I do wish that the 250 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip was still available ... it is much tougher than other BTs and worked great.

Mike,

Sorry to hear about your 270 gr. Speer disappointments. Our Drive Hunting is usually from point-blank to <80-100 meters - they work fine for that purpose but I don't load 'em too hot either; just want 'em to arrive with the appopriate amount of "Thump".

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I do wish that the 250 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip was still available ... it is much tougher than other BTs and worked great.

We are denfiantely on a mind meld .....



Being the 9.3x62 Junkie I am, just yesterday received a 9.3x62 Blaser R93 barrel (Magna-Ported) that I won on an Egun auction and at a significant reduction over retail. Could be a Pig-in-a-Poke but the barrel appears to be in almost orginal condition inside & out.

Didn't shoot it simply because of prior committments but did manage time to scrub the tube. More to follow shortly ..... and the Speer's will get a workout, too.

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Originally posted by wkh:
For those of you who use your 9.3's as your primary deer round or at least on deer sized game, what is your primary load/bullet? I have a CZ 9.3x62 and several different bullets/powders to choose from in my cabinet to choose from. I'm never opposed to buying different ones. What I do have are 250 gr Woodleighs, 250 gr Accubonds, 250 gr tsx, and am waiting on some 270 gr hot cors.

I haven't yet but will be using mine (9.3x74R)with 286grain Hornady this season becuase I got a good deal on them and know they will be more than up to the task. I am sure you can't go wrong no matter what bullet you choose but I would go with the 232 grain Oryx simply becuase it too would be more than adequate and less recoil to boot.

I too use the 232gr oryx but no longer on moose as it over expands on that application.

It is generally extremely accurate. My load (VVN135)shoots just under half an inch.

I tested a lot of bullets, at the end, more or less, all work well, but my preference goes to Nosler Partition, followed by RWS bullets TUG, DK, H-Mantel.

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I too use the 232gr oryx but no longer on moose as it over expands on that application.

The Oryx bullet is soft and prone to shatterring - ie it has a low threshold strength. As the 232 grain bullet is driven faster than the traditional 286 grainer, the problem is exacerbated. Even the Speer 270 grainer is as frail.

Move up to bettter grade bullets.

Warrior

Besides the Accubond and A-Frames

I have used Hawk's 235's and 200's on deer and pigs at shorter range with good effect

http://hawkbullets.com/Pricelist.htm

9.3
Round Tips
200 grains x .030 RT..........$38.00
235 grains x .035 RT..........$41.00
250 grains x .030 RT..........$40.50
250 grains x .035 RT..........$42.50
285 grains x .035 RT..........$44.00
285 grains x .050 RT..........$58.50
320 grains x .030 RT..........$41.50

For smaller varieties of game don't discount the 270 grain speer bullet. I have used them on all sorts of game up to 450lbs and out to 330 yards.

They are a good bullet, with some limitations. Obviously for some purposes these are better than lots of premiums.

I normally use the 250 Barnes X at some 2600 fps and this is a potent load, but the 270 Speer outperforms them on thin skinned game. They just seem to drop things right there.

The 270 Speer may not be the toughest bullet out there and needs to be used for intended purpose, but this is a good thing. It's nice to have a bullet that works on the smaller envelope of game.

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Originally posted by Warrior:

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I too use the 232gr oryx but no longer on moose as it over expands on that application.

The Oryx bullet is soft and prone to shatterring - ie it has a low threshold strength. As the 232 grain bullet is driven faster than the traditional 286 grainer, the problem is exacerbated. Even the Speer 270 grainer is as frail.

Move up to bettter grade bullets.

Warrior

Which is why I said I no longer use it on moose! No shattering just great overexpansion.

I just bought a 9.3x62. Looking at everything available, the 250 Accubond seems to be perfect with it's .497 BC.

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Originally posted by scottfromdallas:
I just bought a 9.3x62. Looking at everything available, the 250 Accubond seems to be perfect with it's .497 BC.

That's what I have on hand.....but I'm having such great success with partitions I just might want to swap!

I see a lot of 9.3 bullets sold out at Midway.....but the Barnes 250 is available....should be a great bullet.

I posted this on other threads before. I was involved a bit in a major bullet testing project on another site. I have some information. Please PM me with your email & I'll send the info I have. Well worth it IMHO.

Cheers

I think I´ve shot dear with every bullet in the 9.3 and they´ve all been good. Itś agreat round.

i have a CZ 550, 20" barrel version thats been removed from the full stock and bedded into a mcmillan. After much playing around with different loads i've settled on the 250 TSX over ramshot big game as the most accurate load. i prefer swift a-frames but they seem to be out of production and i'm hoarding the ones i have left. The TSX doesn't leave a lot of bloodshot meat and the 9.3 seems to equal short tracking jobs. What it does to the occasional hog that shows up really is amazing.

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Originally posted by wvwoods:
Lapua 285 grain mega, I use it for deer, wild boar and black bear. Bullet has never failed me.

I use this with reloader 15 in a CZ and it performs very well. The Hornady 286 looks promising too. I feel that if you're going to use bullets 250gr and lighter you probably should be using a 35 or smaller bore.

For a good 'wring out' of the available 9.3 bullets, look here.

http://forums.nitroexpress.com...&page=5&fpart=1&vc=1