On another thread several folks noted that they've had success with the 250gr Accubond. I want to work up a load, so...what powders have y'all had success with using this bullet?
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Posts: 1990 | Location: AL | Registered: 13 February 2002
I have a 9.3x62 and a bunch of bullets including accubonds. I just haven't played too much with it. Just have too many calibers and not enough time….or powder! Scrounging powder has been pain.
Posts: 1941 | Location: Texas | Registered: 19 July 2009
Originally posted by scottfromdallas: I have a 9.3x62 ... Scrounging powder has been pain.
Me too. However this weekend I was lucky. I was able to score 2 lbs of Varget and 5 lbs. of RE 15 in FTF sales. Was able to get them at prevailing cost, so I saved the delivery charges and hazmat fees.
I do not hot rod the 9.3x62 much at all. It just doesn't need it and has been very effective on game from the African minis to Eland to Alaskan Griz and caribou for me at ranges to 300 yards.
The accubonds have all performed flawlessly.
The one thing here is I have shot my loads out to 500 yards and know exactly how they perform at intervals to that distance so I am perfectly comfortable with this load and bullet.
It may actually be my elk caliber of choice this season.
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Posts: 681 | Location: Spring Branch, TX (Summers in Northern MN) | Registered: 18 September 2004
I have not been Writing anything in the 9,3 threads Before. But why not let Everything come out... the 9,3x62 is shit shit shit!!!!!! with the 286grain bullet it will kill a moose in short range.. just kill but nothing else (a 6,5x55 does the same) with lighter bullets (bonded) it is real shit... the penetration is not enough... and on your moose in Alaska I may Think the 286 grain is not enough in the Little 62 case... I used my 9,3x62 for 4 years Before I gave up... 15+ Swedish moose and every single time they Went from 150- 500 yards with very good hits. So.... what is there else to say? and this is true fact.
Normaly what ever you shoot a moose with walks 50 -300y with a good lungshot.(Or 20-30seconds the time it takes running out of oxygen in the brain. In Swedih research the 9,3 drops a moose in average about 10m shorter running distance than the 6,5,3006,308w,8*57 crowd if you think thats shit its shit but you need a .358norma mag or bigger to improve on what. A 6,5*55 is all what is needed for moose but many like to use something bigger(we also are allowed to shoot bear at the moosehunt).
Posts: 3611 | Location: Sweden | Registered: 02 May 2009
Originally posted by Overkill from sweden: I have not been Writing anything in the 9,3 threads Before. But why not let Everything come out... the 9,3x62 is shit shit shit!!!!!! with the 286grain bullet it will kill a moose in short range.. just kill but nothing else (a 6,5x55 does the same) with lighter bullets (bonded) it is real shit... the penetration is not enough... and on your moose in Alaska I may Think the 286 grain is not enough in the Little 62 case... I used my 9,3x62 for 4 years Before I gave up... 15+ Swedish moose and every single time they Went from 150- 500 yards with very good hits. So.... what is there else to say? and this is true fact.
I've used the 9.3x 62 twice on moose here. The one above and another I don't seem to have on Photobucket.
I'm not aware of any problems with the 9.3 and Alaska moose. Is it that your European moose are smaller that Alaska's and you're missing them?
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Posts: 1934 | Location: Eastern Central Alaska | Registered: 15 July 2014
I have taken two very large moose with the 286 Partition and am very satisfied with results. One went straight down, the other took one thru the hip joint and the bullet penetrated almost the length of the moose.
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Posts: 1990 | Location: AL | Registered: 13 February 2002
Originally posted by Overkill from sweden: I forget to tell tha at least 3 with good hits Went so far (and lived for serval Days) that could not be found.
If they were not found, how do you know they were good hits?
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Originally posted by Overkill from sweden: I have not been Writing anything in the 9,3 threads Before. But why not let Everything come out... the 9,3x62 is shit shit shit!!!!!! with the 286grain bullet it will kill a moose in short range.. just kill but nothing else (a 6,5x55 does the same) with lighter bullets (bonded) it is real shit... the penetration is not
enough... and on your moose in Alaska I may
Think the 286 grain is not enough in the Little 62 case... I used my 9,3x62 for 4 years Before I gave up... 15+ Swedish moose and every single time they Went from 150- 500 yards with very good hits. So.... what is there else to say? and this is true fact.
Overkill,,,,,,,you are doing something seriously wrong,,and it's not the cartridge!!
I've killed more than 20 moose with a 358 norma with Speer,Hornady,Barnes, and Swift bullets and none traveled more than 50'. Think about it and start over,,,,,,
Jim
I tend to use more than enough gun
Posts: 1415 | Location: lake iliamna alaska | Registered: 10 February 2005
Phil Shoemaker : "I went to a .30-06 on a fine old Mauser action. That worked successfully for a few years until a wounded, vindictive brown bear taught me that precise bullet placement is not always possible in thick alders, at spitting distances and when time is measured in split seconds. Lucky to come out of that lesson alive, I decided to look for a more suitable rifle."
Posts: 1934 | Location: Eastern Central Alaska | Registered: 15 July 2014
Been working on my 9.3x62 load for my upcoming moose hunt. Using RL17 with a 286 gr Hornady and Nosler Partition. Just need to chrony it now. Curious as to how the speeds will look. Also going to try some RL15 with the 250 gr ABs and see how it goes.
[ QUOTE]Originally posted by Biebs: Mike, 500 yards? I sure hope you're shooting your Blaser :-)[/QUOTE]
Of Course!
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Posts: 681 | Location: Spring Branch, TX (Summers in Northern MN) | Registered: 18 September 2004
I love my 9.3x62, a CZ, have taken kudu, waterbuck, Nyala, hyena , impala, all with the oryx 286 grain Norma factory loads. I would not hesitate to hunt moose with it. I have taken 2 moose but long before I discovered the 9.3, one with a .338 and another with a .270.
BUTCH
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Posts: 1931 | Location: Lafayette, LA | Registered: 05 October 2007
Originally posted by Biebs: The only thing your shots did was to prove that a 375 Ruger can reliably penetrate 6" Black Spruce trees 5 out of 5 times :-)
Any proof ? Pictures or Videos. Statements about great 423 yards "kill shots" backed by nothing.
Did the moose died closer to the blaser shots or the ruger shots - AR inquiring minds want to know?
Mike
Posts: 13145 | Location: Cocoa Beach, Florida | Registered: 22 July 2010
If I, or ANYONE ELSE, can smack ground squirrels, rock chucks, 'yotes, etc at 400-600+ yds consistently, a MOOSE shot at slightly over 400 yards ain't no thang, Bro...you have a kill zone much, MUCH larger than a rock chuck.
If you KNOW how to shoot, know the bullet velo and BC you surely can calculate the required drop to sight your rifle and the hold over/under is very easy if you have even a cheap laser rangefinder or know just what the scope cross hairs thickness and steps subtend at 100 yds.
Not to mention that anyone who shoots a lot of larger cal rifles with velos in the 2500-3000 fs and 250-400 gr bullets quickly learns just what those bullets do at the various velos/ranges.
Besides...what's this prove it krap...NOBODY is exempt from fudging their fishing/hunting/prowess numbers and EVERYBODY knows this....maybe it was only 421 yds.
