I’m looking a bullet for my 9.3x62 for hunting elk, large antelope and pigs. I’d normally use a 286gr Partition or Woodleigh, but they’re not easily available and I’d prefer a source of bullets local to me and not have to worry about import.

What I have available is:

18.5g / 285gr RWS Teilmantel (cheapest option. I’d love to use them if they’re suitable)
18.5g / 285gr Norma Oryx
18.5g / 285gr Norma Alaska
19.0g / 293gr RWS TUG

Has anyone had bad experiences with any of these bullets in their 9.3x62?

Thanks,
- stu
(cross-posted on the European Big Game Hunting forum)

Yes, 18,5gm Teilmantel-Rundkopf @200m: V 530m/s, E 2600J -16cm. It does not have cutting edge ballistics, but as you say it's the cheapest and IMO is suitable for anything in Europe.
Most will suggest 'Brenneke Torpedo Universal', no doubt.
I am lucky, I can kill anything I hunt with 19,4gm Nosler 'Partition' from my .375 'Etoscha'. It's among the fastest handling .375 'bolt trash' guns ever made.

I used the Norma Oryx once, in a 9.3x74R, on a pig and it showed good penetration and seemed to expand well. I wish I could be of more assistance.

The Norma Oryx is my pick of the lot. The Norma Oryx is very popular here in Scandinavia, spesially in the 9,3x62.

You may find that factory loaded Sellier & Bellot ammo in 9.3X62 is cheaper than reloading, depending on the prices you will pay for bullets. I am pretty sure you can buy it in Switzerland as it is readily available in France. You'll notice that the S&B bullets are the cheapest you will find, even in the German mail order catalogue on this link:

http://www.johannsen-jagd.de/pdfdateienwebenglisch/seite159e.pdf

Norma Oryx!

I´d say that you can safely go with the Oryx. I´ve had bad experiences with Sellier and Belliot but that was awhile ago, the situation might be different now. I´ve been using 250gr Rhinos in my 9.3x62 and they have been very effective on deer size animals. An AR buddy set me up with some North Fork bullets, 250gr, that I´ll be using in SA in March. I think it will do fine even on eland.

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Originally posted by Wink:
You may find that factory loaded Sellier & Bellot ammo in 9.3X62 is cheaper than reloading, depending on the prices you will pay for bullets. I am pretty sure you can buy it in Switzerland as it is readily available in France. You'll notice that the S&B bullets are the cheapest you will find, even in the German mail order catalogue on this link:

http://www.johannsen-jagd.de/pdfdateienwebenglisch/seite159e.pdf

Try this http://www.grafs.com/ammo/289


PRVI AMMO 9.3x62mm 285gr SP 20/bx 25/cs
Item Number: PPA93X62 · Availability: In stock
Add to Cart Price: $17.99

Thats pretty reasonable.

Oryx. I used them on our white tail deer this year in preparation for later use in Africa.

Single round penetrated completely through 2 large does (intentionally when they lined up at about 125 yards) on the last day of the season.

I also shoot the Woodleigh, but no actual experience with them yet. Maybe a pig this spring??

There is nothing wrong with the 9.3mm Oryx bullet, they killed African plains game perfectly in 2004, as did the Swiss bullet called the CDCE (I think). All were 286 grain. I've also used the 256 grain RWS H-Mantle which seems to be an accuracy winner in my rifles, but have never used it on game.

LLS
Mannlicher Collector

Here in South Africa I often use the Highland AX 286gr. Shot a Kudu bull this year and whent through both shoulders. It's much cheaper than reloading and now I have a lot of faith in them. They should be available there. I think they also make a core bonded bullet called "grom". If I have time to reload I use the Oryx or our locally available Rhino.

Of the european 9.3 projectiles, I have used the 293gr TUGs and 256grn H-mantles and find they worked well, with both types shedding their front quarter ( creating good damaging shrapnel) and allowing the back end of the projectile to continue on through creating a channel.
They do not always exit in particular on thick heavy weighted Game such as Eland, Zebra and Waterbuck.

Recently bought some 193 grain FP .366 bullets from S&B and plan to load them at about 650 m/s, copying the old 9,3x72 R out of a 9,3x74 R.

In my 9,3x62 (Mannlicher Schoenauer 1952 / 24" barrel) I used RWS 258 H-Mantel. Excellent and desvastator in red deer. Same opinion of this bullet in my mauser 9,3x64 and exellent too (hunting opinion) the RWS TUG, but never recovered one. In a few months, I will be proof the 286 grs.PRVI, with a new stutzen (18" barrel) 9,3x62.
Regards.
Hector

Stu C Of the bullets you listed the only one I have any experience with is the 293 gr TUG. I have used that bullet in my 9.3x64 and found it to be very effective. I have found that they always exit and the wadcutter type shoulder on the bullet ogive cuts through hair unlike any other bullet I have used. You end up with bleeding from the entrance and the exit wound. I have found this bullet very effective on moose. Hope that helps