I think Jesus prefers 30-06's & 375 H&H's, but do go along with tyhe idea of his liking a good SxS 12 gauge, either a Parker or an L.C. Smith.

Not sure whether he prefers Sun Downers or Cervesa around the camp fire.

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Originally posted by Mike McGuire:
But out in the real world it is rarer than hen's teeth.

Where is that? 9,3 is easy to get in Europe and both 9,3 and .404 were available in SA, Zim and Namibia last time I was there... I can understand that they might not be in the US, but US citizens can handload. Don't know about Oz...

Damn! If they would just bring out a 9.3mm handgun, I could get rid of all those other pesky and ineffectual calibers like 44 mag and 45 auto!!!

I like the 9.3x62 for two reasons:

1) it makes me feel more sophisticated than someone who carries a 30-06;

2 - Scott King carrys one.

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tenmikemike; Posted 23 January 2011 09:47
Nah, Jesus has to be a 1911 guy because he gave us John Moses Browning!

Yep, I agree!!!

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Originally posted by Mike McGuire:
...In Australia the 223, 22/250, 243 and 308 rule. Yet amoung shooters I asssociate with none of them own one of those calibres

Interesting selection of calibers. Other than the 308 those seem a bit light for some of the big animals y'all have. I'm referring to the likes of donkeys and those large pigs, among others. Obviously the buffalo and banteng are in a different realhm, where the big bores are the call of the day, but I'm surprised that the 223, 22-250, and 243 make a strong showing. I suppose its for small to medium animals at long ranges?

Yo!!! z1r, Where did you go???

Did you troll your little tissue paper ass out of this conversation????????

Scott King, what happened to your mouth?????

When did it become a crime for a person to speak their mind?????

Are both of you Liberals?????

The 9.3x62 is a great cartridge, no one, including me disputes that, BUT, that does not mean b y ANY means thaty the 35 whelen or the 375 H&H are INFERIOR cartidges!

Grow Up And Grow Some Nuts Kids, NOT Everyone is going to dump rifles they have used for years for the latest Big thing!!!!!!!!

My problem is NOT with the 9.3x62, it is with the simpletons, that believe it is the Be All/End All of rifles in the world of hunting.

PLEASE, show me where I am wrong.

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Originally posted by Wismon:

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Originally posted by Mike McGuire:
...In Australia the 223, 22/250, 243 and 308 rule. Yet amoung shooters I asssociate with none of them own one of those calibres

Interesting selection of calibers. Other than the 308 those seem a bit light for some of the big animals y'all have. I'm referring to the likes of donkeys and those large pigs, among others. Obviously the buffalo and banteng are in a different realhm, where the big bores are the call of the day, but I'm surprised that the 223, 22-250, and 243 make a strong showing. I suppose its for small to medium animals at long ranges?

308 is used a lot on donkeys because of the volume of shooting, recoil be one reason. Of course 375 and up is used on rabbits through to buffalo but the calibres I mentioned are what are most commonly used by the average Australian shooter, most of who are shooting pigs, goats, kangaroos and the smaller species of deer. For Sambar (270 is the legal minimum) deer 308 is used a lot but also 30/06, 338 and 375.

223 probably shoots more pigs than any of the other calibres followed by 22/250 and 243. However, shooters that are gun nuts and hence on the forum will shoot pigs with 378, 460, 500 Jeffery, you name it. I have used the 460 spotlight shooting roos as well as the 378 Also have shot heaps of roos in the spotlight with reduced loads in the 375 H&H. You can't use a 375 and up all night and the next night and so on with full loads because of recoil.

You guys need to be quiet about the 9.3x62 being a superior cartridge. If the word gets out the price on the used guns will go up.

At a recent gun show I saw a like new CZ , a few disparaging remarks about ammo availability and I had the guy beat down on the price to $300. When he hands me the gun he holds out a bag and says “This goes with it”. Dies and 80 pieces of fired brass! It went from a good day to a very good day.

In ’09 I took my Husky to RSA on my first trip, it worked as well as the BS stories claim. The old man that managed the lodge we were at asked me what my gun was, I told him 9.3x62, he got a big smile and pulled his rifle out of the case behind the seat of his truck….a 9.3.

Mark

Congratulations on a Great deal. In spite of what some make think, I believe that the 9.3 is an excellent cartridge.

But in my world, if my 35 Whelen can't handle the job, my 375 H&H can.

In the past I have owned and hunted with both a 338 Win Mag and a 340 Weatherby Mag.

Now I own neither but do have a Whelen and a 375.

After having shot all four, and killed game with all four, I can't see where I made a mistake in any way by sticking with the Whelen and the 375.

If I did not have either of those, I would seriously consider the 9.3, but probably in 74R and not the 62.

I've never seen 9.3x62. Does this make me a back country rube who has been using inferior firearms my whole life?
Don't know anything about cartridge, so I don't have anything positive or negative to say about it.
Does anybody make a left handed one? If a lefty version was shown to me, given my inability to not buy guns, I would probably own one. Better stay away from it though, I sure would hate to get rid of everything else.

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Originally posted by sam308:
I've never seen 9.3x62. Does this make me a back country rube who has been using inferior firearms my whole life?
Don't know anything about cartridge, so I don't have anything positive or negative to say about it.
Does anybody make a left handed one? If a lefty version was shown to me, given my inability to not buy guns, I would probably own one. Better stay away from it though, I sure would hate to get rid of everything else.

Blaser makes a left hand 9.3X62.

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
Congratulations on a Great deal. In spite of what some make think, I believe that the 9.3 is an excellent cartridge.

But in my world, if my 35 Whelen can't handle the job, my 375 H&H can.

I know you started this thread in jest but you nailed it. No reason to have a 9.3 if you own a Whelen and a H&H. The 9.3 is in the middle of those two except much closer to the Whelen side of the equation. I'm a little bit of a pansey, not sure if I'd enjoy the 375 recoil. The 9.3 isn't too bad but the H&H seems like a fairly big jump in power and recoil.

I am real lucky, on that my 375 has an interarms mark x barrel/action, but someone went to some expemse to have it re-stocked, and the recpoil from it is quite manageable. It also helps that I handload, and don't get real carried away with my loadings.

In fact my Whelen has only slightly less recoil. It is a tang safety Ruger 77, b ut I never did like that 22 inch piece of junk that it came with from the factory,. so had a gunsmith in Fruita Co. put a 26 inch No.3 contour barrel on it.

It ain't real handy in brush, but it does really great with 225 gr. "X" bullets in more open country.

My 9.3 is a CZ FS with a 20.5" barrel. I bought it from someone on the AR forum. The reason I bought it was for a Nilgai hunt. I want to eventually go on one and the biggest caliber I had was a 338 Federal which might be a little light for Nilgai. I figure the 250 Accubond with a .494 BC would make up for any initial velocity I may lose with a 20.5" tube.

I like the 9.3 but I consider it in the same class as the 35 Whelen, which is good company.

Many of us are fan's of the 9.3 series. Even those guys who talk like they are smart, but have never shot anything but a few whitetail deer from their trailers in the woods...

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I like the 9.3 but I consider it in the same class as the 35 Whelen, which is good company.

Darn good company.....

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Originally posted by f224:
Many of us are fan's of the 9.3 series. Even those guys who talk like they are smart, but have never shot anything but a few whitetail deer from their trailers in the woods...

Sore looser!

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Does anybody make a left handed one? If a lefty version was shown to me, given my inability to not buy guns, I would probably own one. Better stay away from it though, I sure would hate to get rid of everything else.

For the lefty, see this thread?

Group Buy Lefty ZH

One of the calibers offered is the 9.3x62

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:
Many of us are fan's of the 9.3 series. Even those guys who talk like they are smart, but have never shot anything but a few whitetail deer from their trailers in the woods...

Sore looser!

Why would you call me a looser?

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Originally posted by f224:

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:
Many of us are fan's of the 9.3 series. Even those guys who talk like they are smart, but have never shot anything but a few whitetail deer from their trailers in the woods...

Sore looser!

Why would you call me a looser?

Because you are acting like one.

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:
Many of us are fan's of the 9.3 series. Even those guys who talk like they are smart, but have never shot anything but a few whitetail deer from their trailers in the woods...

Sore looser!

Why would you call me a looser?

Because you are acting like one.

Really, how so?

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Originally posted by f224:

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:
Many of us are fan's of the 9.3 series. Even those guys who talk like they are smart, but have never shot anything but a few whitetail deer from their trailers in the woods...

Sore looser!

Why would you call me a looser?

Because you are acting like one.

Really, how so?

By disappointing me, I actually had thought better of you.

It is the caliber of choice for everything from prairie dogs to elephant. Stoutly built, they can also serve as a boat oar. Owning one will make any owner immediately capable of the German language. You will suddenly have a hunger for liverwurst, expensive imported bier and hefty women named Ingrid. You will find yourself attracted to lederhosen ... you will discover that you can yodel and will become popular at parties. More importantly, you will discover that you have long lost German relatives and are entitled to German social benefits for life.

What more can you want from any caliber??

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
Yo!!! z1r, Where did you go???

Did you troll your little tissue paper ass out of this conversation????????

Scott King, what happened to your mouth?????

When did it become a crime for a person to speak their mind?????

Are both of you Liberals?????

The 9.3x62 is a great cartridge, no one, including me disputes that, BUT, that does not mean b y ANY means thaty the 35 whelen or the 375 H&H are INFERIOR cartidges!

Grow Up And Grow Some Nuts Kids, NOT Everyone is going to dump rifles they have used for years for the latest Big thing!!!!!!!!

My problem is NOT with the 9.3x62, it is with the simpletons, that believe it is the Be All/End All of rifles in the world of hunting.

PLEASE, show me where I am wrong.

You missed me! How sad for you.

Heres where you are wrong; In the states there are a good number of guide/ outfitters all competing for client business. As sport hunting is generally assumed to be a pleasant experience, potential clients usually shop for outfitter/ guides that can provide them that. You have proven yourself on this forum to be a dickhead and therefore it is assumed unable to provide clients with a pleasant experience.

Way to go dipshit, I hope you and yours have plenty of ketchup to spice up your victorious internet battle dinner. Real food purchased with profits from sucessful hunts as transacted via this website are bound to be negligible in 2011.

Speaking of victorious battles, this bull had been un sucessfully hunted for years with cartridges as small as the .223 and as large as the .458. All tried, all fell short. This last fall, all it took was one shot with the 9.3x62 and voila, moose steaks in freezer.


Please prove me wrong.

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:

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Originally posted by ron williams:

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Originally posted by f224:
Many of us are fan's of the 9.3 series. Even those guys who talk like they are smart, but have never shot anything but a few whitetail deer from their trailers in the woods...

Sore looser!

Why would you call me a looser?

Because you are acting like one.

Really, how so?

By disappointing me, I actually had thought better of you.

I'm sorry, I was not directing my original comment at anyone in particular. Odd that you would take it so personal, do you have a reason to?

WOW I think I will sell all my rifles and go buy a 9.3, I'm sure that a world record black bear will come running to my bait this spring just for the honor of being killed by a 9.3!!

I do have a 35 whelen and a 375 H&H, but I would like to get the new sako 85 black bear in the 9.3x66.

In South Africa I like my CZ 550 9.3x62 for bushveld hunting. You shoot wildebeest as they stand.With a good bullet like Rhino, Barnes etc, quartering shots will penetrate the vitals. A lot of local hunters in my Hunting Society swear by them. Obviously there are the die-hard 375 boys as well.

I think this debate has sunk to the level where I can comfortably say:

The .35 Whelen is gay.

What the 9.3's, 375's, and even the 416's all have in common is their versatility, and I think that's what makes them so popular. Especially since they all meet the dangerous game minimum in many African countries.

I belive the 9.3x62 has eclipsed all other cartridges. So everyone go get one----

You can forward all those obselete .338s and 416s to me.

SSR

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Originally posted by Mike McGuire:...You can't use a 375 and up all night and the next night and so on with full loads because of recoil.

Ah yes, I forgot about the volume of animals y'all shoot. Hence the popularity of the .223, no doubt.

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You missed me! How sad for you.

Heres where you are wrong; In the states there are a good number of guide/ outfitters all competing for client business. As sport hunting is generally assumed to be a pleasant experience, potential clients usually shop for outfitter/ guides that can provide them that. You have proven yourself on this forum to be a dickhead and therefore it is assumed unable to provide clients with a pleasant experience.

Way to go dipshit, I hope you and yours have plenty of ketchup to spice up your victorious internet battle dinner. Real food purchased with profits from sucessful hunts as transacted via this website are bound to be negligible in 2011.

Speaking of victorious battles, this bull had been un sucessfully hunted for years with cartridges as small as the .223 and as large as the .458. All tried, all fell short. This last fall, all it took was one shot with the 9.3x62 and voila, moose steaks in freezer.

Scott King, You Sir Are Living Proof That With A Little Judicious CPR, Even A Marginal Afterbirth Can Live.

You are an ignorant Son Of A Bitch, You Dumb Fuck.

I ONLY Guide for Javelina in Texas in the spring.

How high does taking a javelina rank on most folks Bucket List?

I can Guaran-God-Damn Tee you that it ain't in the top 10.

I have been guiding for Javelina exclusively for 13 years now you stupid prick, and I never have more than a dozen clients.

I do it for fun, ignorance, I don't make any money off the hunts, I like the area where I do the hunts and I enjoy meeting people that are adults, and don't judge a person by internet bullshit, STOOPID.

I am sure your parents are good people, but you are a self made Bastard, and I can recognise those folks, because I Am One.

Why don't you stick a 9.3 up your ass and become a weathervane.

Actually Dude, you are a pathetic little POS, I get all the bookings I want each year, because I ain't trying to make a living at it, I am retired, and with damn few exceptions, my clients have been plenty satisfied with the hunts with me.

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
Scott King, You Sir Are Living Proof That With A Little Judicious CPR, Even A Marginal Afterbirth Can Live.

You are an ignorant Son Of A Bitch, You Dumb Fuck.

I can Guaran-God-Damn Tee you

you stupid prick,

bullshit, STOOPID.

, but you are a self made Bastard,

Why don't you stick a 9.3 up your ass

you are a pathetic little POS,

CHC, I'm just wondering, did your parents also raise some front ends of horses?

Interesting thread, but who is Scott King and why does anyone care if he shoots a 9.3x62???

S K is the man with the plan, Nimrod Extraordinaire, who lives in a great place to hunt, where a 9.3x62 can actually be handy and useful, which he got a great moose with, and he has a nice river boat to boot.

Who cares? Everyone.

Now that we cleared that up - next question.

KB

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
Yo!!! z1r, Where did you go???

Did you troll your little tissue paper ass out of this conversation????????

Scott King, what happened to your mouth?????

When did it become a crime for a person to speak their mind?????

Are both of you Liberals?????

The 9.3x62 is a great cartridge, no one, including me disputes that, BUT, that does not mean b y ANY means thaty the 35 whelen or the 375 H&H are INFERIOR cartidges!

Grow Up And Grow Some Nuts Kids, NOT Everyone is going to dump rifles they have used for years for the latest Big thing!!!!!!!!

My problem is NOT with the 9.3x62, it is with the simpletons, that believe it is the Be All/End All of rifles in the world of hunting.

PLEASE, show me where I am wrong.

Naw, but my mama told me you cannot win an arguement against someone who is dumber than a rock.

You don't give a good god damn about which cartidge is better, if one truely is, you just wanna argue. Fine, just not with me. I have better things to do.

And who asked you to dump your rifles in favor of the 9,3x62? Certainly not me. I don't give a hoot what you shoot.

Never thought I'd agree with Duikerman but, he nailed it!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
"Why don't you stick a 9.3 up your ass and become a weathervane"

Not taking sides,but that cracked me up,thanks for the laugh

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Originally posted by lee440:
Damn! If they would just bring out a 9.3mm handgun, I could get rid of all those other pesky and ineffectual calibers like 44 mag and 45 auto!!!

I like to think that somewhere in Morgan Utah or Liege Belgium, there is a long forgotten trunk full of dusty old designs that John Browning never lived to produce. In that trunk there is also naturally hand written correspondence between JMB and Otto Bock detailing Bock's purchase of the 9,3x62 design and a confidentiality agreement paying Browning a substantial sum of money. More importantly, the trunk contains designs for a perfectly elegant hybrid of the 1911 and Hi-power that shoots a .366 diameter bullet. This is obviously where Browning was headed when he died so suddenly of a heart attack in Belgium. There will also be found a revolver design foreshadowing the best elements of all modern Colt AND Smith and Wesson designs that shoots a rimmed version of the same cartridge.

This trunk will also naturally contain proof that JMB independently designed the Mauser 98, the Remington 870 and the Winchester Model 70 (among others). There will be tattered papers offering irrefutable proof that he sent prototypes to these companies but that they cheated him somehow into keeping quiet about their theft and ham-fisted modification of his schematics pre-production. When this trunk is finally found and the forgotten perfect designs produced, every tiny shortcoming in what we know today as "non-browning" designs will be corrected.

Incidentally, it will also be discovered that JMB had designed near identical versions of each Sig, HK, and Glock model in brilliant anticipation of modern materials for gunmaking. Of course, on these designs will be notations in Browning's own hand that simply read "redundant...discard". When all of the lost Browning designs are produced and existing design flaws in "stolen" JMB designs repaired, firearms nirvana will be achieved and everyone will peacefully wonder why any rifle or handgun calibre was necessary beyond .366.

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Originally posted by Scott King:

Speaking of victorious battles, this bull had been un sucessfully hunted for years with cartridges as small as the .223 and as large as the .458. All tried, all fell short. This last fall, all it took was one shot with the 9.3x62 and voila, moose steaks in freezer.

Not getting into the heated debate, but I gotta say; that is one heck of a no b.s. hunting photo! It looks "get the job done" serious. No fluff, just meat and potatoes hard core huntin'.