Has anyone used this bullet on game yet..??..

If so, how did it perform ..??..

I shot one pig with it in a Hornady factory 9,3x74R load.

The shot was mostly broadside, got complete penetration, and what looked like decent expansion but not bad fragmentation.

Shot one whitetail deer in 2007, quartering toward me, bullet went thru with an inch and a half exit hole. No bullet fragments to speak of, just dead deer. But then again it would be hard to make a 286gr .366" bullet that failed on deer.

Had a friend used them last summer in his 9.3x74. Shot a zebra a little far back, zebra ran off. Second shot at nearly three hundred toppled it. Neither bullet recovered. Not much detail, but he's not into that kind of detail, just likes to hunt.
Bfly

The Ching Sling designer, Eric Ching loved that bullet weight when he was alive in his 9.3x62 R93. He was very partial to the Partition and I think also the Ballistic Tip bullets in both weights. (286 & 250gr)

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Originally posted by Pygmy:
Has anyone used this bullet on game yet..??..

If so, how did it perform ..??..

No I haven't tried any yet, but I am anxious to try them. I have used lots of the other Hornady bullets, 7mm, .308, .338. 358, 375, & 458 and they ahve all been good - no problems. It's a safe bet that the 9.3s are good. I think they have to be close to perfection for the 9.3x62 for all but the toughest game. I would use them on bear. If you need something "better" perhaps a bigger caliber should be considered.

However, I haven't shot any 9.3mm bullet that I didn't like, but I think these Hornady bullets just have to be good.

KB

I bought 200 of them last spring and have just not had time to use them, but, am thinking that this will be my Black Bear bullet this spring.

I am not too happy with the RWS semi-roundnose in my 9.3x74R Merkel and have three different Norma bullets in factory ammo for my Oberndorf Type B in the 62mm chambering. The 270 Speer seems too soft for most B.C. game and so I am going to try this along with my regular 286NP handloads.

I am becoming more of a 9.3 slut each time I shoot one of mine and am seriously considering having yet another built in a short "stutzen" model on a Brno 21 action. There is no B.C. hunting I am interested in that I cannot do with this round.

I shot one pig at about 70 yards; figure 125 lb animal. It was a high heart / low lungs hit and a complete pass through. Expansion looked to be very moderate, from my sample of one. The mv was about 2250 or less.

I would actually prefer more expansion for my use, but the animal shot was fairly small, and wasn't hit through the shoulder.

9.3x62:

250 grain North Fork
250 grain Accubond
286 Grain Partition
286 Woodleigh soft or solid

You don't have a big boiler room. Give the Hornady rounds about two or three years to prove themselves in someone else's guns.

lawndart,

What about the 286 grain North Forks (soft and solid)??
I just bought some against the unfortunately 6 months off arrival of my 9.3X62, hope not a mistake, hard to see how it will be. Your experience with their 250 would be appreciated as well.

Pygmy,

Yes, I've used the new 286 gr. Hornady's in both the 9.3x62 (bolt action, 20" bbl) & 9.3x74R (Drilling, 25" bbl.) on Wild Boar, Fallow Deer & Roe Deer. They work, well, just fine but then again I'm not too picky about 9.3 bullets as all the bullets I've tried in both of these cartridges deleiver the goods when pushed to reasonable velocities.

Haven't had them too long since they're fairly new, so other than working up a load, putting a couple downrange, potting a coupla animals & my Chrony (spectacular performance!).

I haven't ever been disappointed with the Hornady bullets I've used up to this point and use them in several cartridges.

I especially like the cannelure since I had Lee Precision make up a 9.3x62 Factory Crimp Die. I made a small ring of spacers out of washers @12mm long and use it to crimp the Hornady's in the 9.3x74R also.

Normally I'd be able to give you some velocities too; but potted my Beta Chrony with the first one I tried outa my Drilling several months ago.....

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Lawn Dart wrote:

9.3x62:

250 grain North Fork
250 grain Accubond
286 Grain Partition
286 Woodleigh soft or solid

You don't have a big boiler room. Give the Hornady rounds about two or three years to prove themselves in someone else's guns.

+1 on this.

I would add the Swift A Frame 250 gr bullet. I've used it on several trips to Africa on game to the size of eland with perfect performance every time.

I did shoot a Gemsbok with the 250 SAF at 287 yards and it was dead right there. So long range was not a problem for the 9.3x62.

I'm loading the 250 & 286 North Fork offerings for my 9.3x64Br now while getting ready for our trip to Mozambique this September.

I think the 286 in the 9.3x64Br will be the ticket with it's performance in the heavier 9.3 cartridge.