Guys

Just wondered if anyone has any comments on the Oryx bullet in general and the 9.3 286gn in particular. Has anyone used the 9.3 Oryx on any of the African planes game species? And lastly, does anyone know the ballistic coefficient of the 9.3 Oryx?

Thanks for any comments.

It's my favourite bullet; I've used it on boars and roe deers (cal .30 200 gr.); I recovered a few from good size boars and, despite hitting skull or big bones they kept 75% +/- of initial weight and showed an ideal mushrooming. V/0 was 770 m/s. IMO their flat point gives a strong killing power that stops the game faster than spire points.

P.S. Oryx 285 gr. 9.3, BC 0.330

I used a .243 loaded with Norma Oryx on a roebuck in Denmark last May.I recovered the bullet and was very impressed with both expansion and weight retention and am buggered if I can figure out how to post a picture of said bullet

I believe the Oryx are a partition / A Frame type of bullet.

Sika, if you want to pm me your photo's I will post them.

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Originally posted by Claret_Dabbler:
I believe the Oryx are a partition / A Frame type of bullet.

Not quite, it is a conventional cup and core bullet with (chemical?) bonding added between jacket and core. This stops jacket/core separation, but also allows the bullet to expand to somewhat large diameters - which may or may not be an advantage, depending on whether you need penetration or shock.

- mike

I used the Oryx 230 gr. bullet in my .338wm in Poland last December in a driven hunt and I must say the result was impressive…..took 4 wild boar, 2 red deer and 1 roe deer. I didn’t recover any bullet….all went through, even on a brain shot (82 kg. boar) . The stopping power is excellent.

Thanks for the comments guys. I will have to give these a try to see how my rifle likes them.

The 9,3 Oryx is a bit to soft for our taste up here , as we hunt more for meat and not so much for trophys.

The 9,3 bullet is also made to work in the 9,3x57 round, so its a bit on the soft side.

this season ill be using 358 Oryx in the 358 Norma Magnum to see how they behave on game.

It`s more an improved Alaska bullet , as it is a good bonded bullet that has proven popular and several has changed from Hornady bullets in the Norma factor load to Oryx bullet.

a bonded bullet will stay together with the jacket and thereby behave much better as they dont shed the jacket or core.

Plus the cartridge /bullets price is the smallest compared to other prices for hunting items ,travels, licenses, etc so why use the cheapest bullet?

Here are two Oryx 200gr. .30 cal, recovered from 2 different good size boars. One of these (I can't remember well) hit the boar between the eyes, run trough the neck, and was found against the shoulder. The other.....I'm not sure.

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i use Norma Oryx 232 grs in 9,3x62. very good bullet.
It work every well.

Norma has a great web site which includes a ballistics program for any bullet you can think of. It even lets you compare different velocities of bullets.
There are too many excellent bullets being produced today to not have what you need in any given situation.