Well i FINALLY got to test some loads today in my 9.3 Dakota. With a 250gr Northfork bullet and 92.5gr of RL19 i got 3080fps and a 3/4" group. I'll try playing with the OAL and see if it'll tighten up but if not it will work. Elk beware

Depending how far out you were shooting, thats good enough.

Do us a favor and back order some of the 286 grainers. Get those puppies moving at about 2700 and let us know how they shoot.
THEN those elk won't laugh at you.

Seriously, mighty fine round you have.
Should clobber 'em out to 4k if you can do it.

How long are the shots out there in MT?
(May be relocating to one of its "big" cities.)

I test everything at 100 yards. Then after i settle on one i shoot it at longer ranges.

Bwana-be, shots can be point blank out to... well farther than i care to shoot at elk. I do feel confident out to 400-450 yards, under the right conditions, but no further.

Bwana-be, Ol Bull would probably say Hel na he's not moving to the big city and have all them cityslickers tell him what and how to shoot

The northfork bullets are good. I've been talking to Don over at GROVE about some custom 9.3mm bullets, they should be pretty good. I gave him the stuff I wanted (to be used in a 366 D.G.W.) hopefully,they will come in weighting around 315 grains and have a B.C. somewhere around .500-.550. It will be a long bullet so don't know how long you could seat them out.

Well i did some experimenting today with my 9.3 Dakota. I shot a group today that measures .610 outside to outside Thats ".244" after you subtract the .366 diameter If you haven't tryed Mike Bradys Northfork Bullets i think you should!!! I just got my new Swarovski 3x10 mounted and was sighting it in. I've never had a rifle/scope/load combination that would move as PRECISLY as this one! Thank you Dennis Erhardt for a great rifle,Swarovski for a great scope and Northfork for a great bullet Elk Beware

Holy cow.
Thanks for the update.