I did some deer and quail hunting in Ga after Christmas. My 9.3 chap is a great deer rifle.
The buck at 60 yards, the doe at a 100. Both shots were spot on. The way that the Norma Onyx
exploded on a 65 lb doe makes me wonder it it is a good round for heavy game. The exit wound was large enough to put my fist through.



JD

Nice! Congratulations!

Which Oryx bullet 286 or 230gr - factory or handloaded?

JD,

Congratulations on a great hunt!

Yup, I'd guess from the described size of the hole that the bullet might be too fragile. I've had good luck with the 286 gr Nosler. Doesn't do all that much damage but kills like the Hammer of Thor.

Mouse it was the 286 factory round. Entrance hole was just a little larger than the one on the buck, It was only a 65 lb doe. I was getting 21/2" groups at 100 with it thats why I chose it. I may have nicked something on the way over,but i am always care full to pick a clear path. The damage to the doe was so bad my son-in law would not take a photo of it. I lost 4 ribs and had stomach and intestine about size of a softball hanging out, the doe looked to be broadside when I shot.

I screed up the next morning and took out my Brno 06, I may have grabbed the wrong box of ammo or the scope got knocked off. It was shooting a foot high and a foot right. I missed a very nice doe at 100, the shoot was perfect. With the 9.3 she would have died right there.
While on the stand I had a nice buck cross a open field about 60 yards out at a easy run. I had no trouble throwing the rifle up,it was fast and the dot went to the center of the bucks chest. I could have shot it 3 times during its 100 yard run.

JD

Nice shooting. The Chapuis 9,3x74R is a great hunting rifle for sure.

When you start reloading I recommend the 286 Woodleigh RN SP or the 286 Nosler Partition.

They both work on game from the small stuf to the big ones.

I used one 286 Woodleigh RN SP on a cape buff. One was all it took.

Congrats!

JPK

JD - factory 286gr should do better (I have seen it done here with usuall 1.5" exits) - IMO Oryx is very simillar to Woodleigh - here is a pic of 230gr factory Oryx retrieved from a boar - shot at 15m (if my memory serves me well? - I forgot where I got the pic, but have noted the above). Factory 286gr don't deform that much:

As a swede I have come to hear a lot about the use of the Oryx bullet,

If I may start with the statement that I like SKG bullets and that I usually don´t find any reasons to use bonded bullets with the calibers that I use, 9,3x62/74R and 308 Win due to there moderate speeds,

the Oryx even thougs it´s a bonded bullet have been found to first of be of different relative hardness depending on caliber, the 6,5 and 7 mm are great, the .30 is a bit to soft, the 9,3 (232) is actually harder than the 286 even though at higher speeds in 62/64/74R it will mushroom violently.

So the 286 is a bit soft and will do great damage to game, shoot it through the shoulders of a roe and one can discard the shoulders, second and this applies to those that shoot angled shots, the Oryx as it´s so soft can when hitting at an angle expand irregularly and as a result of that weer in the path through the game.

I friend in a Swedish forum shot a fallow doe in the neck, bullet exited out of the left ham, opposite side from the entry.

Theese pequliarities aside, most bullets have them if one is really clearsighted, they are great hunting bullets, usually shoot good or great and will take down big game with a resouding authority.

The Oryx now comes in a 325 grain version that rivals the Woodleighs in performance, however for a ds that would be a difficult shift, the 286 WL PP that was suggested above is what I would have gone for as a replacement.

Best regards Chris

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Originally posted by J D:
Mouse it was the 286 factory round. Entrance hole was just a little larger than the one on the buck, It was only a 65 lb doe. I was getting 21/2" groups at 100 with it thats why I chose it. I may have nicked something on the way over,but i am always care full to pick a clear path. The damage to the doe was so bad my son-in law would not take a photo of it. I lost 4 ribs and had stomach and intestine about size of a softball hanging out, the doe looked to be broadside when I shot.

I screed up the next morning and took out my Brno 06, I may have grabbed the wrong box of ammo or the scope got knocked off. It was shooting a foot high and a foot right. I missed a very nice doe at 100, the shoot was perfect. With the 9.3 she would have died right there.
While on the stand I had a nice buck cross a open field about 60 yards out at a easy run. I had no trouble throwing the rifle up,it was fast and the dot went to the center of the bucks chest. I could have shot it 3 times during its 100 yard run.

JD