Anyone Else Shoot 9.3X62?

[luv2safari]

I've loved the round for years and just found a pretty nice 98 Mauser, built around an Husqvarna 146 with a buggered receiver.

Colorado gunsmith, Mike McCabe had put this together. He replaced the receiver that had some bad sidemount holes and a botched repair of them with a Styer action that was re-heat treated, added a Talley bolt handle, trued the action, bedded it, added a barrel band and a Mdl 70 type safety. He made a nice patch in the side of the stock where the sidemount cut out had been, made this all up for himself, then he sold it to me for a righteous price.

My Ruger Hawkeye African in 9,3X62 will soon be for sale.

The group is 3/4" 5 shot at 100 yards. Sorry it's so ragged; my target tape was cheap Chinese electrical tape.







Eventually it will get this bottom metal and double-set trigger.




If I ever recover from "Hope & Change" I'll try to get back to Africa one more time and kill a buffalo with it.

 

[TurtlePhish]

Wow, that's beautiful! And a great shooter, I see.

I've really liked 9.3x62 for a while, but I don't have any 9.3 rifles yet.

 

[stubbicatt]

I have seen CZ makes one of these. I don't know anything about the cartridge, but would assume that components for it would be unusual enough to be hard to find? Do you use spitzer bullets or the round nosed ones?

Pardon my ignorance, but the parent case, is that a 30-06?

 

[a-sheepdog]

Yes, I love the 9.3x62 . I bought a Ruger Hawkeye African and shoot Hornady 286 grain interlocks. Its a tack driver and hits game like a sledgehammer. I really enjoy mine and recoil is not bad at all for an entry level dangerous game rifle. In these times of ammo famine, I have not had any problems finding ammo on line and in stock.

 

[tahoe2]

I really want a 9.3x62 in a Mauser format or a 9.3x74 Ruger No 1, don't know if I can handle the recoil, but willing to try.
Ammo wouldn't be a problem as I reload. Then there's that check-book issue. LOL