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I ran onto this round years ago when I was gearing up for a moose hunt and had decided on getting a new Remington Classic in 35 Whelen. I did, and the rifle shot patterns, not groups. After doing the usual bedding tricks, changing scopes and mounts, trying an encyclopedia full of loading data I sold the gun. What a disappointment!
An older friend and mentor heard of my failure with the 35 and told me to try a 9.3X62. HUH??? Never heard of it. Bob had one, a beat up Husqvarna on an FN 98 surplus military action, wearing a K-4, and he loaned it to me to try out. I did, and I sent the 35 down the road to a happy Remington collector; he didn't care how it shot.
Bob was loading RWS components he had gotten from Stoeger's, and the old Husqvarna shot one hole five shot groups. I was in love. Bob died not too long afterward, and all his collection was sold at auction by a big famous auction house. The 9.3 sold for much more than I could afford.
Some years later I found an FN 98 commercial-actioned 9.3X62 in Shotgun News, then still just a paper publication. It wasn't expensive, so I took a chance and sent a check. The rifle was in excellent condition, but I had to have it drilled and tapped and the bolt forged for scope use. I bought an ungodly expensive box of RWS ammo and now had a healthy investment in a gun nobody knew anything about. An old purple colored Leupold 3-9 went on top, and the rifle shot just like Bob's had.
I've never been without a 9.3X62 since then, and I never made the moose hunt. I did start hunting Africa on some new credit cards and used a Husqvarna 98 9.3X62 and a Tikka 512 combo gun set in 9.3X74R/9.3X74R and 12ga/9.3X74R. I'm too old and poor now to hunt anywhere but close by, providing I draw any tag at all, and I still carry a 9.3X62 much of the time, one that's killed everything from Steenbok to buffalo.
If you feel you might need a "hammer" in your future but don't want to carry a ten pound rifle that still knocks the snot out of you, you might consider the old Otto Bock classic.
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An older friend and mentor heard of my failure with the 35 and told me to try a 9.3X62. HUH??? Never heard of it. Bob had one, a beat up Husqvarna on an FN 98 surplus military action, wearing a K-4, and he loaned it to me to try out. I did, and I sent the 35 down the road to a happy Remington collector; he didn't care how it shot.
Bob was loading RWS components he had gotten from Stoeger's, and the old Husqvarna shot one hole five shot groups. I was in love. Bob died not too long afterward, and all his collection was sold at auction by a big famous auction house. The 9.3 sold for much more than I could afford.
Some years later I found an FN 98 commercial-actioned 9.3X62 in Shotgun News, then still just a paper publication. It wasn't expensive, so I took a chance and sent a check. The rifle was in excellent condition, but I had to have it drilled and tapped and the bolt forged for scope use. I bought an ungodly expensive box of RWS ammo and now had a healthy investment in a gun nobody knew anything about. An old purple colored Leupold 3-9 went on top, and the rifle shot just like Bob's had.
I've never been without a 9.3X62 since then, and I never made the moose hunt. I did start hunting Africa on some new credit cards and used a Husqvarna 98 9.3X62 and a Tikka 512 combo gun set in 9.3X74R/9.3X74R and 12ga/9.3X74R. I'm too old and poor now to hunt anywhere but close by, providing I draw any tag at all, and I still carry a 9.3X62 much of the time, one that's killed everything from Steenbok to buffalo.
If you feel you might need a "hammer" in your future but don't want to carry a ten pound rifle that still knocks the snot out of you, you might consider the old Otto Bock classic.
The Surprising 9.3x62 Rifle Cartridge — Ron Spomer Outdoors
The 9.3x62? As a firearms and hunting writer I expect to discover and investigate new guns and cartridges. I don’t anticipate discovering an old cartridge that’s trending. But this one is. The 9.3x62 of 1905 , which doesn’t even have a last name, is finally catching the spotlight in the USA. Some
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