9.3x62 Does anyone shoot it?

[hydehunter]

9,3x62 is easy, a standard bolt face and long action magazine (.30-06, .270, .280) work fine. Savage sells 110s in 9,3x62 with bright orange stocks for use on driven game hunts in Europe.

I have also converted Savages to the big brother, 9,3x64 Brennecke. Pacific Tool and Gauge can make an appropriate bolt head.

This latter head also works for the .30 Hembrook, if you resize 9,3x64 brass. If you get premade .30 Hembrook brass from Qual Cart, I recommend a .510 boltface, as the rims on the .30 Hembrook brass are not rebated.

looks like they stopped making them cannot find one on their site

 

[300grains]

I am waiting that bullet manufacturers will start making non-lead bullets in weight intervals 205-220 grains to get more speed.
Lead cores that already exists are fine in 250 grains and up.

 

[Hugnot]

Funny foreign caliber with bloopy trajectory that everybody that shoots big game at 1,000 yards plus would not use.

 

[sable tireur]

I am waiting that bullet manufacturers will start making non-lead bullets in weight intervals 205-220 grains to get more speed.
Lead cores that already exists are fine in 250 grains and up.

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/88669

 

[300grains]

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/88669


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Thanks for the tip

 

[hydehunter]

I am waiting that bullet manufacturers will start making non-lead bullets in weight intervals 205-220 grains to get more speed.
Lead cores that already exists are fine in 250 grains and up.

Hammer Bullets makes 4 from 200 grains up to 223 grains and in stock always.

 

[300grains]

Thanks for the tip

 

[Hoss50]

So Version 1.0 of the 9.3x62 is complete. I am waiting on my final stock, so I put the rifle back in the plastic savage stock for now.

I also stole the 3-15x50 Burris Veracity off my 300 Weatherby mag for the short term til I get the final scope. But it is a functional gun, and tomorrow will be day 1 at the range with it!

The build is:
Savage 110 long action
Shaw heavy magnum fluted barrel in 9.3x62 at 20" threaded for suppressor.
Timney trigger
Stockade Savage hunter stock (coming soon)
EGW rail
Seekins rings
Eventually it will probably wear a Burris 2-10x42 Veracity FFP.
9lb 9oz as it sits.

 

[Taj]

My caliber tendencies sometimes play towards the more eclectic side, and 9.3x62 has me intrigued. Does anyone shoot it? How does it shoot, what do I need to know?

I wanted to get a CZ550FS in it but CZ discontinued them a few years ago.

Now I am looking at the Sauer 100 which shows at a reasonable price if they come back into stock.

A few months ago I purchased a 1924 (or so) a JP Sauer & Son Sporting rifle. It is a beautiful rifle with double set triggers, half octagon barrel and an original Lyman sight that attaches to the bolt stop/release. The out side of the gun was pristine, but unfortunately the bore was a little rough. It was chambered in 8x57 and was a "J " bore gun. (.318 groove diameter) The gun was not caliber stamped which is not unusual so I pulled the barrel and sent it to JES Reboring in Oregon and had it rebored and rifled to 9.3. He couldn't chamber it because he couldn't set up the unusually configured barrel in his lathe, so I made some fixtures to hold the barrel and chambered it when I got it back. It is now a 9.3x62. This is a crappy photo but shows the craftsmanship they put into these rifles.

 

[Allen Lone wolf]

A few months ago I purchased a 1924 (or so) a JP Sauer & Son Sporting rifle. It is a beautiful rifle with double set triggers, half octagon barrel and an original Lyman sight that attaches to the bolt stop/release. The out side of the gun was pristine, but unfortunately the bore was a little rough. It was chambered in 8x57 and was a "J " bore gun. (.318 groove diameter) The gun was not caliber stamped which is not unusual so I pulled the barrel and sent it to JES Reboring in Oregon and had it rebored and rifled to 9.3. He couldn't chamber it because he couldn't set up the unusually configured barrel in his lathe, so I made some fixtures to hold the barrel and chambered it when I got it back. It is now a 9.3x62. This is a crappy photo but shows the craftsmanship they put into these rifles.View attachment 587757View attachment 587762

Great save! Nice of you to show that rifle the respect it deserves.

 

[Hoss50]

A few months ago I purchased a 1924 (or so) a JP Sauer & Son Sporting rifle. It is a beautiful rifle with double set triggers, half octagon barrel and an original Lyman sight that attaches to the bolt stop/release. The out side of the gun was pristine, but unfortunately the bore was a little rough. It was chambered in 8x57 and was a "J " bore gun. (.318 groove diameter) The gun was not caliber stamped which is not unusual so I pulled the barrel and sent it to JES Reboring in Oregon and had it rebored and rifled to 9.3. He couldn't chamber it because he couldn't set up the unusually configured barrel in his lathe, so I made some fixtures to hold the barrel and chambered it when I got it back. It is now a 9.3x62. This is a crappy photo but shows the craftsmanship they put into these rifles.View attachment 587757View attachment 587762

Beautiful

 

[Dr. Mac]

So Version 1.0 of the 9.3x62 is complete. I am waiting on my final stock, so I put the rifle back in the plastic savage stock for now.

I also stole the 3-15x50 Burris Veracity off my 300 Weatherby mag for the short term til I get the final scope. But it is a functional gun, and tomorrow will be day 1 at the range with it!

The build is:
Savage 110 long action
Shaw heavy magnum fluted barrel in 9.3x62 at 20" threaded for suppressor.
Timney trigger
Stockade Savage hunter stock (coming soon)
EGW rail
Seekins rings
Eventually it will probably wear a Burris 2-10x42 Veracity FFP.
9lb 9oz as it sits.

Now that's gonna be a thumper. Get ready.

 

[Hoss50]

Now that's gonna be a thumper. Get ready.

I am hoping the suppressor with brake will help, but we will see tomorrow.

 

[Stokesrjsr]

Ive used a 9.3x62 to take a lot of driven game in Europe. It is a decisive killer and recoil is very manageable but takes some getting used to. It is a great caliber for everything from little roe deer to large boar, moose or grizzlies.