Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

Originally Posted by jakewire

Welcome in XOR
Lets see
I cannot help you with 1.
2, I have the original irons on mine and it will shoot minute of anything at 50yrs, I haver not tried further.
3. I have weaver bases on mine 2.5-8 scope now.
4 . I use 2209 for the 286 Hornady SP-RP am getting good accuracy at a slowish 2350 odd.

Hope this was of some use
There are heaps of people here who know so much more than me. they will chime in.

Cheers. I will take the rifle to the local gunsmith and have them assess the stock.

I'm interested to test out the high velocity small bullet vs. low velocity big bullet debate first-hand. The 9.3 should fit the bill of big and slow. Plus, I'll be ready for any cape buffalo attacks in Fiordland.

The peep sight I'm hoping will be easier to use in darker conditions. I have used peep sights in service rile competitions out to 300+ yards and was hoping something like that could be fitted to this rifle. I don't want the target adjustments, but something rugged that can work like a ghost ring sight if that makes sense. A peep sight that can work reliably out to 100 yards or a little longer would be plenty.