Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

Got the Browning 9.3 out today, Phil at Valley meats was kind enough to let me use his range. Tried the factory privi 9.3 ammo. Worked well with the last two confirmation shots touching after zeroing. No chronograph to test velocity but was very impressed, especially at $36 a box.

Cheap 9.3x62 going on trademe at the moment.

Good bones and could clean up to be a nice shooter.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Lis...?id=1596454939

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Cheap 9.3x62 going on trademe at the moment.

Good bones and could clean up to be a nice shooter.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Lis...?id=1596454939

Whoever threaded it and put that brake on it should be knee capped.

Originally Posted by tanqueray

Whoever threaded it and put that brake on it should be knee capped.

Poor thing has been butchered....


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Originally Posted by Spudattack

Poor thing has been butchered....


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Yip, horrible muzzle break isn't even required. Could still be cut, re crowned and a foresight attached. Could becworth the work if it went cheap.

Originally Posted by Spudattack

Poor thing has been butchered....


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Yip, horrible muzzle break isn't even required. Could still be cut, re crowned and a foresight attached. Could be worth the work if it went cheap.

Originally Posted by tanqueray

Whoever threaded it and put that brake on it should be knee capped.

I find 9.3 to be pretty mild, even my 9 yr old son shoots mine. Loudness was an issue for him though, hate to think what the damn things like with a "loud-en-er" on it. lol

X64B 285gr Prvi bullet at 90yds photo shows exit hole and minimal blood shot meat as usual with the 9.3.

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I've also found the prvi 285gr to be a consistently reliable killer with minimal meat damage.

Finally got around to chronographing the Prvi loads, came out at 2221fps average from a 22inch barrel. Pretty happy with that.

these interest me a bit.
I know they are big and slow (ish), so what sort of range are they effective to?
Do the cheaper ones like privi mushroom much or do they have to hit bone/only use on bigger animals etc?

I've used mine a bit on sambar, bang flop every time. Although ranges have been mostly been inside 100m.

A bloke I know who has shot more sambar than most, with a range of calibres (308's, 300win mag, 338 Lapua etc ) and he now favours the 9.3 it just kills them every time reliably and effectively. He shot some wild scrub cattle recently and the furtherest shot was around 300m - killed it well. Although a fair bit of holdover was required and it's not the sort of shot you'd take if there was a better option.

In my experience I wouldn't hesitate in taking a shot out to 200m. The cheap 286gn projectiles work well, the deer I've shot have been hit in the shoulder or just behind, never bothered trying to recover one.

Range of the 9.3 depends a bit on the projectile. If you use a 250gr accubond you are probably good to 300yds. I shot a red stag with mine at 97yds with a 286gr prvi.
With the right powder you can push a 286gr to 2400fps.

They are a genuine 200m gun with factory loads, can take them out to 300m with handloads and good procjectile choice.

In my experience the prvi projectiles are relatively soft and very accurate. They kill well anywhere from goats up to big reds, nothings walked away.

Longest shot Ive taken with the 9.3 was 186yds on a yearling red dropped on the spot shot was snug behind the shoulder.

Reliably drops goats and fallow at 150m, left of a few shots at around 200 ish but requires a wee bit of holdover. Mostly 286gr off the shelf multi flavour ammo. Pretty much whatever is cheapest.

If i was after elephant or water buff cheapest might not be the best but because the goats and fallow deer dont know its not super expensive premium ammo they fall over anyway.