Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

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.