Thread: Anyone hunting with a 9.3x62

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.