This book is a must have for any serious gun person's library and your right all the newer editions have is adding the new calibers, all the original info seems to stay the same. Everytime a new edition comes out I con my ad salesman into sending me one and give the old one away to a friend.
Got an old one? I'll be your friend!! I was in a book club and the last book purchased at regular prices was the 9th edition and sent it to my cousin in Oklahoma,we would talk on the phone about different calibers and some he never heard of so when I would discuss a cartridge,I would refer him to the page in the book,and we could talk about the cartridge and have understanding.Great idea though giving to a friend.
For 9.3-caliber bullets, Hornady offers a 286-grain spire point. They have the exclusive InterLock ring to ensure perfect expansion without jacket/core separation, making an excellent hunting bullet. Per 50.
This topic has piqued my interest in the 9.3X62 because I had heard of it but didn't know much until reading this. Now that midas has told me CZ chambers it I am thinking about buying one.
This topic has piqued my interest in the 9.3X62 because I had heard of it but didn't know much until reading this. Now that midas has told me CZ chambers it I am thinking about buying one.
My son and I both have CZ 550 Americans and they shoot really good. Mine is going to S Africa with me in 3 weeks.
When you get one try a full charge of R-15 under a 286gr Nosler Partition, this is my best all around load.
Vit N135 and Varget also work well.
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I topped it with a Trijicon 2.5-10x56 since I'm mainly going to use thie rifle for night hunting bushpig, hyena and small cats.
It's shooting very good with my proven load 286gr Nosler Partition over 58gr R-15, F210 in Graf cases. So far groups are hovering between 3/4" and 1 1/4" which is better than necessary.
In my opinion the CZ 550 in 9.3x62 is a great value.
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Wish you the best in Africa.Wish I could be there.In the meantime,how is hog hunting in Texas? ,,,sam.
Sam
Hog hunting has been good this year. I just got down to the ranch last night around 7pm and went out until 9:30pm and saw over 30.................you have to fight the skeeters, bugs and snakes for them though
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Hog hunting has been good this year. I just got down to the ranch last night around 7pm and went out until 9:30pm and saw over 30.................you have to fight the skeeters, bugs and snakes for them though
Have you tried using that Bounce they use in driers?I tried it on skeeters and tics and it seems to work.I don't know about snakes.I never had much trouble with them,even in Texas,except when setting up for nealing or prone,I always tried to look things over first.Never saw many snakes in hog country.What is your opinion on those TSX bullets they are talking about?I never used them on live animals but tried 23 of them I borrowed from a friend in .30cal on wet and dry paper and they looked good.But that wasn't much of a test. ,,,sam.
Have you tried using that Bounce they use in driers?I tried it on skeeters and tics and it seems to work.I don't know about snakes.I never had much trouble with them,even in Texas,except when setting up for nealing or prone,I always tried to look things over first.Never saw many snakes in hog country.What is your opinion on those TSX bullets they are talking about?I never used them on live animals but tried 23 of them I borrowed from a friend in .30cal on wet and dry paper and they looked good.But that wasn't much of a test. ,,,sam.
When deep penetration and controlled reliable expansion is your goal I don't think any bullet works better than Barnes TSX/TTSX bullets. I also think the sharp spinning petals do more damage than the round blob of an expanded lead core bullet of the same diameter. So far I have had only one TSX bullet related failure. A 200gr out of a .30-06 on a Water Buff in Argentina did not expand. Barnes has since re-designed this bullet, but I think it's better suited to 300WM velocities.
On the TSX/TTSX success side:
Hogs with 7mm08, .280, .308, .30-06, .358 and 9.3x62
Deer .280, .308, .30-06, .358
Assorted African Plains Game .30-06, .338WM, 9.3x62, .375H&H
Cape Buff 9.3x62, .375H&H
Australian Buff and feral donkeys .30-06, .375H&H
As you can see I'm a real Barnes TSX fan, but when I want a more devastating wound (example shooting a hog in the neck with the goal of severing the spine) I really like the Nosler Partition. Seems the nose usually blows off and fragments and the base core penetrates on, you kinda get he best fo both worlds. A lot more meat destruction though.
We only use 3 expanding bullets in Africa. Barnes TSX, Nosler Partition and Swift A-frame. All have consistently performed well for us in .30-06, .338WM, 9.3x62 and .375H&H
Rule of thumb, the higher the velocity the more important a premium bullet becomes. In a .358 or 9.3x62 at 2300-2450fps almost any bullet will work OK, but I would only use Barnes or Swift when the MV goes over 2800fps.
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