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Post by jimiowa on Oct 1, 2007 22:29:19 GMT -5
Dakota: Hows things going with the 9.3? I found a Rifle Magazine September 2004 on one of my piles and Chub Eastman did an indepth article on 9.3's X62mm,74r & 64 Brenneke. Well I uh read it twice and have to say it is really interesting. He repeatedly states that they are the ballistic equivelent of 375 H&H.
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Post by Bill on Oct 1, 2007 22:39:45 GMT -5
The guys that shoot the 9.3X74 claim that its hard to tell the differance between it and the .375 H&H on knock down. I'm sure there is a differance but I bet animals can't tell the diff. The 9.3X57 isn't going to be as much but will be close to what the .35 Whelen can do. The 8X57 has suffered for years from the lack of good bullets and I'm thinking that it might be the same for the 9.3 no matter what case it is. Also it might be possible to open the 9.3X57 to a 9.3X74 but I don't think you will need to. Bet the first deer you shoot with it gets knocked over the fence by it.
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Post by deputydon on Oct 1, 2007 22:41:37 GMT -5
The guys that shoot the 9.3X74 claim that its hard to tell the differance between it and the .375 H&H on knock down. I'm sure there is a differance but I bet animals can't tell the diff. The 9.3X57 isn't going to be as much but will be close to what the .35 Whelen can do. The 8X57 has suffered for years from the lack of good bullets and I'm thinking that it might be the same for the 9.3 no matter what case it is. Also it might be possible to openen the 9.3X57 to a 9.3X74 but I don't think you will need to. Bet the first deer you shoot with it gets knocked over the fence by it. Good thing 2M's is gone for a while.... ;D ;D I know the round will send a deer "flying"..... ;D ;D
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Post by Bill on Oct 1, 2007 23:12:35 GMT -5
Ya but he can use a calculator and a bag of sand to prove that you can't knock a deer over a fence. He does not know that you can use your fingers to count and that you pound sand down a rat hole.
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Post by twomoons on Oct 11, 2007 8:27:51 GMT -5
Mountain Moulds has a bullet mould for the 9.3. According to Waters Pet Loads this is fully the equal of the 35 Whelen and a good all around caliber, but bores vary in some european rifles. The nominal bore size is 366 and a 368 cast bullet should be just about right, depending on the tube on your gun.
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Post by dakota on Oct 11, 2007 20:06:24 GMT -5
Well I had the gun on order and by the time the dealer got around to passing the order on, the distributor ran out of rifles. What I would like most of those three 9.3's is a double in a 9.3 x 74. Probably won't get that one until next year. I am in a dilemma. Not enough time and good weather to shoot all I want. Besides that it seems that it is feast or famine on the drawing of tags. One year I drew 6 deer tags, 2 antelope, and 1 elk. This year I did not get either of the two elk tags I applied for, I did not get an antelope license, I did not get a buck license in my home county. I think a 9.3 x 74 would be great on a pig hunt in Texas. BTW, Mountain Lion is included on the species we may shoot down there.
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Post by bounce on Oct 11, 2007 22:59:53 GMT -5
Mountain lion reminds me It's about time DD has some new stories as I have't heard a lion story around hear this year I don't think? Ain't their one stocking you this fall DD?
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Post by Bill on Oct 12, 2007 7:29:29 GMT -5
Its too bad you didn't get that rifle Dakota. I would of loved to have one myself as it sounds like a caliber I could deal with very easily and enjoy. Brass would of been plentyful as it just takes a standard 8X57 case necked up and 4831 would work great in it. Even if you decided to use cast bullets it still would be fun.
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Post by jimiowa on Oct 12, 2007 18:03:32 GMT -5
I too am sorry to hear the deal fell through. That would have made an interesting brush rifle.
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Post by Bill on Oct 13, 2007 7:28:34 GMT -5
Brush gun that would of made a heck of a dark timber elk rifle. I also bet the recoil wouldn't of been bad either. Heck with a 1.5X6 scope I think it would of been good to 400 pretty easily on elk.
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Post by dakota on Oct 13, 2007 7:35:57 GMT -5
I console myself with the 358 Win, which is, IMO, little brother to the 9.3x57. A gunshow is coming up in Sioux Falls In January. It is huge, as I recall, over 1,000 tables. If there is a 9.3 x 57 and it is in good shape, I will have one soon. Now the 9.3 x 74 - that just seems perfect for a double - at least to me.
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Post by jimiowa on Oct 13, 2007 16:47:15 GMT -5
I console myself with the 358 Win, which is, IMO, little brother to the 9.3x57. A gunshow is coming up in Sioux Falls In January. It is huge, as I recall, over 1,000 tables. If there is a 9.3 x 57 and it is in good shape, I will have one soon. Now the 9.3 x 74 - that just seems perfect for a double - at least to me. Consider yourself in good company as you console yourself Dakota. Many Gunwriters after writing many articles about the .358 being a bit anemic. Have coutered themselves by writing articles about how useful and underated a cartridge it is for heavier game at ranges up to 250 yds. The advantage may go to the 9.3X 57 in heavier bullet weight. And the .57 case holds more powder by a bit. But the .358 runs at a higher pressure and has a big advantage in bullet availability. My guess is the .358 AND 9.3 X57 would be mighty close shooting same weight bullets. So I hardly think your settling by a great deal shooting the .358.
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Post by dakota on Oct 14, 2007 20:09:18 GMT -5
I tis one of the rifles I will be taking to the pig hunt in Texas.
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