Milehighshooter
AH enthusiast
Are on clearance at Midway. $28/box
Are on clearance at Midway. $28/box
Off topic but curious, why is the 9.3 such an underrepresented calibre in the states? I believe it's one of the great all rounders.
I do find that funny,Also we seem to hate the metric system, outside of the 7mm. Though the 6.5 is gaining traction
I bought 3 boxes. Of course the morning after I buy they run a free shipping offer over $50. Maybe i'll buy more, they'll pair nicely with all my Nosler 9.3x62 brass.
Of course i must wait for my rifle to actually be finished....
Very true, I find in people everywhere (aus is worse than usa in my experience) people get too caught up in the academics of bullet performance, energy, bc and velocity etc. At ranges where none of it makes jack differences.@JPbowhunter - also meant to add...there's this really prevalent thought in the US that magnum cartridges are magic death rays that kill animals super dead. Thus, in medium bore, 338 Win Mag rules (not for no good reason, either), leaving 35W and 9.3 family out in the cold.
It's almost humorous to me since most hunters rarely practice at the distances where magnums really start to outperform standard cartridges - past 300 yards. Within obvious limits, any bullet that leaves the muzzle at 2400 fps or faster is "flat shooting" out to 300 yards and will pretty much kill anything you might shoot with it. Again, obviously, you wouldn't go after a grizzly with a .243 Win. But for medium bores, there's no practical difference in flight or terminal performance between 340 Wby and 35W or 9.3x62 inside 300 yards. Any of them are capable of dispatching Alaska browns with a single well-placed bullet (nothing wrong with a couple insurance shots, though, these are large carnivores after all).
AK & Mile,
Lots of long range shooting in many parts of this country and there are big bears about as well.
Its true that the majority of hunter's really only ever go after deer and once where the lever Winchester was number one, I believe that's changed and now guys who will never get a shot over 50 yards are toting magums with a bullet that can blow the front end off a 75 pound deer are doing just that and telling hair curling stories of the epic battle between man and beast of how that now 300 pound snarling weredeer almost decapitated our hero and if not for this hunter among hunters steely nerve and lightening quick leopard like reaction's and hip shooting this mega monster deer as he charged over and over again with his 338 Winchester Magnum his children would be orphan's and the wives of everyone in a 5 mile radius would be widows.
Any More I half expect to see guys passing out hand grenades!
Well... Being in Alaska, the magnum round is pretty much the standard for most hunting. I used a 338 (Ruger No.1) for years but now my usual go to is a No.1 in 9.3x74R and have been successful on the one shot drops from black bears to moose. It's also my Africa rifle in which I had no issues with but plenty of compliments and questions.
And you need a 378 Weatherby for Moose.