9.3x62 cape buffalo

They have offered the No.1-S in both the 62 and 74r a few years back. I've owned the 74r that I bought new from the dealer. Shot well, but I prefer bolt rifles, so sold it.
I stand corrected.
 
Ruger needs to produce a no.1 in 505 Gibbs that would sort the men from the boys - Note I identify as a Man but should they do it - I will quickly identify as a boy if asked to shoot it !
 
Odinsraven, I never in my wildest dreams imagined you as a candy’s** but I stand corrected. Really, what if you needed to use an actual large bore?
 
I need to find one of these 505 Gibbs for my collection.
 
Odinsraven, I never in my wildest dreams imagined you as a candy’s** but I stand corrected. Really, what if you needed to use an actual large bore?
I have one in a CZ550 - that is little enough meat imagine a No.1 did fire a 458 in it - I am not adverse to large calibres but - that 458 was a lesson I will not forget !
 
Apparently 9.3 can be had in 320 grain - as Doctari has said velocity on DG is not an issue - so maybe a game changer ? I observed a Buff hit with 350 gr 375 - went down like a 416 / 458
 
I have one in a CZ550 - that is little enough meat imagine a No.1 did fire a 458 in it - I am not adverse to large calibres but - that 458 was a lesson I will not forget !
I also have a CZ 550 in the full stock version in 9.3x62. I have experienced shooting a 470 NE double owned by a friend of mine.
 
I usually take my 9.3×62 and .30-06 to the range, or sometimes the .470 and .30-06 — but I never shoot the 9.3×62 and .470 on the same day. That combo will pound you into next week!
 
Ruger made one in .458 Win Mag. that'd be more than enough for me!


A Gunsmith friend of mine built a beautiful .500NE 3in on a Ruger No1, when I first shot it it near lifted me off the ground, (still hit the Clay Bird) strange as at the time I shot a .500NE 3 1/4in with 570gr in a very light H&R converted single shot at our Big Bore Club shoot ?

He later told me he had forgotten to wipe the storage oil out of the bore before letting me shoot the rifle, which explained the sticky extraction, super flat primer & probably the extremely stiff recoil to ?
 
I usually take my 9.3×62 and .30-06 to the range, or sometimes the .470 and .30-06 — but I never shoot the 9.3×62 and .470 on the same day. That combo will pound you into next week!
I don’t get it, neither one of those compare to a 12 gauge 3 1/2” 2.25 oz turkey loads out of a 7 1/2 pound shotguns recoil.
 
I don’t get it, neither one of those compare to a 12 gauge 3 1/2” 2.25 oz turkey loads out of a 7 1/2 pound shotguns recoil.
When I was 15 or 16, I aimed my dad’s Belgian 12‑gauge at a crow that pecked my mom’s head… and almost ended up with a dislocated shoulder instead of a trophy!
 
There’s a British paradox in the family story — my grandfather shot twelve Royal Bengal tigers that had been raiding a poor man’s cattle. The fights were merciless, and when he loaded the elephant cartridge, they were every bit as lethal as you’d imagine.
 

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