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Amen! One aspect to consider, Azklmsr, if you are a reasonably fit person, is that rifle weight does wonder to tame recoil, and there is nothing wrong with a 11 lbs .40+ / .45+ rifle. My factory issued Blaser R8 .458 Lott weighs in at 11.5 lbs with its standard steel receiver, Selous barrel...

So, in conclusion, "if the 9-3x62 became the new legal minimum"... ... it would still be a personal choice; ... and some would still want more or less safety margin; ... and some would still want one rifle for all DG; ... and some would still want one rifle for smaller DG and one bigger rifle...

It all depends on how much safety margin you want on Buffalo :) Some want a lot and go with .45+ Others want some and go with .375 H&H Others still are happy with very little and go with 9.3x62 :) It also all depends on how many DG rifles you want :) Some want one rifle that will do it all...

I am not sure that I would use the word "incompetence", Ivor, but recoil-control ability is indeed a very good point, that I have been pondering myself a lot with my wife's DG R8 barrel being a 9.3x62 because the .375 H&H is too much gun for her. I guess it all boils down to how we address the...

My mistake Clodo, I meant 78 gr for the x62 and 88 gr for the x64. I stand happily corrected :)

To the best of my understanding, AZDAVE, aside from the military Barnaul 9SN load for the SVDK variant of the Dragunov, and a hunting load very occasionally seen in the US under the Brown Bear brand, it seems that the 9.3x64 is probably on the way out :cry: Not due to its performance - as we...

Sure! True enough, but here again, the caveat "experienced hunters hands"... Do we really believe that legal minimums were designed for experienced hunters? All good indeed Dave, and as previously stated I have no issue with what you are saying, you are one of the "experienced hands." The...

As to the 9.3x64, folks are often thinking that it is just a 9.3x62 case made 2 mm longer, hence it is virtually the same round. Not at all! The 9.3x64 case is significantly fatter (in fact a precursor of the beltless magnum) and the best way to compare the two rounds is to look at case...

Apologies if my intent was misconstrued BFaucett and AZDAVE, I am not down-talking the 9.3x62, I actually like it (as previously mentioned), but I do not endow it with extra-ordinary dispensation from the laws of physics. The statement "At DG ranges with the bullet in the proper shot placement...

I totally agree with the above, but with caveats that cleary outline that the 9.3x62, while by general consensus meeting the bare minimum practical requirements for Buffalo, does not fully compare with the .375 H&H and 9.3x64, which are true ballistic equals. Said caveats are: The 9.3x62 only...

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I shoot my Blaser R8 in anything from .22 LR to .458 Lott from the carbon 4 Stable Sticks. No issue whatsoever, and they have helped me shrink my groups standing off the sticks from 3 MOA down to 2 MOA and even 1 MOA on good days. To the point that I had to retool my target stand to smaller...

Some of us may have been more (or less) lucky than others with the DGX Bonded, I guess... 500 gr DGX Bonded launched by a .470 NE sitting on the horns of a nice Buff after a one-shot kill... This being said, since I moved to Barnes loaded ammo -- and replaced my KGun .470 with a .458 Lott...

The Mama's & The Papas California Dreamin': "on a wednesday" or "on a winter's day" ??? :)