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Regs in RSA are a bit more granular than that. The national parks / reserves perhaps require the minimum equivalent of what the .375 H&H / Ruger, can deliver, but it is the discretion of the private landowners / safari operators whether the 9.3x62mm Mauser is sufficient for Buff (which is the...

If it is a LA, then you're sitting pretty with options opened up for you, especially if you handload. The LA magazine box will accommodate the longer OAL loads that use the higher BC bullets. With that action you can use both "normal" and standard +P loads, without worries regarding higher...

Not quite. More like Wison's Chamber Length Gauge: No worries though, as I went ahead and bought Hornady's HS gauge kit. Now my 9.3mm brass actually greets me when I walk up to the reloading bench.

For those relying on the 220 grain Core-lokts, are you using the factory ammo or pulling bullets and working up your own load? The Core-lokt is an awesome bullet when used appropriately!

Is that current Hawkeye you bought in a medium, or long action?

If you find a link to the "Small Frame" then please post it. All up at 9lbs? Hmmm, just a touch too light for me. All up and ready to make noise I'd like mine at 10lbs.

Thru multiple 180 grain cup-core, and bonded bullets including A-Frame and Northfork I've relied on H4350. BTW, the 165-grain load looks pretty good.

Federal loads the A-Frame to an OAL of 3.570" - 3.575", which is just below the cannelure. I load mine to an OAL of 3.590" only because that length works best in my barrel. You can treat the Swift manual depiction of 3.60" OAL as reaching the cannelure as "aspirational". +1 what others have...

It will last until the first-round crosses NATO airspace flying East to West me thinks ...

Yup. BTDT on Cape Buffalo and at a MV of 2100fps. I won't now, because: - My eyes are old, and the factory stock is not designed for a solid cheek weld using optics. - The PH that I accompanied and have complete trust with through many hunts has retired. I outta retire too, but I'm not that smart.

The good folks at Frontline Rejects have done some testing of both the 143-grain version in 6.5 CM and the 180-grain version in a 300 WM. I have loaded the 143-grain in a 6.5 CM to just over 2,750 fps MV using a double-based powder. I took a large (500 lb live weight) cow elk at around 170...

My recoil tolerance to where I can shoot them well and quickly is both the 450/400 NE 3" and the 400 H&H, both weighing all up at just over 10lbs and launching at their traditional MVs. Beyond those, it begins to be not fun.

@Bob Nelson 35Whelen, I totally agree. My copy is getting a bit dog-eared and with post-its scattered all through it. @SafariSniper, I'll point out the Journal includes a fair amount of Somchem load data.

Yup, that's it.

I just remembered a video sometime back of Bill Wilson, of Wilson Combat and New Ultralight Arms talking about his favorite Africa hunting cartridge. He could choose anything he wanted, but hands down preferred his rebarrelled Ruger M77 in 9.3x62mm. I'm sure with some YT sleuthing it could be...