What size game would you feel comfortable shooting

[math]

Whit this combination ?
Cartridge: 9,3x57
Boolit 278gr GC cast from Lyman No2 alloy
V5= 640 M/S
I get 5 shot groups that are under 60mm at 80m using a Husqvarna M/46
The recovered boolits in the pictures has travelled through some 65cm of wet newspaper placed at 80m and has retained 89,4% of there weight as an average
Thoughts and ideas ?
Happy casting and hunting

[John McCorkle]

278 grain at 2100fps? Most anything I think...but I am only familiar with game in No. America...I can't imagine many animals on Earth fairing well against a properly placed round like that though



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[MostlyLeverGuns]

That should work on most any North American game. Elk(wapiti), moose(your elk?) for sure, large bears - OK, fine for all the smaller stuff. Should be fine for feral pigs, wild boar.

[Larry Gibson]

Your load, as pictured/described, should be very effective on just about any game except dangerous game up close.

While I don't use a bullet that heavy (I use a 200 gr bullet) in my 35 Remington I push it at 2150 fps (rebarreled M91 Mauser). I use a harder alloy for practice because it maintains accuracy. However, for hunting deer, elk, moose and black bears I prefer a softer bullet for better/quicker expansion. Mixing COWWs with 2% tin then mixing that at 50/50 with pure lead ending up with a 97/1.5/1.5 alloyed bullet that I let air cool. That softer bullet works very well giving excellent penetration and expansion with very good weight retention. On smaller game such as deer I also HP the bullet 3/16" deep with a 1/8" Forster HP tool. To maintain the best accuracy with the softer bullet I clean the barrel every 8 shots or so. Seemingly a PITA but when hunting, especially game, one doesn't shoot that much anyway........or shouldn't at least.......

If you get one of your moose with your load please let us know how it performed?

[Rcmaveric]

I would feel comfortable shooting anything on the North and South American continent with that.

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[jmort]

I am just a stupid Hillbilly so we cipher using Imperial measurements.
Wet newspaper aka wet-pack is a fantastic test medium. If a medium to large caliber bullet can go 25 plus inches, or better yet 35 plus inches, you could kill most any on earth.

[Markopolo]

i would shoot a moose with that!! easy.

i like what larry said about alloy though.. i do tend to carry a much harder alloy for big bear protection, but a softer allowy sure does expand better.. and moose are pretty easy to kill.. they have huge lungs. one shot with even a small ish 30 cal can penatrate the rib cage and double lung them, and hitting them is basically hitting the broad side of a barn.

marko

[DougGuy]

That load would take any animal on the North American continent. What do you have in Sweden that is bigger than a full grown brown bear?

Large Russian boar, perfect load. Moose and other thin skinned game I would use a softer alloy.

[math]

Hi
Thanks for all the answers and kind remarks I developed this as a practice load so that i could shoot more for the same buck, as an afterthought i thought i would test it and se how i preformed in wet paper and if it would work as a hunting load. I have not shoot any large game using a lead only boolit and it is not so common here so i am a little apprehensive of doing so. And as our big game hunts (moose and brown bear) tend to be group affairs you often end up shooting on a moving animal. So i wonder i there are some thoughts on this boolit and alloy would react hitting bone?
Regards

[John McCorkle]

Hi
Thanks for all the answers and kind remarks I developed this as a practice load so that i could shoot more for the same buck, as an afterthought i thought i would test it and se how i preformed in wet paper and if it would work as a hunting load. I have not shoot any large game using a lead only boolit and it is not so common here so i am a little apprehensive of doing so. And as our big game hunts (moose and brown bear) tend to be group affairs you often end up shooting on a moving animal. So i wonder i there are some thoughts on this boolit and alloy would react hitting bone?
Regards

Ha i think it would be better to ask how the bone would react being hit by that....ans likely, it'll shatter like a dimestore plate and send multiple fragments as secondary wound channels....while the bullet plows on through

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[popper]

Bout anything short of a Sherman Tank.

[brewer12345]

Hi
Thanks for all the answers and kind remarks I developed this as a practice load so that i could shoot more for the same buck, as an afterthought i thought i would test it and se how i preformed in wet paper and if it would work as a hunting load. I have not shoot any large game using a lead only boolit and it is not so common here so i am a little apprehensive of doing so. And as our big game hunts (moose and brown bear) tend to be group affairs you often end up shooting on a moving animal. So i wonder i there are some thoughts on this boolit and alloy would react hitting bone?
Regards

What alloy are you using? How much tin? Hard and tough would mean the boolit should stay together after impacting bone. Hard and brittle means it si likely to shatter if it hits bone.

[reloader28]

Theres nothing in North America that that wouldnt work great on and if it will work on everything here, it will also work great on 90%+ of African animals

[brewer12345]

Hi
Thanks for all the answers and kind remarks I developed this as a practice load so that i could shoot more for the same buck, as an afterthought i thought i would test it and se how i preformed in wet paper and if it would work as a hunting load. I have not shoot any large game using a lead only boolit and it is not so common here so i am a little apprehensive of doing so. And as our big game hunts (moose and brown bear) tend to be group affairs you often end up shooting on a moving animal. So i wonder i there are some thoughts on this boolit and alloy would react hitting bone?
Regards

What alloy are you using? How much tin? Hard and tough would mean the boolit should stay together after impacting bone. Hard and brittle means it si likely to shatter if it hits bone.

[centershot]

Certainly, anything short of water buffalo, elephant, rhino and hippo. I'd want a .40+ caliber for the big boys.

[math]

What alloy are you using? How much tin? Hard and tough would mean the boolit should stay together after impacting bone. Hard and brittle means it si likely to shatter if it hits bone.

It is Lyman No2, 90% pb 5% sn 5% sb or as close to this as i am able to make it in this batch ther was trace amount of cu and ag as a result of the babbit i used to make the alloy

[clintsfolly]

I use a very similar bullet in my 9.3x62 and use the same alloy. I would hunt anything moose to mouse and given a good rest and slow moving targets bring on the big bear!

[Texas by God]

That might kill a good sized Buick. Hunt with confidence.

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[dh2]

I have been working with the 9.3 x 62mm Mauser for a few years now and found it to shoot a cast Accurate 37-285-C very well I would say with this slug going over 2000fps I would have no second thoughts about hunting any thing in north America out to about 200 yards. if the big 5 in Africa got involved I would be looking in to J-words

[9.3X62AL]

Agree with all of the above. On thin-skinned game that doesn't bite or claw your aspirations up, cast the bullets as a Bruce B Soft Point (should be archived on this site) and go make meat.