Bought a long-sought caliber today - 9.3x62. Wanted one for years.

[8mmFan]

P.S. 444ttd: I didn’t know that there was a cock-on-close mod...Can ANY Mauser be made to cock on close? I have handled one rifle like that (I don’t remember what it was), and I liked it. It seems like it would be a good mod for a fast followup shot if a person practiced with it a bit.

8mmFan

[clintsfolly]

My 9.3x62 likes Varget under the NOE 9.3 cast bullet.

[Texas by God]

Usually a cock on closing Mauser(91,93,94,96 models) gets converted to cock on opening for faster lock time.(I think)- I've never heard of a cock on opening rifle being converted to cock on closing.
The Lee Enfield is probably the fastest bolt action military rifle of all time- and they are COC.
COC is a personal like or dislike- I've never had a problem with it. Lee Enfield, P14 Enfield/US1917, pre 98 Mausers, and Arisakas are all COC.

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[Idaho Sharpshooter]

The X62 is very highly regarded in Africa, at least in Zimbabwe and RSA where I have hunted. The Boers in RSA used them for decades on everything from Impala to Cape Buffalo. It is even approved for the game requiring a .375 due to its killing power. My current one is a VZ24 in a mannlicher carbine stock with a 20" barrel. The NOE boolit is a great one.

Rich

[dverna]

Enjoy your dream rifle. Life is short.

[Landy88]

I have handled the Husqvarna 9.3x57’s at Cabela’s. It was a few years ago. I remember thinking, “these things handle and point like a beautifully balanced double shotgun.” Foolishly maybe, I passed on the 9.3x57’s, thinking (evidently mistakenly) that they were too underpowered for any hunting that I might ever do.

One thing I’ve noticed about the old Husqvarna’s in the higher-pressure calibers is that they seem to commonly have a crack in the stock behind the tang.

8mmFan

Your x62 is a much more versatile round than the x57, which does pretty well on power but can run out of range pretty quickly. The range issue is bigger with jacketed, all being designed for the velocity of the bigger 9.3s. A pithy way to some up the 9.3x57 is that it is to moose as the 30-30 is to deer. The 9.3x62 is a round with just enough more that it can and has hunted anything, anywhere.

The tang crack is, it seems, the price of the great handling, trim lines, and light weight of Husqy rifles. It is not even limited to the higher powered ones, since those sweet little 30-30s they made way back when do it too.

[chuckbuster]

Taking delivery on a CZ550 in 9.3x62 on Friday. Complete pkg including Leupold 1.25-4 VX-R fire dot, WARNE mounts, a BUNCH of brass, bullets and Redding Dies.
Hope my Son in Law likes it…..
Kevin

[8mmFan]

NICE! Sounds like you’re a heck of a Father-in-Law! Good luck with it...I hope he likes it, too.

[GregLaROCHE]

Enjoy your “potatiskastaren” as it’s called in Swedish. It means spud gun. Heavy slow boolit, but effective.

[8mmFan]

Enjoy your “potatiskastaren” as it’s called in Swedish. It means spud gun. Heavy slow boolit, but effective.

That sounds appropriate. The only load I’ve found so far for the bullets I have comes from Hodgdon: a 285 lb j-bullet going about 2,050 fps. That does sound like a potato.

8mmFan