If the 9.3x62 became the new legal minimum?

[bimbo]

The very fast 300 Rum is surely too fast for close shots with breaking bullet risk very high when sure too!400 and 500 has made for defence.For a client coud become too much heavy and after several miles of walking under sun, an accuracy brain shot could be compromised if not impossible for a tired client

 

[bimbo]

Oelof is correct, it has been well documented that the hydros create a concentric hydrostatic wave at their nose. This accomplishes two things; it causes the bullet to track straighter, and it creates a larger wound channel than a conventional solid. As an engineer, I can get my head around this. However, what I struggle to understand is why they appear to out penetrate conventional solids. I would have expected penetration to be reduced by the dissipation of energy in the larger wound channel.

 

[bimbo]

The fastest medium caliber could be preferred by client ,x some difference reasons.Less weight ,less recoil more accuracy of his shots and in addiction ...over 20 mt of range medium cal ,will show more damnage in boiled room and more penetration on heavy bone ...this with solid bullet.The right we find in the middway!

 

[grand veneur]

Like me, English does not seem to be your first language. We therefore have to concentrate very hard on what we write in order to be understood more or less well. I don't understand what you are trying to tell us, because the original topic of the discussion was whether, if the cartridge 9,3x62 became the minimum for hunting dangerous game, would you replace your rifle caliber 375 H&H Magnum with one caliber 9,3x62. Of course, there are always side topics in all discussions that deviate somewhat, nevertheless, one should try to stay to the main topic as much as possible. You seem at times to have completely drifted off topic.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

The minute you lower the legal minimum to 9.3x62mm Mauser… then, you’d have people demanding the legal minimum be lowered to .338 Winchester Magnum. And if you lowered the legal minimum to .338 Winchester Magnum, you’d have people demanding to legal minimum be lowered to .300 Winchester Magnum. And if you lowered the legal minimum to .300 Winchester Magnum, you’d have people demanding that the legal minimum be lowered to 7mm Remington Magnum. And if you had the legal minimum lowered to 7mm Remington Magnum… well, I think you all get the idea.

In all seriousness, a 9.3x62mm Mauser (in the hands of a client hunter) is perfectly fine for all members of the African Big Five, except for body shots on bull elephant or hippopotamus on land. Just use a premium grade expanding bullet and always remember that initial shot placement is extremely critical. Rhino in South Africa makes an excellent 286Gr bonded core expanding bullet called the “Solid Shank”. At 2360 FPS, this bullet will serve you perfectly well for most of your African hunting purposes. For brain shots on elephants, I really like the Cutting Edge Bullets monolithic brass 280Gr Safari Solids. I personally wouldn’t use the 9.3x62mm Mauser for hippopotamus on land (which invariably requires a body shot). A 9.3mm caliber solid to a hippopotamus’s heart-lung region will eventually prove fatal, but the game animal will often manage to make it into the water. On account of the thickness of their hides, most expanding bullets do not penetrate reliably enough into a hippopotamus’s vital organs on a body shot. Except a REALLY strongly constructed one such as the Barnes TSX. And I don’t believe that the 9.3x62mm Mauser has enough case capacity to generate the velocity you need to get a 286Gr Barnes TSX bullet to expand properly.