More thoughts on 9.3x64

[grand veneur]

I also reload the cartridge 9,3x64, but I always had the best ballistic performance with the 19g TUG factory loads from RWS.

At the moment I am mainly working at a load with the 220gr TUG Nature bullet and another for the 320gr PP SN bullet from Woodleigh.

 

[Luederitz]

I own a couple of 9,4x64 rifles, great and versatile caliber.
For medium/heavy game, including plains game, I prefer bullets like the Accubond or other lead-core bullets with 250gr weight. Most of this bullets offer a high B.c. which last in high energy also in 300 m distance with flat ballistics.

If you intend to hunt buffalo with the 9,3x64, which is possible, you should focus on real premium bullets as heavy as possible like A-Frame, North Fork or check if the 320gr bullets from Degol or Woodleigh are available.

For our European game, especially if lead-free is requested, bullets like the 230gr Aero ( http://www.styriaarms.com/aero.html ) can be recommended, good ballistics due to good B.c. makes the caliber versatile.

The 9,3x64 is in my eyes a very precise caliber and so far I did not had any disappointments regarding non-precise bullets...

 

[CBH Australia]

I had shot many Brenneke cartridges, including 7X64, 8X64S and 9.3X64. I felt the 8X64 was redundant and sold it off keeping the 7mm & 9.3mm... if I had been sharp that day, I would have went the other way around and kept the 8mm and sold the other two. However, I love my Ruger M77 Brenneke's... shot a lot of game with them, mostly with S&B TUG's.

The 7x64 and 9.3x64 sound like a nice combination.

 

[PerH]

Brenneke TOG is one to look for also and with Northfork in Sweden , some to look for there also .

 

[hoytcanon]

The 7x64 and 9.3x64 sound like a nice combination.

The bottom rifle pictured is the 7X64 Brenneke.

 

[RayAtkinson]

I opted for a 9,3x64 at one time, but for 100 -150 fps according to my chronograph over my 9,3x62 both handloaded to max and more blast and recoil I sent two 64s down the road. If I need more than the 62 I will opt for the 375 Ruger or 416 Rem..Components for the 9,3x64 are hard to come by these days and it has little to offer...

 

[Luederitz]

Successful hunt with my 9,3x64
August 2024

 

[MS 9x56]

The 7x64 and 9.3x64 sound like a nice combination.

Sound like more than needed of a good thing on both counts to me. Why must we always try to improve on what already works perfectly, until we make it not perfect anymore? In my non-magnum crazed opinion you cannot improve upon the 7x57 or 9.3x62 without making them less than perfect, at least for a meat eater. Just a meat eaters humble opinion. If you have to shoot more than 300 yards, you don't need a magnum. You need to work on your stalking skills.

 

[John Wasmuth]

^ That!

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Sound like more than needed of a good thing on both counts to me. Why must we always try to improve on what already works perfectly, until we make it not perfect anymore? In my non-magnum crazed opinion you cannot improve upon the 7x57 or 9.3x62 without making them less than perfect, at least for a meat eater. Just a meat eaters humble opinion. If you have to shoot more than 300 yards, you don't need a magnum. You need to work on your stalking skills.

I might feel the same way if I was in New York and naive about the demands of hunting in big, steep, open country, or dangerous African big game. Please don't tell me about Bell killing 1,000 elephants with a 7x57. Just because something can be done does not mean it is a good idea.