Well if Ruger or Winchester or even Howa would offer 9.3X62s and let the gun-rag-writers do their thing, I'd bet they would become popular pretty fast. For the Left Hand market it's a gem because it fits on standard length 30-06 length actions and magnum length LH actions are hard to find and REALLY expensive when you do fond one. But the 9.3X62 is fast easy and pretty cheep to convert any LH 25-06, 270, 280 or 30-06 into a rifle that is close to the old 375H&H flanged in power. If it were offered as a standard rifle by any or all of these companies the L.H. crowd would "climb onto that wagon" by the hundreds or maybe thousands.

Even the 9.3X57 has a lot of potential in a new and strong action of today and it gets the attention of shooters if they just take a look at it. The old loads for the 9.3X57 are kept purposely low because of the fear of the ammo being loaded into an older and no-so-strong gun. But we can say the same of the 7X57 as loaded in the USA for many years. Yet the 7X57 is still pretty popular here.

Wyoming is the least populated state in the USA, but it seems that a lot of hunter here are starting to notice the 9.3s. Maybe because we have a large population of elk and a VERY large population of Grizzlies. So the need drives the wants to some extent, but I'd have to guess that a run of 9.3s in factory rifles would still have good sales in other states too. Some men just like a super versatile rifle and have a gun that is powerful enough for the time in the future when they may be able to go to the Mountains and hunt elk, buffalo or moose, even if they don't live where the moose, buffalo and elk are.

Winchester has missed the boat for many years now in not offering their M70 in Left Hand, but Ruger is paying attention.