I have a 318WR in both a WR full stocked extended magazine bolt rifle and a light DR, approximately the same vintage. Both are a delight to shoot. Is the 9.3X62 a superior hunting cartridge? Sure, for larger game and no doubt on many smaller varieties as well. But horese for courses, and the 318 will do just fine on what it was intended for, medium sized game. The 9.3 will serve on medium game as well, but comes into its own with the heavier species that the 318 is a bit too light to deal with.

Making one cartridge do all is a nice concept, and the 9.3 is going to be more able to fill that role than the 318. I agree that there is little sense in building a new rifle to use the 318 and the 9.3 would be a much better choice. However, for those of us who like to use the older British cartridges in their original 'home' the 318 has a place in my heart and in my gun room.

By the way, thank you for the posting of the article from MAGNUM. Gregor is a superb writer and his book on African rifles is outstanding. I would love to see a compilation of his articles from MAGNUM, especially if they are all as informative as this. Dave