...imho, a purely numerical approach may be deceptive...there is nearly a hundred years of field-based history behind the 9.3s that supports everything that has been written about the cartridge...and the ballistics charts indicate superior terminal performance of the 9.3s when compared to even factory .375s at 100+ ranges...

...am sure that the .35 whelen is a great cartridge for all sorts of game, but to say that the 9.3s are more like the .35 whelen because of bullet diametres and muzzle velocities than the .375s, and then to impose .35 whelen gaming guidelines is to ignore a hundred year of history of the use of the cartridge for all sorts of dg, even eles., imho...