| 400NitroExpress |
| (.400 member) |
| 13/12/06 04:15 AM |
Re: Silly things about the 9,3x74R
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Have read a number of posts describing incredible stories that happened with a 9,3x74R, like elephants at 5 yards, 300 yards shots and a good amount of other silly things.
If you can't shoot, fine, you should know your limitations. But don't assume others can't just because you can't.
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The mentioned caliber, unpayable companion of mine during 25 years, excellent for European big game when practiced at short distances, is just this: an excellent but limited cartridge that will never ever be even closely called “an all around African cartridge”.
This statement is simply ignorant, and reflects a lack of double rifle experience. An accurate rifle is an accurate rifle, period, no matter how many barrels it has. Sure, there are plenty of cheap, poorly regulated 9.3 doubles floating around that aren't much use beyond short range, especially in Europe. But there are also plenty of good quality double rifles that are very accurate, and their useful range limited only by sighting equipment. I've shot Tony's 9.3 and it's very accurate. I watched him shoot a coyote with it at 275 yards. We were in the middle of a hay meadow and there was no rest available, but he hit it with both barrels. The kudu he shot at 300 yards didn't have a snowball's chance in hell.
If the 9.3X74R and the 9.3X62 are not decent all round African cartridges, then the .375 isn't either. Good luck trying to sell that argument. They give up very little to the .375. Indeed, Zimbabwe PH and veterinarian Kevin Robertson, author of "The Perfect Shot", suggests downloading the .375 a bit - which makes the .375 identical to the 9.3s.