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Doesn’t John Taylor mention using a Farquharson in .360 no 2 to take lion off a cattle ranch he worked on in his early days? I know he mentions the cartridge favorably.

The .360 as loaded by Kynamco pushes a 320 grain bullet around 2200 fps, about the same speed the 9.3 X 62 pushes 286 grains. Seems to me the talk of not enough gun is questionable. I don’t think a lion could tell it wasn’t a .375 H&H. Surely it’s enough gun for anything in North America.

I’d keep the gun and use it as is without destroying the lines (and handling) with claw mounts and telescopic sights. It’s not really meant to be a sniper rifle. It’s a fine and elegant gun in an interesting and adequate caliber if you ask me.

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Seems to me, that's about all the .333 Jeffery put out, a 300gr. at 2,000fps to 2,200fps. I remember a picture from Taylor's book of a charging lioness hit in the forehead with the 300gr. from the Jeffery round. "The Smash" as he called it.iirc

The 9.3x62 does about 2,320/40fps with the 286gr., soft and solid. That would be the 1925 load. Today, it easily does well over 2,400, but only with handloads. Dimension wise, it is after all, an "improved" case capacity design, way ahead of it's time. From a Mauser factory chamber, mine measure .455" shoulders, .001" over Ackley's .454" shoulders on the standard case, however it is still loaded like a .35 Whelen, which it far out shadows for capacity.

So - that .360 is quite a round indeed. 2,200fps with 320gr. - sounds great to me.

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