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The lovely pictured rifle looks a lot like my Whitworth M98 .375, except it has a different safety and an ebony forend. My 375 is a standard action 375 H&H Magnum. I need to choose projectiles and seat them to a length fit. Loading into the maga one requires an insertion with the base of the cartridge and pushed in backwards and downwards.

My only o.e is my Tikka 512SD under and over double rifle. I've only used 286 gr Woodleigh SPs and FMJs. But 14 buffalo, plus scrub bulls, horses, donkeys, pigs and deer to its tally.

I question Koos claim the 9.3x62 was the popular African all rounder before the .375 H&H Magnum claimed this title. Maybe in ex-German SW Africa aka Namibia. And among a minority of Afrikaner South Africans. Certainly in the English Press the 9.3x62 was virtually unknown.

There are often spurious arguments that the 9.3x62 and the .375 H&H are virtually the same in power and velocity. The calibre is only 2.5% larger. But let's say, take a .30-06 case opened up to .375,it will NOT be the equivalent to the H&H Magnum cartridge.

I also have not heard the claim the .375 suffered from the reputation of having too soft soft point bullets. My readings said it had the opposite reputation. Noted manybSPs of the era were unreliable for very large game . Therefore the often preference for FMJs. But this efficiency was common across the board and markedly in such as the 10.75x68. Harry Manners switched his 10.75x68 to the .375 H&H Magnum exactly for this reason. And successfully used the .375 for thousands of buffalo and numerous elephant.

Ammunition for the .375 will be found in gun shops, when the 9.3x62 factory ammo will be very missing.

I'm sure lots of farmers bought very useful Mauser 9.3x62 rifles. Cheaper and versatile than a British H&H Magnum length Mauser. Hard hitting on medium game. Excellent on medium driven game. Larger plains game Marginally adequate on large and dangerous game.

Disagree with the last comment? Remember a 6.5 can kill a buffalo. It's those 5% of times when things don't go well, one really feels the need for something bigger. Getting injured or killed might be the result. Good shooting with the 9.3 will work. But are you happyand confident to use it during a charge,min the long grass, jess, thick scrub at very close range?

The 9.3x62 is a no nonsense cartridge.

I've often thought having a nice handy Mauser rifle in 9.3x62 would be nice. But why not just use my better .375 more? Use an existing rifle more, spend the money on shooting it, hunting with it, rather than yet another rifle sitting in a gun safe.

The ,375 H&H Magnum is chambered by virtually every gunmaker and larger bore rifle models. No problem finding affordable rifles for a long long time.

The .375 H & H Magnum rightfully holds the undisputed title as the world all rounder.

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John aka NitroX

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