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I shot sized 225gr. Hornady Spitzers (.063" jackets) 232gr. Norma Alaskan also with .063" thick jackets, Speer's 270gr. bombs, Alaskan 286's, the TUGs and re-sized 300gr. Hornady.
In 1912 or whenever the 9.3x62 came out, the initial ballistics were 286g.r soft and solids at 2,175fps. In 1923 (according to John Taylor) the ballistics for the 9.3x62 were improved to 2,340fps with a 285/6?gr. bullet.
Today, if you have a 9.3x57 on a model 98 action, you can duplicate those 1923 ballistics, in the 9.3x57.
I beat the 1912 9.3x62 ballistics in my 9.3x57 with 15gr. heavier bullets and had 0, that is ZERO case "web" expansion on a full length sized case (actual was .0003" expansion in one place". That, my friends are not only safe loads - they are light loads - for that rifle, a model 94/96.
I did shoot a small moose with mine using a 270gr. Speer at 2,300fps. The impact vel. at 200yards would have been perhaps 1,800fps, maybe a bit more. The bullet went to pieces on the leg bone, but smashed 2" of it, maybe 2 1/2" in diameter - or visavis. The bullet did not penetrate the rib cage, but the moose lay down (dropped). I walked up, while buddy Brad kept an eye on the circling cow, & I planted another one in the top of it's head.
That moose might have been 300 pounds, tops, but it was a big bull calf with 1 1/2" nubs for horns. We *(old guys) 17 years ago, had to cut the gutted carcass it into 2 pieces to load it into his truck.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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