Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies

*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Shooting & Reloading - Mausers, Big Bores and others >> Rifles

dnovo
.333 member

Reged: 21/02/05
Posts: 490
Loc: Chicago & SE Wisconsin

Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...
06/06/07 10:21 PM

I have a 318WR in both a WR full stocked extended magazine bolt rifle and a light DR, approximately the same vintage. Both are a delight to shoot. Is the 9.3X62 a superior hunting cartridge? Sure, for larger game and no doubt on many smaller varieties as well. But horese for courses, and the 318 will do just fine on what it was intended for, medium sized game. The 9.3 will serve on medium game as well, but comes into its own with the heavier species that the 318 is a bit too light to deal with.

Making one cartridge do all is a nice concept, and the 9.3 is going to be more able to fill that role than the 318. I agree that there is little sense in building a new rifle to use the 318 and the 9.3 would be a much better choice. However, for those of us who like to use the older British cartridges in their original 'home' the 318 has a place in my heart and in my gun room.

By the way, thank you for the posting of the article from MAGNUM. Gregor is a superb writer and his book on African rifles is outstanding. I would love to see a compilation of his articles from MAGNUM, especially if they are all as informative as this. Dave

--------------------
Time Wounds All Heels

Edited by dnovo (06/06/07 10:26 PM)

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
.318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	9.3x57	05/06/07 12:27 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	Schauckis	17/05/08 05:08 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	BFaucett	17/05/08 07:28 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	Schauckis	19/05/08 08:17 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	DarylS	20/05/08 01:16 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	NE450No2	17/05/08 09:16 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	NE450No2	17/05/08 09:23 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	allenday	18/06/07 02:21 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	gunsmith	08/06/07 12:38 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	Mike_McGuire	05/06/07 01:37 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	NitroX	05/06/07 01:57 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	gunsmith	08/06/07 12:42 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	9.3x57	08/06/07 11:50 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	9.3x57	05/06/07 10:08 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	591cehpp25	28/08/07 12:40 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	500Nitro	06/06/07 02:51 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	BFaucett	06/06/07 10:19 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	9.3x57	06/06/07 10:44 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	BFaucett	06/06/07 10:50 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	NE450No2	06/06/07 03:17 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	500Nitro	06/06/07 03:19 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	NE450No2	06/06/07 03:28 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	500Nitro	06/06/07 03:45 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	dnovo	06/06/07 10:21 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	BFaucett	07/06/07 12:30 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	BFaucett	06/06/07 10:34 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	Gibbs505	09/06/07 06:10 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	BFaucett	09/06/07 06:28 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	Stuart	11/06/07 01:21 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	mehulkamdar	16/06/07 03:22 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	BFaucett	17/06/07 12:27 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	mehulkamdar	21/06/07 05:18 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	gunsmith	10/05/08 01:36 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	shinz	12/05/08 06:48 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	Bramble	17/05/08 10:44 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	BFaucett	21/06/07 11:38 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	enfieldspares	12/07/07 09:16 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	9.3x57	13/07/07 01:15 PM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...	tinker	13/07/07 01:33 PM

Extra information

0 registered and 33 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator:

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 12076

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved