Originally Posted By: Jagermeister
if you're willing to acknowledge limited availability of quality ammo it's good overall caliber for heavier na game at short to medium ranges. strum & ruger makes sweet-handling ss in this caliber. for heavier afro game they offer 450/400rne.
ps. with lightest comercial load having 232gr slug i would say its big game only caliber.


That's silly. Norma and S&B are readily available here, and RWS can be had. Hornady also loads it, and their excellent 9.3X74R brass and bullets are available to the handloader. A 9.3X74R is easy to feed.

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