9.3 X 62 MAUSER
| Calibre | 9.3 X 62 |
| In the cabinet | EUROPEAN SPORTING 9mm UP TO 9.99mm · 68 images |
Research notes
The 9.3x62 was in all probability developed around 1905 by Berlin Gunmaker Otto Bock although the exact date has not been one hundred percent confirmed. During the latter part of the 19th Century and into the early years of the 20th Century there was a scramble by European countries to establish colonies in Africa, Germany included. There arose a need for a hard-working, cost-effective hunting rifle that could be used for plains game hunting, but still powerful enough to handle heavy game. Most of the early settlers still used whatever military rifles from their respective countries as the older black powder rifles were being phased out. The 9.3 became a very popular hunting rifle in Africa until the end of WW2 when ammunition became a problem when German factories were destroyed. During the past number of years there have been a resurgence of interest in the venerable 9.3 and it still has a loyal following in South Africa and Namibia. It was popular enough that PMP in South Africa featured it as a standard factory loaded cartridge. (Dixon Ref. M54)
Brevex
Loaded by Wolfgang Romey on RSA PMP cases
Pletsers is a Belgian Gunmaker.
