#10MinuteTalk | The 9.3x62 Mauser — Poor Man’s .375 H&H

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Big medicine in a standard-length action pushing a heavy .366 diameter bullet, the 9.3x62 Mauser is legally accepted as a dangerous game option in parts of Africa with a .375 bullet diameter minimum. This cartridge has a storied history and reputation for getting the job done…Big jobs. Commonly referred to as the poor man’s .375 H&H, the 9.3x62 Mauser may just be the coolest cartridge you didn’t know about.

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0:00.0	What is up, everybody? Mark on the mic, joined by Mr. Ian Clem and Mr. Ryan Muckinhern
0:08.5	and gentlemen, I hope you're feeling dangerous today because we have a cartridge that I was
0:15.5	relatively unaware of. Wouldn't have given it a second thought. It's got kind of like an interesting
0:21.6	nomenclature, maybe outside what I consider, you know, my standard. And then I started
0:27.7	looking into it. And I actually might be in love. This is going to be, this is going to be like
0:33.2	a cartridge talk, but also kind of a gun talk, Ian,
0:38.9	because I know you have something in the works.
0:41.2	We don't have it here on the table.
0:43.1	This cartridge isn't a lead balloon.
0:46.7	Oh, no.
0:47.5	But it is, I'd say...
0:49.3	It's a very unknown balloon in the U.S.
0:51.0	It's an unknown balloon in the U.S.
0:53.5	And it's really cool. And a lot of folks say that it is just the U.S. It's an unknown balloon in the U.S. And it's really cool.
0:55.2	And a lot of folks say that it is just
0:57.3	the perfect medicine for dangerous game.
1:00.3	And this is the 9.3 by 62.
1:05.1	Off to requested.
1:06.9	It has been requested.
1:08.8	Not a new cartridge, guys.
1:11.7	1905. Gosh, new cartridge, guys. 1905.
1:13.4	Gosh, what cartridge does that predate by just a little bit?
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