r/canadaguns • u/CanadiansDeserveGuns • Mar 06 '26

Buy recommendations Surplus rifle in 30-06 or 6.5x55

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I've been looking at intersurplus and looking at either Husqvarna 1640 or the M98 but can't choose the caliber I want. They seem to be priced around the same $40 per box pre-tax

I have a .22lr and an SKS but would like to add another surplus rifle to shoot at 100 and maybe 200 yards

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u/adhq Mar 06 '26

Neither. Get a 9.3x62

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u/Iokua_CDN Mar 06 '26

Just to say you own a dangerous game rifle.  

Price is nice on lots of those 9.3 x62 guns. It'd very tempting

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u/adhq Mar 06 '26

It's my next purchase. If you look into it in detail, it's an amazing forgotten caliber. Not that I need to brag about having a dangerous game rifle. But it's just what I need for moose.

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u/Parking_Media Mar 06 '26

Man I was tempted too but there's no such thing as cheap 9.3 bullets. They seem to start around a dollar for the cheapest crap.

How much do you really want to shoot it I guess. For me the answer is always a lot hah.

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u/adhq Mar 06 '26

I consider 1$ per round to be cheap. Since I don't shoot a lot, to me it doesn't matter much even at 3$/shot. I have other rifles and calibers to plink and target practice with that cost way less in ammo.

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u/Parking_Media Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

Just for the bullet :(

3$ is probably the low end for store bought ammo.

Edit: looks like ppu is around 70$/box, s&b is 80, hornady and laupua are 105+

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u/Iokua_CDN Mar 06 '26

Ammobin shows a few more deals! hornady soft point for 65 and Ppu for 66.50, but yeah that's just a few cents per round cheaper than what mentioned 

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u/Iokua_CDN Mar 06 '26

Yeah the 9.3 x62 is definitely consider a "working Bullet"

Like it's there to hopefully kill a large animal, whether for hunting or Predator defence,  maybe a couple  now and then to work out the shoulder at the range. 

Same deal as a 45 70 

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u/Bowmann-94 Mar 06 '26

Except you can cast and powder coat 45-70 and shoot full power loads. I can cast 20 bullets for 1$ most of the time. And I can load for anything from squirrels to moose.

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u/Opening_Pizza Mar 06 '26

I got an husky 9.3x62 m96 with a 4x mystery scope off Intersurplus for less than $500 and it was dead on at a 100 yards. Just had to clean it up and replace the dried up recoil pad. 7 lbs. Lots of fun.