375 H&H vs 375 Ruger vs 9,3x62

remington jim said:
Camp Cook said:
I've always been interested in the 376 Styer would really like to give one a try someday.

The 376 Styer would be a KOOL cartridge for sure ! RJ
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I used;) some of the same rationale when, as/my earlier post, I decided to go for a 375 Chatfield Taylor. I had browsed some info on it on a few other sites plus, after reading about it in P.O. Ackleys books, I decided I needed one and made a deal with Super Cub :d.
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Johnn Peterson said:
remington jim said:
I used;) some of the same rationale when, as/my earlier post, I decided to go for a 375 Chatfield Taylor. I had browsed some info on it on a few other sites plus, after reading about it in P.O. Ackleys books, I decided I needed one and made a deal with Super Cub :d.
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And now you need its bigger brother the 416 Taylor to go along with it.
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Kevan curious, and no trying to incite you just value your opinion, why did you drop the .338 win mag?

What advantages does the 376 steyr offer over a 9.3x62 besides being legal for DG in some countries? Does it have any advantages over the new king?
 
conor_90 said:
Kevan curious, and no trying to incite you just value your opinion, why did you drop the .338 win mag?

What advantages does the 376 steyr offer over a 9.3x62 besides being legal for DG in some countries? Does it have any advantages over the new king?
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No problem Conor, seriously I've lost count of how many 338 Win. mags. I have had.... 2- Pre-64 Winchesters, a nice 700 Remington, a beautiful Tikka M65 Deluxe carbine, 2- T-3 Tikkas, one blue and one stainless and if I remember correctly a nice Ruger # 1.
I had to keep trying to convince myself that they were better than my 300 H&H with a 220 gr. load or my 35 Whelen with a 275 gr.SP or as good as my 375 H&H and try as I might the 338 could not kill anything any deader or any farther than the above mentioned rifles.
My opinion on that matter should stir up a s**t storm, but that is my opinion as I started playing with the 338 back about 1968 or '69.

If you want my opinion on a hard-hitting rifle You might seriously look at the Howa 1500 Stainless 20" in 375 Ruger, it isn't the new king of anything but its a nice cartridge with lots of potential and comes into its own if you are a handloader...... or you can look for my all-time favourite the old reliable 375 H&H ( I hear that Prophet River has some nice ones ).
I have never gone to Africa, never will, but for anything over here the old H&H is very flexible.
My 375 has been used on everything from Coyotes to Bison with great results... for instance in 1978 I killed a Pronghorn Antelope in Saskatchewan with minimal meat damage less than I had done with a 270.
I guess I'm biased because I have a whole bunch of 375 bore rifles in different chamberings, so there you have it Conor my Friend .
If we lived closer you could play with mine.... you'd enjoy the results..
 
Thanks for your answer. The howa 1500 looks like a nice rifle, on the topic of this thread I have met a couple of South Africans who are fans of the Howa rifles, not sure about the chambering though.

My choice of a .338 came down to the economics in terms of cost or rifle and reloading components. I don't think it is the all around rifle I thought it would be when I bought it, but I like it just fine. 35 whelen and 9.3x62 have always interested me. I have no safari aspirations, but plenty of dreams of Buffalos and Moose.

I think I will be playing around with medium bores for years to come.
 
Kevan said:
May I ask what an SOMA is..... pardon my ignorance..
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Some of the criteria if my memory doesn't fail me were taking at least one of the big 5, owning a rifle of 9.3mm or bigger, hunting at least two continents other than your own. The society is so cloaked in mystery that nobody knows all the rules except maybe Ardent. An underlieing theme is members tend to take things a notch or two past the point where fear and good judgement have stopped more conventional adventurers cold; and that it takes one to know one.
 
BigUglyMan said:
I was engaged in a decidedly un-SOMA undertaking last week...took the girlies to Disney World. And, amazingly, I didn't hate it.
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Hey, I could do Disney World right about now with the lil guys. Should have shot a hog and gator while at it, the only conduct unbecoming of SOMA in the story.

Dogleg said:
Some of the criteria if my memory doesn't fail me were taking at least one of the big 5, owning a rifle of 9.3mm or bigger, hunting at least two continents other than your own. The society is so cloaked in mystery that nobody knows all the rules except maybe Ardent. An underlieing theme is members tend to take things a notch or two past the point where fear and good judgement have stopped more conventional adventurers cold; and that it takes one to know one.
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Damn fine summary, actual rules will be by committee, we'll have a place to debate and make inconsequential history soon enough.
 
Ardent said:
Hey, I could do Disney World right about now with the lil guys. Should have shot a hog and gator while at it, the only conduct unbecoming of SOMA in the story.
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Quietest week of the year...a true triumph. Don't take your kids until they are 5 or 6...too hard on them. Saw a couple there with a one month old...lunacy! I was supposed to go with my brother-in-law and his family which would have opened up the schedule for some clobbering, but his kid got tonsillitis and he cancelled. Can you believe that silliness?
 
Ok I will join this discussion but am not here to piss in any .375 H&h or .375 Ruger owner's corn flakes either. For the guy on the budget the 9.63x62 will kill and has killed a lot of big critters and will continue to do for many more years. What it is really about is downrange energy and how far that bullet will travel and do what you want it to do. within 200 yards i don't think there is a lot of difference but when you go beyond that then the .375 H&H and Ruger definitely have the advantage. Like any cartridge, the one that holds the most powder will always have the advantage when it comes to downrange energy and killing power. Shooting paper is a different topic altogether.
 
Yes, 9.3x62 will dispatch any animals in this continent. It is easy to reload, cheaper to reload. Unless you want to go to Africa, 9.3 is enough.
Mine have killed about ten bears, all in one shot, except the one with 286 tsx.
Of course 375 is more powerful. It eats more powder.
Anyone can name one hunting situation in North America where a 9.3 cannot do well?
 
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