Here's a recent article by Larry Weishuhn, who has been around the world a few times hunting it all. I copied some excerpts from the article, you can read it in full here:
https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/what-one-round-to-hunt-worldwide/
Some of my favorite rounds are the .257 Roberts, .270 Win., .280 Rem., .280 Ackley Improved, 7×57 (.275 Rigby), .308 Win., .30-’06, .300 H&H Mag., .300 Win. Mag., .375 H&H Mag., .375 Ruger, .405 Win., .416 Rigby, .416 Ruger and .450-400 NE 3”, to name a few. As you will notice, most of my choices have been around for a while. They are tried and proven rounds. I have used them on hunts throughout the world for game the size of diminutive dik-diks to gargantuan elephants in Africa, and on a wild variety of game large and small in Europe, Australia, South America and, of course, North America.
In choosing one particular round, it comes down to hunting with one that is powerful enough to bring down elephant, hippo, buffalo, eland, lion, Alaskan brown bear and grizzlies, moose, elk, whitetails and mule deer, reindeer and caribou, roe deer, ibex, sheep and numerous species of antelope. Such a round must be accurate at distances near and at least out to 500 yards. It must be one that is fun to shoot, and one in which the shooter, me, has to have great confidence. Yet another consideration is ammo availability, be I near a large metropolitan city or a small gun shop a long way from any major town.
Had I been asked this question ten or more years ago, my answer would have been different than today. My choice back then would have the the venerable .375 H&H Mag., although perhaps stretching the barrel to 500 yards would have come down to truly knowing my rifle and my capabilities with it! Close behind would have been the .300 Win. Mag., followed by the .30-’06. The main reason for those is that that are time proven and ammo is available just about any and everywhere.
But that was then…. Today my choice for one round with which to hunt the world is…the .375 Ruger. I have used my Ruger M77s in African, SAAM/FTW Hunter and Guide Rifles versions throughout the world. In North America I have shot near 11-feet squared brown bear, numerous elk and mule deer and many whitetails, as well as predators and varmints with the .375 Ruger. I have used these same rifles in Africa on elephant, hippo, numerous buffalo, lion, eland and variety of plains game down to klipspringer and blue duiker.
In Australia I have used my .375 Ruger on huge Asian buffalos. In Europe I have used my .375 Rugers on roe deer, mouflon, fallow deer, red stag, reindeer and alpine ibex. My choices of ammunition on these hunts were Hornady 250-grain GMX and 300-grain DGX and DGS commercial loads, primarily the 300-grain DGX. I have never felt neither under nor over-gunned with the .375 Ruger, regardless of where or what I hunted.
Back a few years ago, I would have been concerned about the availability of .375 Ruger ammo in distant places. In my hunting travels on four continents I have made it a point to stop by gun stores to determine if indeed .375 Ruger ammo was available. Hornady commercial loads have been there every time I have asked. These days I am no longer concerned about not being able to find ammo.
To me, the .375 Ruger round, chambered in a Ruger M77, or for that matter in a Ruger No. 1 (which I recently purchased two of), is the one caliber/round I would choose, if I could only have one with which to hunt the world. The round is extremely accurate and delivers considerable down range energy. It has certainly has proven itself to me, many times over!
As predicted, the NEW KING has been taking the .375 cartridge market by storm. It is dominating .375 caliber new rifle sales and it's popularity keeps increasing world wide.
ALL HAIL THE NEW KING!
https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/what-one-round-to-hunt-worldwide/
Some of my favorite rounds are the .257 Roberts, .270 Win., .280 Rem., .280 Ackley Improved, 7×57 (.275 Rigby), .308 Win., .30-’06, .300 H&H Mag., .300 Win. Mag., .375 H&H Mag., .375 Ruger, .405 Win., .416 Rigby, .416 Ruger and .450-400 NE 3”, to name a few. As you will notice, most of my choices have been around for a while. They are tried and proven rounds. I have used them on hunts throughout the world for game the size of diminutive dik-diks to gargantuan elephants in Africa, and on a wild variety of game large and small in Europe, Australia, South America and, of course, North America.
In choosing one particular round, it comes down to hunting with one that is powerful enough to bring down elephant, hippo, buffalo, eland, lion, Alaskan brown bear and grizzlies, moose, elk, whitetails and mule deer, reindeer and caribou, roe deer, ibex, sheep and numerous species of antelope. Such a round must be accurate at distances near and at least out to 500 yards. It must be one that is fun to shoot, and one in which the shooter, me, has to have great confidence. Yet another consideration is ammo availability, be I near a large metropolitan city or a small gun shop a long way from any major town.
Had I been asked this question ten or more years ago, my answer would have been different than today. My choice back then would have the the venerable .375 H&H Mag., although perhaps stretching the barrel to 500 yards would have come down to truly knowing my rifle and my capabilities with it! Close behind would have been the .300 Win. Mag., followed by the .30-’06. The main reason for those is that that are time proven and ammo is available just about any and everywhere.
But that was then…. Today my choice for one round with which to hunt the world is…the .375 Ruger. I have used my Ruger M77s in African, SAAM/FTW Hunter and Guide Rifles versions throughout the world. In North America I have shot near 11-feet squared brown bear, numerous elk and mule deer and many whitetails, as well as predators and varmints with the .375 Ruger. I have used these same rifles in Africa on elephant, hippo, numerous buffalo, lion, eland and variety of plains game down to klipspringer and blue duiker.
In Australia I have used my .375 Ruger on huge Asian buffalos. In Europe I have used my .375 Rugers on roe deer, mouflon, fallow deer, red stag, reindeer and alpine ibex. My choices of ammunition on these hunts were Hornady 250-grain GMX and 300-grain DGX and DGS commercial loads, primarily the 300-grain DGX. I have never felt neither under nor over-gunned with the .375 Ruger, regardless of where or what I hunted.
Back a few years ago, I would have been concerned about the availability of .375 Ruger ammo in distant places. In my hunting travels on four continents I have made it a point to stop by gun stores to determine if indeed .375 Ruger ammo was available. Hornady commercial loads have been there every time I have asked. These days I am no longer concerned about not being able to find ammo.
To me, the .375 Ruger round, chambered in a Ruger M77, or for that matter in a Ruger No. 1 (which I recently purchased two of), is the one caliber/round I would choose, if I could only have one with which to hunt the world. The round is extremely accurate and delivers considerable down range energy. It has certainly has proven itself to me, many times over!
As predicted, the NEW KING has been taking the .375 cartridge market by storm. It is dominating .375 caliber new rifle sales and it's popularity keeps increasing world wide.
ALL HAIL THE NEW KING!
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