are we enough mature to talk about the 375 ruger?

A 375 ruger Tikka would loosen the fillings for sure. Besides that and the size of the market it may also be that there is little demand for African dangerous game calibers in budget rifles because if you can afford to hunt Cape Buffalo you can afford a rifle designed for or associated with that (CRFs, doubles etc). I could see them selling to guys where I lived in Northern BC, maybe in the territories and Northern AB too, med bores certainly seemed more popular there; though 7mm RM, 30-06, 308 and 300 win were always in the brass buckets during site in season.

Still looking for the mythical 458 win with 5 rounds down the pipe that is being given away on the e.e. I see boomers with lots of bumps but no price drops. To be fair I’ve seen a few “Africa rifles” for sale on used racks up north when the patch slows down for a decent deal but most wanted what they paid for them.

The Ruger is also only 15 years old, I wonder if it's still covered by a patent or something meaning tikka might have to pay to license the cartridge or something?
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Mossberg made one, Craig Boddington had an article/ad where he shot a polar bear with one
 
The 375 Ruger isn’t popular. It might be a good seller among guys who want, or feel they need, a larger medium bore. But that doesn’t make it popular.
 
I really liked my M77 375 Ruger. It was extremely accurate and feed well. But I just didn’t use it much, just always ended up carrying lighter, “less powerful” rifles. So when we wanted/needed more horses it went down the road to help fund the hay burners.
 
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If I would buy one, 375 that is, I’m pretty sure I would go with the H&H…. But again I don’t need it and I have 2 9.3x62 that are good enough! Ho yeah and like I said before i’m done, I have all I need…..
 
I prefer the H&H, I think the only ruger alaskan I was interested in came with the ugly hogue stock. It's a rifle I would buy and not want to sink more money into another stock, so i passed on the deal. I had an M70 safari express that I liked but again prefer the stainless in a rifle that gets brought along fishing all summer in the north and occasionally used during hunting season. All the random storms up in northern B.C mountain areas make for more maintenance. Muddy quad trails that get pretty dusty when dry. I have a sako kodiak now that is nice and short, just right for what I am needing. I won't mount a scope on it so I'm not worried about the ejection issue with the model 85's. I have a couple of H&H die sets, a few pounds of powder and one hundred 300 grain accubonds to load up. About 60 300 grain partitions loaded, so no ruger in my future. If I had to do it all over again I would still go with the H&H.
 
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My latest 375. Another hole in my head. But for less then the cost of a Tikka T3 I couldn’t leave without it.
 
^ nice gun

The price on vintage SAKOs doesn’t seem to have caught up with a lot of older classics, some good deals on them out there. Lots of gun for the money
 
I never did have the need for any 375 cartridges. Heavy recoil is not fun conducting load development. However, if I did purchase a 375 cartridge, it would be the H&H, for nostalgia reasons.
 
I have a 375 ruger Alaskan pre muzzle break.
To be honest the reason I bought it was the configuration.

Stainless with sights. Short barrel and a hogue stock.
It’s a rugged gun. Perfect for the #### and abuse I put me and my guns trough.

When I bought it. It was 375 or 416. So I chose the 375.
If I could have bought that gun in say a 30 cal something I would have.

To get that kind of set up In a H&H would have been a custom job costing way too much.
If going that route I would have went with a 30cal of some sort.

All that being said 7+ years with the 375 ruger I wouldn’t change it.
Can be loaded from mild to wild.
Very accurate.
Out to 400yrds with ease.
Hardly any meat loss even when you smash both sholders.

Funny thing to this day. When people ask what I’m shooting. I say 375 ruger. They all assume it’s a ruger rifle in 375H&H. So I get to correct them and we have a good bull#### and usually some lead gets slung. Good times shooting any .375 flavour.
 
Got a stainless Ruger Alaskan, replaced the Hogue with a McMillan. Shot three bull moose with it from 60 to 350 yds. A single shot each with 250gr TTSX. Necessary? Absolutely not but makes you feel better when hunting in grizzly county.
 
bcsteve said:
Got a stainless Ruger Alaskan, replaced the Hogue with a McMillan. Shot three bull moose with it from 60 to 350 yds. A single shot each with 250gr TTSX. Necessary? Absolutely not but makes you feel better when hunting in grizzly county.
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the problem now is mcmillan do not offer anymore the ruger option: only one for left handed shooter anyway. luckily the laminate stock is a great way to use the 375 ruger at least for me.
 
Gatehouse said:
Without a doubt, the .375 Ruger is the finest .375 caliber cartridge ever introduced.

When it came out 15 years ago, many people said "stock up on brass, this cartridge will be over and done with in a couple of years" Yet here we are, with brass and ammo readily available (or as available as any ammo is in this era of low stock for everything)

The 375 Ruger brought everything together in a perfect package- 375 H&H ++ performance with a modern, sensible, beltless case and available to be chambered in all standard length action rifles.

Despite it's many detractors, the .375 Ruger is the most popular .375 cartridge in the last 100 years. Other contenders include the 375 WBY (pretty good cartridge, was actually sensible despite the superfluous belt) 378 WBY which didn't make as much sense as going to a larger caliber if you wanted more power, and the 375 RUM which nobody wanted, not even Remington. So the RUM was a colossal flop.

Finally a .375 was accessible to all that wanted one. Sure, most NA hunters would be just fine with a 30-06 but there is no doubt that there is some satisfaction in using a bigger gun. Hell, it's cool seeing a big moose knocked off it's feet or dropping a big bear that is coming towards you with authority at 10 yards. The NEW KING does that very well. :)
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And so does the .375 H&H. It's amazing how many haters there are of cartridge case "belts"....what's to hate?. I also find it amazing that for 90+ years, the hunting world thought the .375 H&H was one of most effective and useful cartridges ever created, then the Ruger version comes along and the H&H is all of a sudden, crap.
 
jpappy said:
I prefer the H&H, I think the only ruger alaskan I was interested in came with the ugly hogue stock. It's a rifle I would buy and not want to sink more money into another stock, so i passed on the deal. I had an M70 safari express that I liked but again prefer the stainless in a rifle that gets brought along fishing all summer in the north and occasionally used during hunting season. All the random storms up in northern B.C mountain areas make for more maintenance. Muddy quad trails that get pretty dusty when dry. I have a sako kodiak now that is nice and short, just right for what I am needing. I won't mount a scope on it so I'm not worried about the ejection issue with the model 85's. I have a couple of H&H die sets, a few pounds of powder and one hundred 300 grain accubonds to load up. About 60 300 grain partitions loaded, so no ruger in my future. If I had to do it all over again I would still go with the H&H.
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Well said!
 
D-Man said:
And so does the .375 H&H. It's amazing how many haters there are of cartridge case "belts"....what's to hate?.
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It's not really "hate" to point out that most cartridges that have a belt don't need a belt. It's just the truth.

I also find it amazing that for 90+ years, the hunting world thought the .375 H&H was one of most effective and useful cartridges ever created, then the Ruger version comes along and the H&H is all of a sudden, crap.
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The H&H isn't crap, it still does what it used to do. It's just obsolete.
 
the 9.3x62 was created before the 375hh shamely he was part of the ones that lost the war ... and i do still think the 375 ruger is a great cartridge and had nothing to envy to the 375hh ...
 
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