375 Ruger - will it last?

[Freyr_255]

So I'm looking at getting a new rifle potentially in 375 Ruger and was wondering what people think of this cartridge and whether or not it will be a long lived cartridge or if it will fade into obscurity? I'm mostly concerned about the potential for finding reloading components in the future.

 

[toebako]

I hope it makes it. I have a 416 Ruger and will need the brass to size up in case the 416 fades away. Just buy the gun and get 200 or more brass to start. I have a hundred and will get more when I can. Fun guns.

 

[Ardent]

I'm on the H&H side of the fence, but I think we'll see the Ruger around for awhile and wouldn't be too concerned. I'm a bigger fan of the stainless M70 .375 H&H by good measure than the Alaskan so that's the route I'd look at if after a SS carry gun.

 

[bcsteve]

Ask Gatehouse.

 

[Gatehouse]

Considering the overwhelming success Ruger has had selling .375 Ruger chambered rifles, I don't expect it to disappear any time soon. The H&H isn't going anywhere either, but I expect that rifles chambered in .375 Ruger will be outselling rifles chambered in .375 H&H within a decade, if it's not happening already.

Hornady has had some trouble keeping up with the production of brass and ammo since the cartridge has proved to be so popular. This is a great indication that it's longevity is virtually guaranteed. They seem to have caught up, as ammo and brass is much more widely available now than it was 2 or 3 years ago.

 

[JJ-65]

At this point everyone that wanted one has it. When a new cartridge fails to be picked up by multiple manufactures, the future is short as demonstrated by the .225 winchester,all the wssms the Rem saums and a host of others that are gone and forgotten.

 

[Gatehouse]

Currently there are at least 5 firearms manufacturers chambering rifles in .375 Ruger, although I tend to think the 2 original RUger offerings are the best factory options.

 

[Camp Cook]

It will last... how can't it when it = the 375 H&H in performance...

CC

 

[MTM]

I'm an H&H guy too but I think the Ruger is here to stay.For those new guys not interested in nostaglia or anything cool it's a very practical round. Hahahaha

 

[bunny]

I have been loading the 300 hornady RN for my Alaskan with 80 grains of H414 and getting average 1.25" groups, but found the recoil was a bit much, so I dropped it to 75 grains and its noticable easier on the shoulder P.O.I. is the same and my groups are smaller. Nothing wrong with the 300 RN at 2500, great cartridge chambered in a great rifle.

 

[RememberTheSomme]

When did it start?...... will it even start?............., when it does, give it 30 years and then ask, "Will it last?"

.375 H&H will it last? 99 years and counting.

 

[philthygeezer]

The .308 lasted and so did the .30-06.

Similarly, why not the Ruger and the H&H?

 

[Win/64]

Gatehouses sigline.

"It is agreed among knowledgeable hunters and shooters that the .375 Ruger is the NEW KING of all the .375 caliber cartridges. No other .375 compares. The NEW KING thread set a record for CGN Hunting Arms forum. Almost 1700 replies, and over 45 000 views. ALL HAIL THE NEW KING!!"

So who agreed to this? Were all 1700 replies positive, for the 375 ruger? Seems to me the thread I read concluded that the 375 H&H was still the King. But you tried in vain to push your "upstart" 375 ruger. Personally I would pass on both and pick the 9.3x62.

 

[todbartell]

it's gonna be around for a while

 

[Boomer]

Thanks in no small part to the affordable and well thought out Ruger Alaskan rifle, the .375 Ruger has been so widely accepted, as opposed to the .376 Styer, that you don't need to be concerned about its longevity.

 

[Freyr_255]

Good to hear that it has been accepted enough it'll be around for a while. I'll add it to my list of calibers I'm debating on buying.

 

[grit]

The 375 ruger will still be here in a decade unlike most of the short mags.I wouldn't worry 375 ruger components

 

[Kevan]

So who agreed to this? Were all 1700 replies positive, for the 375 ruger? Seems to me the thread I read concluded that the 375 H&H was still the King. But you tried in vain to push your "upstart" 375 ruger. Personally I would pass on both and pick the 9.3x62.[/QUOTE]

There is absolutely nothing about the above opinion that is relevant to this thread....

 

[Camp Cook]

The 375 Ruger is a medium velocity 375 cartridge in a short/light recoiling package that can get the job down for those that do not take the time to learn how to handle heavier recoiling firearms which is most people...

So like I said earlier it will last...

 

[cody c]

It might last, It might be a "fiero" or "RX-8" in that its a fad that sells some merchandise and then the flaws start to show and people go on to the next greatest thing. Or it might be a "mustang" or a "corolla" and last for quite a while (excuse my poor analogies!)

I think most of us who have decided to try one out and have fun with one understand the possibilities and have or will have a generous supply of brass in case. Not that Im worried, but there's no harm in having a decent supply.

I dont understand all the big claims and big critiscism of the 375 ruger, its a hunting rifle, go enjoy it or sell it and buy something you enjoy more.