The .375 Ruger discussion thread
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My son used the .375 Ruger in SA last fall and took 12 animals from warthog to eland and from 30 yds to over 400 yds. Performance was exceptional. Only flaw in his rigging was his 1.5 - 5 leupold scope which had the heavy duplex and it handicapped him a little on some of the longer shots. The bullets perfomed amasing, very few recovered. I use the 270 TSX in the H+H with almost no recovered bullets through and through every time, dead critter everytime!!
Douglas
My son used the .375 Ruger in SA last fall and took 12 animals from warthog to eland and from 30 yds to over 400 yds. Performance was exceptional. Only flaw in his rigging was his 1.5 - 5 leupold scope which had the heavy duplex and it handicapped him a little on some of the longer shots. The bullets perfomed amasing, very few recovered. I use the 270 TSX in the H+H with almost no recovered bullets through and through every time, dead critter everytime!!
Douglas
And this is why I have not jumped on the 375 Ruger bandwagon. If your ammo ends up somewhere else, how do you source more to save a hunt? As others have said, the 375 Ruger shows LOTS of promise, but in the same breath, we have seen many many calibers come & go recently... The WSSM's immediately come to mind...
Personally, I am hoping to read about the 375 Ruger years down the road & possibly own one... Given the situation where I would have to make a choice right now, I think I would take the 375 H&H...
Cheers
Jay
Where do you guys live that it is so hard to find ammo? Even La baron's here is South Eastern Ontario usually has a couple loads available, and we have no practical use in this area for a cartridge this powerful except for maybe an overly aggressive refrigerator.
Thanks Jay, that was the response I was looking for.
I did some research before buying the rifle.
Living halfway between Prince Rupert and Prince George on Hwy.#16, there are 8 different places to buy ammo not counting C-Tire. Of the 8 places 4 currently have 375 Ruger ammo on the shelf and 7 regularly carry the ammo. Only 3 of the stores currently have 375H&H in stock.
Keep in mind that it's the middle of winter, hunting season is long since past and going to the range in -15 with 3' of snow isn't a really good time to most people. So ammo in all shops is low, with no plans to re-order until spring.
Seems to me that ammo for the NEW KING is readily available in NW B.C. and for what I do and where I do it this 375Ruger Alaskan will be perfect!
I'm not much of a "gun guy" but this cartridge just makes sense to me, and Ruger, Savage, CZ.....I think I'm missing someone else....
I can't wait for the spring bear hunt !
Ruger / H+H
I KNOW I can buy 308, 30-06, 300 Win,.375 H+H, 458 Win and .470 NE in Capetown, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Bulawayo, Harare, Lusaka, Maun, Victoria Falls, Joburg, Gabarone, Nirobi, Dar es Saalm, Mombassa and quite likely even Livingston if I need to salvage a very expensive hunt because some airline Moron lost my bag or stole my ammo. I quite frankly would be very surprized to see the Ruger offering in even one of these cities for some years to come.
Same reason not advised to use wildcats as a primary rifle/cartridge combo when travelling abroad. I have and lucked out but never will again as things get tougher and more bags disappear and headstamps must match whats on the barrel.
Douglas
I KNOW I can buy 308, 30-06, 300 Win,.375 H+H, 458 Win and .470 NE in Capetown, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Bulawayo, Harare, Lusaka, Maun, Victoria Falls, Joburg, Gabarone, Nirobi, Dar es Saalm, Mombassa and quite likely even Livingston if I need to salvage a very expensive hunt because some airline Moron lost my bag or stole my ammo. I quite frankly would be very surprized to see the Ruger offering in even one of these cities for some years to come.
Same reason not advised to use wildcats as a primary rifle/cartridge combo when travelling abroad. I have and lucked out but never will again as things get tougher and more bags disappear and headstamps must match whats on the barrel.
Douglas
that's only a problem if you go hunting in africa, if you bought 50 brass and reloading dies your good to go for a long time unless you like target shooting with a .375
. if you use it for hunting i can't see shooting it to often..375 Ruger
Gentlemen;
Please do not misinterpret what I'm saying. I think the .375 Ruger is one of the finest designs to come out in the past 50 years, a totally new case fitting a standard magnum bolt face. Superior to the Jeffery derivatives in that manner, a case capacity exceeding the H+H in an action needing to only be long enough to function a .300 Win. From what I have seen and the loads my son has worked up, it is a excellent cartridge, outstanding even. I fully intend to build 3 rifles based on this case, a .375, the .416 and a .458. I expect to be able to match the .458 Lott with this case in a lighter action and rifle.
My objection is the use of the term KING implying this cartridge to be the end all, be all, in a .375 bore. The H+H is still the industry standard and will be 100 years old in a few days, it has been chambered every year since 1912 in several models of firearms (except possibly during war years) and it still kills as well today as it did 100 years ago. A little respect for the old girl is all I ask, the Ruger will get it's due in good time, but it needs to earn it on the game fields all over the world as the H+H has.
The Ruger ballistically duplicates the old .375 Wby, which was highly touted when Roy brought it on the scene, however it died a very quick death and didn't seem to hurt sales of the rifles in the H+H one bit. Many ballistically superior cartridges have come and gone over the past 100 years and yet the old H+H plods along, you need to ask why and do a little research. It has to do with feeding, percieved recoil, worldwide availability of ammo and the fact it is just a damn good cartridge that's loved by a lot of old guys like me, who buy guns.
Lets just give the Ruger a chance to grow up and fill out a bit before we start the coronation process OKay. That's all I ask !!
Douglas
Gentlemen;
Please do not misinterpret what I'm saying. I think the .375 Ruger is one of the finest designs to come out in the past 50 years, a totally new case fitting a standard magnum bolt face. Superior to the Jeffery derivatives in that manner, a case capacity exceeding the H+H in an action needing to only be long enough to function a .300 Win. From what I have seen and the loads my son has worked up, it is a excellent cartridge, outstanding even. I fully intend to build 3 rifles based on this case, a .375, the .416 and a .458. I expect to be able to match the .458 Lott with this case in a lighter action and rifle.
My objection is the use of the term KING implying this cartridge to be the end all, be all, in a .375 bore. The H+H is still the industry standard and will be 100 years old in a few days, it has been chambered every year since 1912 in several models of firearms (except possibly during war years) and it still kills as well today as it did 100 years ago. A little respect for the old girl is all I ask, the Ruger will get it's due in good time, but it needs to earn it on the game fields all over the world as the H+H has.
The Ruger ballistically duplicates the old .375 Wby, which was highly touted when Roy brought it on the scene, however it died a very quick death and didn't seem to hurt sales of the rifles in the H+H one bit. Many ballistically superior cartridges have come and gone over the past 100 years and yet the old H+H plods along, you need to ask why and do a little research. It has to do with feeding, percieved recoil, worldwide availability of ammo and the fact it is just a damn good cartridge that's loved by a lot of old guys like me, who buy guns.
Lets just give the Ruger a chance to grow up and fill out a bit before we start the coronation process OKay. That's all I ask !!
Douglas
King
Opinions make the world go round, and I give you the respect of honoring yours. So be it !! Apparently history and logic are lost on you, I will not address this any longer, except to say history is full of a lot of dead infant kings !!!
Douglas
PS: I will ignore the "Dougie" slight.
Opinions make the world go round, and I give you the respect of honoring yours. So be it !! Apparently history and logic are lost on you, I will not address this any longer, except to say history is full of a lot of dead infant kings !!!
Douglas
PS: I will ignore the "Dougie" slight.
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Not only is it opinion, it is fact that the 375 Ruger is the new king of the 375 caliber cartridges. It may not be the fastest or the oldest, but it's the king.
