I killed a pile of game with the 270 grain TSX and a few more with the 300 grain. There aren't a lot of caliber/load combinations that are as equally at home on 20 pound animals as 3500 pounders. Not only is it good enough, it is a very good choice at either end of the spectrum.
338 Win Mag or 375 H&H??
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I killed a pile of game with the 270 grain TSX and a few more with the 300 grain. There aren't a lot of caliber/load combinations that are as equally at home on 20 pound animals as 3500 pounders. Not only is it good enough, it is a very good choice at either end of the spectrum.
My choice is 338....with 225 gr bullets is has same ballistics (drop) as a 270 with more smack at the end and not bad for recoil. Plus you can load them reasonably cheap and buy ammo just about anywhere. Have not seen too many places selling 375H&H lately, which could be an issue if you went on a trip and your ammo got lost.
Either one will kill anything in NA and pretty much anything in Africa as well
Either one will kill anything in NA and pretty much anything in Africa as well
NorthernPF
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- Location
- Ramore, Ontario
Is there anyone in the Sudbury area that has a 375 H&H or 375 Ruger that would be willing to let me give it a shot or two?
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- Location
- Victoria,BC.
.338 or .375?
How about the best of both worlds? A .375 bullet in a .338 WM case= .375 Taylor. I see there's one for sale on the EE right now. (shameless plug!)
Geoff
How about the best of both worlds? A .375 bullet in a .338 WM case= .375 Taylor. I see there's one for sale on the EE right now. (shameless plug!)
Geoff
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
"Regardless of the question, the answer is Mr Hollands .375." I forget where I saw that, but it seems appropriate here.
If there is a disadvantage to the .375 H&H, and I don't think there is, it is that the cartridge is at its best when chambered in a rifle with a magnum length action. The obvious choice for me, based on cost/quality is an older Brno 602 or a newer CZ 550. They can be a bit heavy and clunky out of the box, but there is so much you can do with them.
If there is a disadvantage to the .375 H&H, and I don't think there is, it is that the cartridge is at its best when chambered in a rifle with a magnum length action. The obvious choice for me, based on cost/quality is an older Brno 602 or a newer CZ 550. They can be a bit heavy and clunky out of the box, but there is so much you can do with them.
And that right there is the reason I chose a Brno 602. I really like the long, high capacity magazine and long chamber. Allows me to seat the big thumper bullets on top of lots of powder. Very flat trajectory with the 270 and 300 grain Barnes bullets.
I do not feel any recoil difference. Nice thing is the 270 Hornady with 79 grains hit almost the same spot as the 300 TSX with 80 grains. Haven't tried the 270 TSX yet. I am also finding that the type of casing does not matter. They hit damn near the same place.
Yup. I'm happy with the Brno 602 in 375 H&H.
That would be the main reason I prefer the Rem 700....At least for North American hunting.
Until you get to serious horsepower levels most of the (magnum capable) CRF actions are too heavy for my style of hunting. I keep threatening to build one of my Brnos the way I want it, but what bothers me is that the cost can escalate to a point that you might have been better off starting with a GMA action....Then you really have a keeper!
My Remington .375 weighs exactly the same as my CZ 550 in .375, but the barrel on the Remington is from the "use a varmint contour" days in the custom shop. Sometimes I think about turning the pipe down and taking a pound off her, but it shoots so nice right now.
I like CRF actions as much as the next guy, but honestly, individual rifles either work or they don't. I've seen as many feeding issues with CRF actions as with the push feeds.
The ability to put 7 cartridges in the CZ wins in the way cool category. There are few things in life you can't handle with a 7 shot .375 H&H. For everything else there's Visa.
I like CRF actions as much as the next guy, but honestly, individual rifles either work or they don't. I've seen as many feeding issues with CRF actions as with the push feeds.
The ability to put 7 cartridges in the CZ wins in the way cool category. There are few things in life you can't handle with a 7 shot .375 H&H. For everything else there's Visa.
6 is good too. Its a convenience for those animals that travel in herds, and take 1 shot while they're standing, 2 after they're down and maybe 2 after they're dead. I'll swear that I saw a buffalo trying to get up after it was boned out.
The .375 RUger is of course the #1 option, but H&H is a good one too.
Has anyone suggested calling it the 375Gatehouse yet?
(sorry if someone beat me to the punch, but I missed out on the last 624pages of that thread...)
A .338 is pretty close to a .300....Might as well jump right past the .338's to the .375's
The .375 RUger is of course the #1 option, but H&H is a good one too.
My .375 Ruger was an impulse buy, (came out of the bush after 70 days with a pocket full of money) but I have to say it is a straight shooting rifle, and I will not part with it. The 20" barrel makes it bark (so I am told by other guys on the line) and I would not suggest putting 100 rounds through it in a day, ( after 20 I begin to develop a flinch) but I have no doubt it will knock-down anything I hit clean. Besides, what can't be stopped in north-america with a .375 260 gr. accubond going 2700 fps?
I have both the 338 WM and 375 H&H in pre-64 M70's. The stock design of the early M70's help to tame the recoil on both guns, but the 375 H&H is more enjoyable to shoot. As others have said; the recoil is a straight push rearward opposed to the quick snap and muzzle whip of the 338. The heavy barrel on the 375 H&H (C-1) helps to keep the muzzle down but if I pay attention and hold my cheek on the comb the 338 is fun to shoot as well.
If I was to choose which one to carry all day on a hunt, I'd be reaching for the 338 WM. It weighs the same as my 30-06 except for an inch longer barrel length. With a good fitting sling it's an easy carry and when it comes time to shoot, there's two things that don't matter spit and that's the muzzle noise and the recoil as all attention will be on the animal.
If I was to choose which one to carry all day on a hunt, I'd be reaching for the 338 WM. It weighs the same as my 30-06 except for an inch longer barrel length. With a good fitting sling it's an easy carry and when it comes time to shoot, there's two things that don't matter spit and that's the muzzle noise and the recoil as all attention will be on the animal.
- Location
- Stony Plain, Alberta
Been through most of these, having fun with the .458win., in cz550.
