.375 all around north america bullet

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Looking to see who's shooting .375s in north America.

I hear in Africa guys load Expanding and solids for the same hunt.
I am looking to see what your using for north American game.
deer, elk, moose, black and grizzly
 
regulate34 said:
I am still unsure of these new all copper like the GMX and TSX/TTSX
hear lots of failures to expand.
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You need impact velocities above 2,000fps or so to attain reliable expansion. Below that and you are better of with a different bullet for sure. I think most claims of failures are by people that aren't used to a bullet that offers this much penetration and weight retention...or poor hits.
 
yeah I guess. the ones that have the mono-metals expand good seam to be hooked on them.
watched a Bullet test by Federal. the TSX was devastating
i have some 250gTTSX to try. 260g Accubonds. 300g sierra's
 
The 250gr TTSX is what I'm loading in my .375 Ruger for next season. I've had nothing but great results with the TSX and TTSX.
 
My father and I shot most of the "older" bullets in .375 H&H; no monometals or accubonds. The 285 grain Grand Slams of a few years ago were great bullets. For an all arounder though, Sierra's 300 grain Gameking is excellent. Reasonably priced, very high BC, accurate, with good penetration and predictable expansion. The only reason we shoot anyting else anymore in the H&H is just to use up what we have on hand.
 
Northman999 said:
My father and I shot most of the "older" bullets in .375 H&H; no monometals or accubonds. The 285 grain Grand Slams of a few years ago were great bullets. For an all arounder though, Sierra's 300 grain Gameking is excellent. Reasonably priced, very high BC, accurate, with good penetration and predictable expansion. The only reason we shoot anyting else anymore in the H&H is just to use up what we have on hand.
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There's a certain amount of wisdom in tis post.
 
I've been fortunate to have used many combinations of weight and construction bullets in the .375 H&H on a lot of different things in a lot of different places. More and more I find the exact bullet doesn't even matter, hell I've now taken a Wood Bison bull, Wildebeest, Bear, Lynx, and Lion with Federal blue box RN SPs of all things. I blame that on fatherhood and a lack of time, scantly stocked northern shelves, and I seem to be without the foresight to mail order. I still load 300gr the rare times I get to the reloading bench now, principally TSXs just because I have a lot of good results with them and data to match. At every practical hunting range I'm finding it less and less critical the exact bullet I choose. I do like non-toxic, and thus favour the monos, and have good history with the TSX so I generally stick with it. Suppose in summary I don't find the .375 H&H too fussy, it always works for me whatever it's stoked with. One notable exception for me is the lead core 235grs, notably the Speer Hotcor- this one has failed for me miserably.
 
I've had excellent luck so far with the 270 TSX in my 375 Ruger at 2700 fps - knocks the snot out of anything it hits.
 
I've posted this before, but I stopped using the 270gr after working up a load and then shooting it into newsprint at about 90 yards. I can't remember the exact velocity but it was over 2700fps. Result:
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for comparison that is a 7mm 160gr XLC on the left shot into the exact same print at the same distance. Notice that it opened up really nicely. I also tried the 285gr GS and it worked very well.
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I believe Why Not? had a haywire experience on a moose with those 270gr TSX too.
 
I got a little tired of delayed kills and runners with the .375 TSX. It's no big deal when you have a team of trackers, but it just doesn't have to be that way. The difference between a TSX and an A-frame is the difference between hitting something and sledge hammering it. You can see the difference at the shot.
 
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