.375 cal North American hunting.

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I have been using my 375 Ruger for all my hunts this year.
Coyotes, black bear, deer and moose. Right now I am using 300g sierra SBT
I find the big bullets to not be over kill and punch holes threw anything.
I was tossing around the idea of playing with lighters bullets this spring for black bears.

Just wondering what you 375cal hunters are loading for your local woods
 
I've mentioned it before but I'm loading 250gr TTSX in my Ruger. Like all TSX/TTSX they will penetrate as deep and probably deeper than a cup and core 300gr. It blew right through my bull moose neck this year. It's my new favorite moose rifle.
 
I don't find the 300grains to have that bad of a trajectory to 300yrds
You always hear about big slow bullets having less meet damage
(I have seen this first hand)

What's the impact like with 250g in the 2850fps range
 
regulate34 said:
I don't find the 300grains to have that bad of a trajectory to 300yrds
You always hear about big slow bullets having less meet damage
(I have seen this first hand)

What's the impact like with 250g in the 2850fps range
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If you're talking about a 20" .375 Ruger, you're looking at a muzzle velocity closer to 2750fps than 2850fps.
 
Ok 2750fps . Yes 20" 375ruger.

Blood shot still not a issue?


Was thinking about trying 300g RN interlocks. I want to slow them down. See what they do.
 
From my experience of one, the moose neck mentioned above, blood shot meat was minimal. Don't get me wrong, the neck was mangled from the impact and smashing the spine but minimal dark red jellied blood shot meat. In the big scheme of thing, 2750 fps muzzle velocity is on the slower side compared to some other hunting cartridge/bullet combo.
 
I've used those (as well as a number of others) in the .375 Ruger and the obsolete .375 H&H.

For most game in north America, just about any 300gr bullet is going to work well. It is a 300gr bullet at 2650fps or so. They don't bounce off. :)
 
I know that any bullet will work (as in killing game).
I took 4 animals with the 300g sierras this year. They are good.
I am trying to decide what bullet I want to try on game next.

I have no first had experances with mono-metals.

I think I going to try a TSX/TTSX.

The questions is 235g, 250g, 270g, 300g, 350g.
 
If meat damage is of primary concern....heavy, slow and non-fragmenting is the answer. The faster the impact velocity, the greater the meat damage.
 
I shot a small bull moose and a bull elk with 235g TXS. Both dropped in their tracks (elk was a neck shot) and had minimal damage. I was using 71 grains of reloader 15. So not a real hot load.
 
Gatehouse said:
I've used those (as well as a number of others) in the .375 Ruger and the obsolete .375 H&H.

For most game in north America, just about any 300gr bullet is going to work well. It is a 300gr bullet at 2650fps or so. They don't bounce off. :)
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Dont start, Gatehouse.
 
regulate34 said:
Agreed.
I need to get a cronograph.
300g. 2400fps?
250g. 2500fps?
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You can load down to those speeds or load regularly to 2600, 2750 fps

Monometals like to be shot faster, usually.

I've picked the 250gr TTSX for my all around .375 Ruger load. I would sub in the 270gr TSX if targeting coastal grizzlies maybe. I've used the 270 TSX on small deer and they kill fine without wrecking much, too.
 
2750 fps seems a little slow for a 250, even with a 20" barrel? What load are you using? I'm getting 2700 fps with a 270 gr TSX and 81.5-82 gr of Ramshot Big Game.
 
At one time, the obvious upgrade from a standard cup and core bullet was to choose a Nosler Partition, which is available in both .375/260 and .375/300. When loading light bullets in the .375, I like the 300 gr TSX in my .375 Ultra, while a pal of mine prefers the 260 gr Accubond in his Ruger Alaskan. The stronger the bullet is made, the denser the target must be if the rate of expansion is to be comparable at any given velocity. You might well find that a premium bullet doesn't kill light game as well as your 300 gr Sierra, which is probably why we began to see a steady increase in the manufacture of premium bullets lighter than 270 grs. Aside from being made to expand with less resistance, the light bullet's impact velocity is higher, which benefits the folks who are more concerned with lightning fast kills, than they are with eating right up to the bullet hole. At this point, I feel compelled to point out that on my African adventure, the load I preferred was a Speer 300 gr AGS, a flat nosed solid, short for weight due to it's tungsten core, in the .375 H&H. My partner used 300 gr Partitions in the same rifle, and light plains game like impala, warthog, and wildebeest were all killed equally well with both bullets. That experience convinced me that provided a pointed bullet expands enough to produce a blunt nose, and shift it's center of gravity forward so as to ensure stable, straight line penetration, then given a solid hit, all will end well.
 
So if I go with a premium bullet on lighter North American game I would need to keep the velocity up?

Cup and core like the 300g sierras are going to open faster and at slower velocitys. ?
 
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