.375 group is officially open now.

Neilm said:
I hate to deflate you Gatehouse but the rifles available in the Ruger are rifles which didn't have a long enough mag box to handle the H&H. Most of them are economy models compared to the longer actioned versions. Winchester did offer the 375H&H in their stainless gun with that crappy tupperware stock they produced for a few years and as I recall the price was comparable to the other stainless tupperware versions. If you want a rifle to take pride in you have to get one made for the 375 H&H.

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Neil,

you can do a 375hh from a mkII or hawkeye regular action ... some gunsmith works involved but doable ...

h t t p s ://www.riflemagazine.com/magazine/article.cfm?tocid=1186&magid=84

i have a 375 ruger and it s a tool, that is not a collectible rifle for sure but it works for what im doing like a 375hh will ...

let s make the 375 group firendly...
 
medvedqc said:
Neil,

you can do a 375hh from a mkII or hawkeye regular action ... some gunsmith works involved but doable ...

h t t p s ://www.riflemagazine.com/magazine/article.cfm?tocid=1186&magid=84

i have a 375 ruger and it s a tool, that is not a collectible rifle for sure but it works for what im doing like a 375hh will ...

let s make the 375 group firendly...
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I read that article when it came out and was pondering having that done to one of my MkII rifles.
 
Gatehouse said:
Surpass, yes, but I wouldn't say by a "huge" margin. Many WSM's are being bought these days. Despite the 300WBy having a much longer head start, 300WSM's are outselling them by a HUGE margin.

Regardless, that doesn't have anything to do with what I'm talking about- which is that Winchester isn't afraid to explore modern cartridges. However, They may not want to chamber their competitors round, despite it being superior to the H&H, and that is understandable.
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That's your opinion, not Winchester's.

Anyhow, let's keep the thread on the topic of all 375 calibers.

Here's mine, a Sako 85 Kodiak in 375 H&H with a Zeiss 2.5-10x50. I have a McMillan for it as well, but actually prefer the factory laminate.

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I missed 2 sales now that interested me on the ee,,,2 slow on the draw. I will have a 375 soon. Id like to try the Mossberg or Howa. My lgs had a savage for about 600$ might try him to see if it is still in stock
 
Gatehouse said:
Deflate me? It's common knowledge that Ruger wanted to chamber a .375 in their standard action rifles and not limit themselves to their longer RSM 375 H&H action. This is no great revelation...

In creating the 375 Ruger cartridge, the door was wide open for any manufacturer that chambered a 300WM etc to chamber the 375 Ruger, which guaranteed the success of the 375 Ruger cartridge.
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Im wondering wht Ruger or Winchester havent commercialized the 375 Chatfield Taylor,,I have a buddy with one and it runs somewhere in between the Ruger and the H&H velocity wise,,with the right powder,,so OMO same same
 
I gave my son his first 375 for his 20th birthday last year,,,its a custom I built on a MK10 Mauser action about 25yrs ago,,still mint like the day it was built,,but a 21" Shaw barrel, express sites and a barrel band swivel from Brownells, a custom French walnut stock,,blank from Robinson Arms (remember him?) and 22lpi checkering wrapped under the fore end and over the grip,,very straight safari rifle stock design,,Leupold Varix-3 1.5-5 x 20 on double lever mounts,,,,gorgeous gun,,hope he looks after it,,I have killed many moose and black bear with this rifle.

I shoot a Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker in 375 H&H,,synthetic stock with a custom finish and paint, Leupold 3.5 - 10 Vari x3 cds,,with a dial to 700 yards for the 300gr Accubond
 
A nothing fancy Zastava M70 with Zeiss Duralyte 2-8x42

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Barnes 300gr Banded Solids and nickel brass look all pretty, and 235gr Speer Hot-Cors do things to whitetail. I probably shouldn't have loaded them to max.

The stock hockey puck butt pad was replaced with a Pachmayr.

Oh yeah, that's a Wetterlings hatchet and a Puma Bowie.
 
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CrewSafeBC said:
Im wondering wht Ruger or Winchester havent commercialized the 375 Chatfield Taylor,,I have a buddy with one and it runs somewhere in between the Ruger and the H&H velocity wise,,with the right powder,,so OMO same same
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I think Ruger did make some prototype 375 CH rifles, IIRC. Or maybe they were 416 Taylor? Anyway I know I read something like that.
 
Gatehouse said:
I think Ruger did make some prototype 375 CH rifles, IIRC. Or maybe they were 416 Taylor? Anyway I know I read something like that.
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I think it was the 416.

Either way, a custom 375CT really isn't a very good idea with the factory 375Ruger available. Maybe in the old day when folks were trying to squeeze a 375 into a M98. but not any more.
 
Ardent said:
The Royal's offhand 100 yard dispersion with nearly century-old Kynoch .375 Flanged Magnum. The low one hard markedly different recoil and think there was questionable ignition. That said there was a 40% misfire rate with the ancient Kynoch...

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Very nice... sailor...
 
SuperCub said:
I think it was the 416.

Either way, a custom 375CT really isn't a very good idea with the factory 375Ruger available. Maybe in the old day when folks were trying to squeeze a 375 into a M98. but not any more.
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Ken Waters tested a Ruger 77 factory built 416 Taylor in his Pet Loads article on the cartridge.
If I remember correctly Ruger were undecided whether to start making them or not.
I use his data as a basis when I'm making my 416 Taylor loads
 
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