.375 H&H Vs .338win VS. 9.3 X62?

Win/64, you're starting to make me hate my 9.3x62 through your incessant prattle. I used the 375 Ruger to great effect in zimbabwe this summer. A long history it may not have, but it works very well (which shouldn't surprise someone with as vast knowledge as yourself).
 
BigUglyMan said:
Win/64, you're starting to make me hate my 9.3x62 through your incessant prattle. I used the 375 Ruger to great effect in zimbabwe this summer. A long history it may not have, but it works very well (which shouldn't surprise someone with as vast knowledge as yourself).
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I like the 9.3 x62. It ts a classic cartridge. No matter what gatehouse says.
 
Can't say it's the best for your purposes, but can say that if you buy a .375, you really don't need any other big game rifles. I've gone from coyote to Cape Buffalo with mine, and it works like a charm on all, with a good trajectory and huge versatility in bullet weights.

The other OP's picks are all sound, and potent, too. Basically can't go wrong, biggest thing is to pick a gun, and cartridge, you really like and that will make you learn it, learn to load it to its best, and handle it well. Personal preference basically, we all have our biases, mine's .375 H&H / classic / can't go wrong.
 
Ardents and Boomers contributions to this thread sum it up pretty well.
My gun safe holds samples in 375 H&H, 375 Ruger, 338 Win Mag, 338 RCM, 338-06, 9.3x62, 35 Whelen, just to name a few, some of which have not entered this discussion.
All are very good and I like all, but the one I enjoy the most at this time is the 375 Ruger,
The current 375 bullet selection is excellent which makes it a very versatile and hard hitting round.
In one post someone was critical of the Ruger rifle itself...... speaking as one who owns several Rugers and is happy with them, I wish they would elaborate.... Please ??
 
If the OP is using moose and elk for an excuse to buy a new (first?) rifle, I think he missed the mark. Moose and elk fall quite nicely to the "lowly" 6.5's, 7mm's, 270's, .308 and 30'06. As well as the boomers, but really, if the intended game must be named to rationalize a boomer, you really should "intend" a big bear, or an African big five. Or, hey you could just buy any one (or more) of the medium bores, just 'cause.
 
lyle1 said:
Thank you everyone, for all the great input. It sounds like you really can't go wrong with any of the three cartridges. As some of the posts mention, it comes down to rifle platforms, and what your preferences are. I happen to prefer detachable magazines over the standard floorplate rifles. How about suggestions on different rifle brands, in these calibers, that have a detachable magazine? It looks like CZ and Ruger are out, because of this.
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That's easy then, get a 7600 in 35 Whelen. A great handling, accurate rifle, with a detach mag. Of course they are very rare new, but do come up from time to time on the exchange.
 
ykkid said:
If the OP is using moose and elk for an excuse to buy a new (first?) rifle, I think he missed the mark. Moose and elk fall quite nicely to the "lowly" 6.5's, 7mm's, 270's, .308 and 30'06. As well as the boomers, but really, if the intended game must be named to rationalize a boomer, you really should "intend" a big bear, or an African big five. Or, hey you could just buy any one (or more) of the medium bores, just 'cause.
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I think the OP said he was currently shooting a .300 magnum, so moving up to a medium is the appropriate way to achieve more power. If we were only to use what we needed, cartridge development would have stopped with the .30/06.
 
All 3 will work exceptionally well beyond 200 yards on moose myself I'd go with the 375 H&H and of course even with all of the petty over the top emotional spewing going on of how wonderful the 375 Ruger is it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that it is basically the ballistic twin to the 375H&H just in a modern package so of course it would be able to do the job as well.

Myself I wanted more than a H&H or Ruger could give so I went with the 375RUM...

This year the main rifle/cartridge combo I will be moose hunting with is my 21" barreled T/C Contender carbine in 375JDJ = 2300fps with 260gr Accubonds and I will be shooting out to 300 yards with this combo.

My other moose hunting rifles for this year will be my 22" barreled T/C Contender carbine in 45-70 loaded with 325gr Hornady FTX @ 1850fps I will be limiting myself with this combo to 200 yards and 24" barreled 50 cal magnum Gonic GA-90 muzzle loader barrel on another T/C Contender action loaded with 430gr Gonic conical slugs I will be limiting my shots to 150 yards with this combo...

Yep all 3 of the rifle/cartridge combo's I will be using this year for all of my hunting produce less performance than the 3 the OP listed.
 
Now, aren't you glad you asked for advice on the internet?

Where else can you get 74 opinions from a dozen people, start a flame war, and end up knowing exactly what you knew in the first place?:D

Now I'm going to go and start a bear defense thread....:p...and a thread where I intend to prove definitively and scientifically that a .375 Ruger will not even fire unless the user is a Communist.
 
Tumbleweed said:
I intend to prove definitively and scientifically that a .375 Ruger will not even fire unless the user is a Communist.
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I always got strange vibes off of Gatehouse...this explains it.

And to answer the original question: .375 H&H, no doubt.

John
 
I'm sure that many here have voted for them and due to flaming federal lieberal supporting Christy Clark taking the helm of the provincial lieberals I can see myself doing something that I would never of dreamt doing before...

Either going to spoil my ballet or hold my nose and vote for a dipper...


Ahhhh does that mean I have to get an under powered Ruger...

:D NOT...
 
Tumbleweed said:
Now, aren't you glad you asked for advice on the internet?

Where else can you get 74 opinions from a dozen people, start a flame war, and end up knowing exactly what you knew in the first place?:D
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ha:ha:ha:
Isn't that the truth.
From what I understand, the OP is looking for something to push bush with and to my mind that would mean shorter is better. In keeping with "shorter is
better", let's say a barrel in the 20" range, then anything in a magnum is really just a waste of powder and our selection of factory available, medium
bore non-magnum rifle chamberings would be: the .338 Fed, the .358 Win, the 35 Rem, the 35 Whelen, the 9.3x62 and the 375 Ruger. Now all of these
are excellent cartridges in their own right, but personally I would consider the 35 Rem as a marginal 200 m Elk/Moose cartridge (don't get excited people,
it's just my opinion). Of the remaining selection, my choice would be the 9.3x62. If you look at numbers for the 286 gr. 9.3x62 factory loads (usually
in the MV = 2360 fps range), you'll see that it is more then adequate for Moose and Elk way beyond 300 yds, so 200 yds. would only require putting
the bullet in the right spot. An interesting note: I read that all those South African farmers considered a MV in the 2350 fps range to be the ideal for the
286 grain 9.3x62 cartridge and you know farmers, they don't waste their time with things that don't produce results.:)
 
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