.375 H&H - What do you think
- Thread starter Turkeyslayer 1300
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Nice to see you all have a great sense of humor...I like that. Can be quite rare on most forums.
I have a Law enfrocement back ground and wouldn't bet my life on a reload in my service firearm then and just choose not to have a reload in my .375 when "sugar turns to sh**". Just personal philosophy and only with potentially harmful game. I shoot reloads elsewhere.
I did reload and enjoyed it a great deal and yes it was way cheaper to burn a few hundred rather than buy. And interesting enough the practice/range rounds we were issued form the police agency were all reloads.
The sissy sled....funny, I put all my rifles through it to get as good a zero as possible.
I shoot 10-15 rounds through the .375 daily while hunting in the States and sometimes that's 2-3 days in a row so my sissy meter is indicating on the low side.
I wonder how you can zero a rifle from a lead sled and be confident that the zero will be the same when you fire it from field positions. I can see the sled being useful when working up loads in a hard kicker, but when it comes to zeroing my rifles, I want to hold it as I do in the field so there is no difference in cheek weld, eye relief, or parallax, and I want my hand under the forend.
Tell that to Saeed Al Maktoum.
I was more talking about the Boone & Crockett reticle which is designed for long distance shooting with the multiple aim points verging on fine duplex in it's stadia line thickness.
Hi Boomer,
I agree about wanting to be behind the rifle and holding it as that is how we use them afterall.
There is no doubt for me the sled gives the best a barrel can do physically with no human influence (good or bad) in the equation.
Also I do agree about working up loads. The rifle was new and I had it in the sled trying all the factory loads to find the one the barrel liked most.
Afterwards the rifle was as accurate as the barrel/ammo combo could be and all that was left was for me to do my part from the shoulder.
Cheers
Rand
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
.375 will reach to 1,000 yards are good as any of them, still supersonic at 1,000 (and 300 grains worth of supersonic) with the Hornady 300gr BTSP, not an exotic load either. I guess the guy just used it like most of us do, as a regular hunting rifle, same and better trajectory than a .308 and guys put LR gear all over those. It can shoot within an inch and change as flat as a 140gr .270 Winchester to more than 300 yards as well at 235grs.
More than half of my scopes have B&C reticles, includeing a 3.5-10 on a .375 H&H and a 2.5-8 on a .458 Win Mag. On the .458 (450 grain A-frame) the stadia lines line up with 150, 200 and 250 yards with the scope on top power. I've shot ten buffalo with that combination so far.
I've owned several 375H&Hs (incl a couple 375 Chatfield-Taylors) over the years and the stainless stalker A-Bort was the hardest to shoot by far.
The BRNO 602 (heaviest) was the easiest as well as a M98 military in a Browning Safari stock. Proper stock dimensions has much to do with it.
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This is my idea of a nice 375 H&H, not for the money the guy wants for it though.
Just buy it. You know you want it. If you dont like the scope put it on a different rifle. I have no intention of dropping the price of this rifle.
The B&C reticle works extremely well.
I have never considered 500 yards as long distance shooting. It is a standard practice range for me.
I had an interesting opinion on this topic of hunting range from an expert. About 12 years ago I took a long range shooting clinic from my late friend Ian McMurchy (see the latest Nosler manual pre-amble on the 338-378 Wby for a picture and write up by Ian). Ian was teaching us to shoot out to 1000 yds there. He actually shot a gopher at 863 yds with his Rem 40 in 308 during the course. Now I shoot F-Class out to 900 m with 2 different rifles and enjoy the long range shooting.
When we quizzed Ian on hunting ranges, he was adamant that for shooting at game, 550 yds was a hard limit he set on himself as to not wound game.
While I have rifles and the calculated come-ups for the scopes, I have set 500 yds as my personal limit for game. Usually I can get closer if I need to.
Just my personal preference. Lots of guys are way better than me at shooting and each person has to know their own limits.
Don't believe everything Ian said about self imposed range limits.
I believed everything Ian told me! A month before he passed away, I spent almost 2 hours on the phone with him on Remembrance Day. I think he gave me more advice on life than shooting. His passing was a loss to all that knew him.
I stand corrected, I would have chosen something like a German #4.
Might Happen, you never know.
I'm not really a Leupold fan though of either the scopes or the rings.
