.375 purchase assistance required

The .375 Ruger is a fine new cartridge, but as a reloader I can't remember that last time I saw dies and brass around like I regularly do for the H&H and even the RUM. This matters; lots.

The Weatherby has got a slight edge on the RUM in terms of maximum performance, but rifle prices for a MK V rifle are quite prohibitive, and the big Weatherby's brass prices are simply stupid, and in no way are justified.
 
Boomer said:
The greatest advantage a long cartridge has is when long bullets heavier than 300 grs are loaded, but the majority of .375 owners will probably argue there's no such thing. When I tried loading 380 gr Rhinos in the .375 Ruger, the velocity was disappointing, about 2000 fps IIRC, the H&H will drive this bullet at 2250, and my Ultra will drive it at nearly 2400. At the other end of the spectrum, my current 22" .375 Ultra drives a 270 gr bullet at 3000 fps, which produces a pleasingly flat trajectory for those occasional longish shots, but the Ruger and the H&H aren't far enough behind that the difference matters very much.
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And that 380gr bullet is a big pill in the 375. If you just have to get to the near 400gr threshold then a person would probably be better served with a 416 Taylor/Remington/Rigby.
 
I suggest you ignore the emotional stomach turning spewing about one cartridge is better than the other.

If you are looking for 375 H&H/Ruger performance find the rifle you like and get it in the .375 cal cartridge that it is chambered in.
 
I bought a 375h&h..... lots of ammo availability, and it has nostalgia like has been mentioned her lots., it doesn't seem big enough to me to shoot the big 5 ... i plan on a 505 gibbs or a 500 double to add to the collection some day.
 
Northman999 said:
The .375 Ruger is a fine new cartridge, but as a reloader I can't remember that last time I saw dies and brass around like I regularly do for the H&H and even the RUM. This matters; lots.

The Weatherby has got a slight edge on the RUM in terms of maximum performance, but rifle prices for a MK V rifle are quite prohibitive, and the big Weatherby's brass prices are simply stupid, and in no way are justified.
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brass, dies are in town .... now .375 bullets or powders that is a different story lol.
 
philthygeezer said:
IIRC except for storied difficulties with the ultra-modern WSM and WSSM and SAUM and others of their ilk...
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I know some WSM rifles had issues at first, but that was a rifle, not a cartridge problem. Most of the WSM's and SAUMs I've tried feed perfectly. No real experience with the WSSM's though.

I actually get tempted to buy a WSSM every now and then, even though I knew from the start they were doomed. :)
 
BigUglyMan said:
And that 380gr bullet is a big pill in the 375. If you just have to get to the near 400gr threshold then a person would probably be better served with a 416 Taylor/Remington/Rigby.
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A Rigby or Weatherby in .416 is also a versatile big game cartridge, but they can be beyond the recoil threshold of some for whom a .375 is manageable, and .375 brass is much more affordable, which is the reason I gave up on the Rigby. I doubt that neither you or the buffalo could tell much difference between the .375/380 and the .416/400. My testing suggests that the 380 Rhino at close range can expand to .92" and still penetrate 32" although full expansion depends on sufficiently dense targets. The 380 Rhino produced a much larger wound volumes than the other .375 X and XLC bullets I tested. Accuracy for 3 rounds held MOA from a 1:12 barrel, although the 2.75X Burris Scout I used at the time probably didn't allow me to fully exploit the load's accuracy potential, but the point is 380 Rhinos shoot well in a standard twist barrel.
 
The 375 H&H is my choice - why wouldn't it be - it's been killing Elephants and stuff for my Family for almost 100 years now...




That's my Grandfather on the bottom right, his tusks and his Westley Richards 375 H&H (the other three gentleman are well known PH's of that era) this photo was taken in the 50's - in Mozambique
 
Gatehouse said:
Lickily, rifle makers discovered how to make cartridges feed many years ago!! Otherwise no cartridge other than the H&Hs or the 40-30 or 303 or similar would ever be considered "smooth feeding"

Heck, the 9.3x62 would be considered a jam o matic!

;)
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They have? That's news to me.
 
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Gatehouse said:
I know some WSM rifles had issues at first, but that was a rifle, not a cartridge problem. Most of the WSM's and SAUMs I've tried feed perfectly. No real experience with the WSSM's though.

I actually get tempted to buy a WSSM every now and then, even though I knew from the start they were doomed. :)
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Who are you trying to fool exactly?
 
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