.375 Ruger....

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Ardent said:
I think we should have an antique cartridge season, just like muzzle loaders have enjoyed, perhaps we should even be permitted in bow season if one's cartridge boasts a century or worse of antiquation. I've even killed great beasts with such a cartridge, no exaggeration or tales. I have witnesses. I believe this is what gives certain cartridges the oft quoted "Panache": The extreme risk in using them, the difficulties faced, and the perversion required to choose to operate such an obsolete choice willingly in the field. Here's to the Century Club™, of whom I will forever remain a devoted member against all marketing and modern reason, operating such relics as .375 Holland's Magnum and the .275 of Rigby's Great Britain at great personal risk. Stride forth boldly into the future, bearing scantly functional relics of the bygone past. That, is panache gentlemen.
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Ye beat me to that suggestion. I'm just finishing up a build on a 32-40 Winchester chambered Lee Enfield. I'm quite confident that my "Uber Squirrel Rifle" will do just fine for anything on this side of the pond given careful approach and deliverence of shot.

The 32-40 Ballard/Winchester cartridge has served many before me quite well. This cartridge held the 200 yd. benchrest record for 50 yrs. and took tons of game. It's a much overlooked (Sadly) classic that will still do the job in the hands of a good shot.:)
 
JJ-65 said:
I went old school, Sako deluxe 375 H&H a few years back. Damn thing would give me a recoil induced skull cramp after a few rounds. Sold it with all the ammo, brass, dies and bullets thrown in so as not to be tempted into buying another 375 rifle again.
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If you didn't like the H&H, I guarantee you will hate the 375 Ruger because recoil is sharper and faster more like a light 340 Weatherby with a hot load.
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
Ye beat me to that suggestion. I'm just finishing up a build on a 32-40 Winchester chambered Lee Enfield. I'm quite confident that my "Uber Squirrel Rifle" will do just fine for anything on this side of the pond given careful approach and deliverence of shot.

The 32-40 Ballard/Winchester cartridge has served many before me quite well. This cartridge held the 200 yd. benchrest record for 50 yrs. and took tons of game. It's a much overlooked (Sadly) classic that will still do the job in the hands of a good shot.:)
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Any photos,;)for the club 'archives':)?
 
Ardent said:
Hear Hear

Members join now and stand as one of the founding fathers in our Merry gang of the delusional who refuse to accept the new ways, still hunting with bygone relics and doing so damn sharply might I say.

To the Century Club, Gentlemen.
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Count me in, I've got several qualifiers.
Cheers to all fellow members...
 
Gatehouse said:
Due to the superior rifle/ cartridge design of the New King, the .375 Ruger is very easy to shoot and enjoy. ;)
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375 ruger is not too bad. I can shoot all day , my wallet can't. It shoves me back pretty good but not painful. I compare it to giving you a 2 handed shove to the sholder. My 30-06 is like a punch to the Sholder.
 
Century Club? Well now that is proof of the snobbery involved in owning the H&H! :) I'll stick to my nice shooting, easy handling, hard hitting, young and hip .375 Ruger. A great blue collar kind of rifle.
 
troutseeker said:
Century Club? Well now that is proof of the snobbery involved in owning the H&H! :) I'll stick to my nice shooting, easy handling, hard hitting, young and hip .375 Ruger. A great blue collar kind of rifle.
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I don't think there is any snobbery meant or intended with respect owning either H&H.... that's a ridiculous statement !
The intention of the term "Century Club " refers to all cartridges that are around 100 yrs. old, and that covers a real variety.
 
Kevan said:
I don't think there is any snobbery meant or intended with respect owning either H&H.... that's a ridiculous statement !
The intention of the term "Century Club " refers to all cartridges that are around 100 yrs. old, and that covers a real variety.
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Exactly, who doesn't own a 30-06? But I still like my less than a decade 375 Ruger.
 
Silverback said:
Exactly, who doesn't own a 30-06? But I still like my less than a decade 375 Ruger.
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And so you should be, that's all well and good.
New or old, we have an incredible array of cartridges and rifles available to us and as far as I'm concerned being happy with what I have is the main thing....
 
bcsteve said:
That reminds me, Doug, did you get those .375 Ruger brass I sent you?
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I did Steve and thank you very much..........Just got back from a flying trip to Whitehorse and have started on the 375 Ruger program. Unfortunately additions to the house and vehicle repairs and maintenance have taken precedence so far this week but I'm working on it.....really !!

Who is that guy suggesting I would even consider owning a Salvage (old leverguns excepted) and in a 375 Imposter no less............Ted, I thought we were friends...........friends don't start rumors like that about their friends !!!

I need to build a bench from which to shoot, what is the best design out there guys.............as a member of a great club (Whitehorse Rifle and Pistol Club) for the last 35 years I've never had to build one for myself. Open to suggestions and prints.
 
Find an old dead tree, cut to proper stump height, shape a piece of table top plywood,
screw to stump and presto.
Park Furatari behind stump table and park butt on fender.
Voila, shooting table.
 
I'm just happy that the NEW KING has generated such interest.

It's already been completely tried and tested, handloads galore....Gaining popularity in Africa....It is clear that it is the NEW KING of the .375's! :)
 
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Nevermind all this "New King", "True King" crap..........The 375 H&H is the True King of the medium bores and always will be for the rest of my life span anyway. You can't just dethrone a 100 year veteran, with a track record like it has, with some 8 or so year upstart !!!! We'll have to wait and see what the next 100 years brings...............Who knows?
 
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