.375 Ruger....

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c-fbmi said:
Yep Johnn, Potsy worked for me through most of my "devil may care" flying days. He was working for me when I planted my 205 in the bush out of Dawson City, no serious injuries but a bad crash........changed my attitude towards flying after that one. Realized I wasn't invincible..........Flying in a full blown spring blizzard, in reported icing conditions was probably one of the stupidest decisions I ever made. Cost me a beautiful plane........love affairs like I had with my 205 only come along once in a lifetime, if you're lucky. She got me out of many bad flying decisions and took good care of me right up to the end.......not her fault in any way, she just couldn't cope with the amount of ice we accumulated so fast.
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Just a couple months ago I ran into some unexpected, un-forecast severe ice. Was not very much fun at all. Picked up about and inch and a half on the entire aircraft in a span of less than five minutes. I was running the boots as fast as they would cycle and they hardly did anything. I lost 50kts of airspeed and at max power still could not maintain altitude. Thankfully I wasn't over the rocks and at about 2000' AGL I found some warmer air.

My first white-out landing on skis with fumes left for fuel was the first time I really scared some sense into myself. Your perception on flying changes after an experience like that. Thankfully(knock on wood) I have never been in a full blown wreck. A few benders but nothing serious. Glad to hear that your "devil may care" days are behind you ;)
 
c-fbmi said:
Yep Johnn, Potsy worked for me through most of my "devil may care" flying days. He was working for me when I planted my 205 in the bush out of Dawson City, no serious injuries but a bad crash........changed my attitude towards flying after that one. Realized I wasn't invincible..........Flying in a full blown spring blizzard, in reported icing conditions was probably one of the stupidest decisions I ever made. Cost me a beautiful plane........love affairs like I had with my 205 only come along once in a lifetime, if you're lucky. She got me out of many bad flying decisions and took good care of me right up to the end.......not her fault in any way, she just couldn't cope with the amount of ice we accumulated so fast.
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I remember that. One of the very few times I discerned that Douglas was actually rattled.

Ted
 
Hey! You guys can start your own "plane" and "Doug is so awesome" thread somewhere else, this a .375 Ruger thread!:mad:;)
 
blueoval56 said:
Just a couple months ago I ran into some unexpected, un-forecast severe ice. Was not very much fun at all. Picked up about and inch and a half on the entire aircraft in a span of less than five minutes. I was running the boots as fast as they would cycle and they hardly did anything. I lost 50kts of airspeed and at max power still could not maintain altitude. Thankfully I wasn't over the rocks and at about 2000' AGL I found some warmer air.

My first white-out landing on skis with fumes left for fuel was the first time I really scared some sense into myself. Your perception on flying changes after an experience like that. Thankfully(knock on wood) I have never been in a full blown wreck. A few benders but nothing serious. Glad to hear that your "devil may care" days are behind you ;)
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I did the same in fog, did a very touchy, feely zero vis let down through the fog to land in Dawson City at 03:00 one fall night, same.........fumes left for fuel and no better options. Saving grace was that I have landed there at least 300 times, know the terrain and layout in my minds eye, visibility optional. And I didn't even have a 375 Ruger in the plane..........LOL
 
c-fbmi said:
I did the same in fog, did a very touchy, feely zero vis let down through the fog to land in Dawson City at 03:00 one fall night, same.........fumes left for fuel and no better options. Saving grace was that I have landed there at least 300 times, know the terrain and layout in my minds eye, visibility optional. And I didn't even have a 375 Ruger in the plane..........LOL
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Good thread topic interjection. ;)

Extra Team NEW KING points for you !
 
Gatehouse said:
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Hornady isn't a major player in the ammunition business? This is news to me. Hornady has been around since the end of WWII and shows no sign of halting production of NEW KING brass and ammunition. And with the intraweb, tracking down components has never been easier.

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It is indeed all in fun, but the people that get turned off a cartridge because I like to have some fun on the internet, are feeble minded sheeple and I feel sorry for the toadies that come on this thread just to "agree" every time someone says something negative to me. I've said it before and I'll say it again- If someone you have never met and never will meet has so much power over your cartridge selection, you are feeble minded.

As for doing more harm than good? Most of these feeble minded people weren't going to actually buy a NEW KING anyway. CGN is only a very small part of the firearms world and every other website that NEW KING gets mentioned on, there is not such an aggressive response, it's all good fun.




Actually, someone else did it over a year before you did, and posted the results in the handloading section of CGN. I realize this is a long thread (#7 all time longest threads in this forum- #1 is also on the same topic) but the links are in this thread somewhere.
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here s a link but Doug is doing it differently

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...er-brass-thoughts-case-head-cross-section-pic
 
I just wanted to thank everyone for contributing to this thread. It now ranks as #6 all time threads for this forum. The #1 all time thread is also about the 375 Ruger. It continues to hold the top slot despite being locked for a long time.

It's clear that the NEW KING's popularity continues to grow, it's an amazing success story of Ruger and Hornadys collaboration to make quality affordable rifles available in the most revolutionary cartridge since the 30-06.

Keep up the good work, folks! Every post on this thread nudges it higher in the rankings! ALL HAIL THE NEW KING!!

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Gotta love a good controversy thread. I'm thinking about a new bear defense thread, what would work best? A 12 gauge with bird shot to blind'em followed by Forster slugs? Or stick to the .375 Ruger?:p
 
cam1936 said:
Anyone run cast bullets and have any tips for load data in their .375 Ruger? It would be nice to have some plinking loads.
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Use the Trail Boss formula!!

Find where the base of the bullet to be loaded is located in the case and make a mark on the outside of the case at
this location. Then fill the case to that mark with Trail Boss, pour into the scale pan and weigh. This is your
maximum load. Pressures will be below the maximum allowed for this cartridge and perfectly safe to use!

Take 70% of this powder charge weight (multiply the maximum load from step 1 by .7), and that is your starting
load.

Start with this beginning load and work up to your maximum charge, all the while searching for the most accurate
reduced load. Once found, the fun begins!

You can use this for any cartridge, of course. Not just the NEW KING!
 
Trail Boss is great powder for cast boolit loads, though I usually get better accuracy using SR4759 or 5744
with a pinch of kapok to hold the powder in place for rounds ranging from .17 Rem up to the heavies.:)
 
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