.375 Ruger....
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Johnn Peterson
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^^^ This right here. Please let this damn thread die. No one cares about another crappy ruger chambering that does nothing new and really has no reason for being. Rant over. I will never open this thread again.
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C'mon Blue Ovaltine, you know you can't help reading it... Blue Oval 56 = ######?
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This thread is a boner killer
Itr's funny how many people whine and rant about the NEW KING, but can't stop looking at and posting on, this thread.
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Regardless of what the Ol'Boy H&H CLub say, the .375 Ruger is an excellent rifle at an affordable price. Some folks just don't like when the masses can afford toys as powerful and efficient (or more) as theirs. Soon it will be all about how the Rugers don't have beautiful wood with the grain perfectly aligned, lol.
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The cartridge, it's development, how it compares to other 375's, it's effeciency and abilities has never been in question. From all info available, it's a very capable performer. The bone of contention and turnoff for many has been the
frilly designation of Royalty it has been given by calling it the 'New King'. While not the only reason, it's one of the MAIN reasons my recent choice for a 375 was the H&H.
The cartridge, it's development, how it compares to other 375's, it's effeciency and abilities has never been in question. From all info available, it's a very capable performer. The bone of contention and turnoff for many has been the
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I love this.
How feeble minded do you have to be to let someone you have never met and never will, influence you to such a degree?
Sorry, but I disagree with this post as I think both 375s are equally affordable to anyone.
Furthermore I have personally spent more money trying to make my 375 Rugers work for me than most of you 375 Ruger lovers.
I bought two new rifles, an African and an Alaskan, played with a third, bought two sets of loading dies, brass from at least half a dozen different sources, bullets from as many different brands as I could afford..... Barnes, Nosler, Swift, Woodleigh, Kodiak to name a few, not to mention burning a whole pile of powder.
I know very well that I would probably feel different if the rifles had performed as well as others and the brass I used was of better quality, but I do think I gave the 375 Ruger my best effort, so no I'm not an H&H snob.... just another poor guy.
I will say one thing about the 375 Ruger..... it is the only cartridge I have ever seen discussed where every thread degenerates into personal insults and name-calling.....
Not at other forums. It happens only at CGN. After reading those 375 threads which pop up again and again, it is obvious that the 375 ruger cheer leading folks have not spent much time and effort to understand why they love it so much. I am very impressed to read that c-fbmi did fire form 375 ruger brass from 300wm. It is far more helpful than those who use key board to repeat the same things year after year.
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Have others you know experienced similar difficulties in getting decent performance from the cartridge? And, what results were you getting on paper? I've mentioned the reasons behind my reluctance in having anything to do with the round but I am curious as to why you'd have troubles getting it to shoot.
Especially considering you're talking about poor results with three rifles. The only calibre I've had problems reloading for and really had to work on load development to get decent results is the 7x61 S&H. I've been gathering a small selection of bullets to try out in my H&H and have recently got some 300gr from Marshal.
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Sorry to hear your troubles. I find your experience strange as I've owned 3 Ruger Alaskan's in .375 Ruger and all of them shot extremely well with anything I fed them. Most other fellows who have one, such as Gatehouse report excellent accuracy as well. Did you try factory ammo in yours?
Kevan,
you re right about the name calling on this particular thread caliber. it will low down when bear season will start.
on the 375 ruger side I had one lh short barrel one and will it be factory 270 or 300 grains (not the dgx or dgs) and accuracy was great or reloaded nosler accubond (260), partition (260 and 300 grains) and hornday 270 grains all with moderate rl 15 and the accuracy was really good all the time. I didn't try the dgx or dgs so cant tell for those ones.
I had to sell due to an accident but im getting another one as I can shoot it now.
I now that you had problems for finding brass but our Doug fix it for good.
Yes, like you I have not heard of anyone having issues so I can fully understand people being skeptical of my problems, the only thing I heard about was a problem with the stock developing a crack in some of the African versions.
And my African did start to get a fine crack in the tang before I bedded it.
I did shoot factory ammo as well as my handloads in them and I have to say the African made better accuracy with the factory than with my handloads, by a large margin.
The Alaskan was an early model made before Ruger put the front swivel stud on a barrel band and it just didn't like any ammo , factory or handloads.
Both had feeding problems and the African would not feed blunt bullets, also neither one would feed the last round.
As much as I really like Ruger rifles ( still have several ) there is no way I would want to put my life on the line with either in hand.
I would consider another one someday but it would have to come from someone I trusted with a working guarantee
I am somewhat of a Ruger rifle fan, however there have been no small number of Ruger 77 rifles in 350 Rem Mag that had feeding problems, as well.
What I do not understand is how these rifles, as well as the 375s, get out of a factory with such problems? Is there not a functioning test somewhere along the way?
Ted
What I do not understand is how these rifles, as well as the 375s, get out of a factory with such problems? Is there not a functioning test somewhere along the way?
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