375 Ruger

Camp Cook said:
When I was in Slovakia (Eastern Europe) last I had a university student come up to me and ask "what is it like to come to such an advanced society as ours" I tried to be very careful how I answered him but I finally had to say " I'm very sorry to have to tell you this but it is like going back 20 years in time for me when I entered your country"...

I'll never move to Slovakia and I'll never move to Alberta... :D
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Wasn't there a quote by John Taylor to the effect that the Africans were so excited because the whites were coming and he didn't have the heart to disappoint them with the truth? I doubt that we' relaggign behind Slovakia, but living in the Fraser Valley might give one a jaded view of the world. It'd certainly mess with my chi!
 
I own a 375 H&H, 375 RUM and now a 375 Ruger. Shorter action, lighter rifle equals more felt recoil. I can shoot my H&H all day my Ruger or RUM 15-20 rounds are enough. While hunting probably would not notice recoil or weight. 375 Ruger ammo is not hard to find outside of the Fraser Valley. And as far as that goes last year while shopping around down there I asked why no one has any rifles bigger than 300 Win Mag and was told you don't need one. With this attitude you won't find ammo either.
 
IntelGDR691 said:
So finally, is it easy to get the ammo or not? I'm not a realoder yet.

thanks :)
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Phone around and ask for yourself stock is changing constantly so maybe there is some in your area now (I'm thinking it's not) but you never know...

If you need to rely on factory rounds for rifle/cartridge combo's like this just means you will not be shooting it enough to become truely proficient with it.

Get into reloading... :p
 
IntelGDR691 said:
So finally, is it easy to get the ammo or not? I'm not a realoder yet.

thanks :)
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I never had a problem finding brass,dies,or bullets... The store also had 375 Ruger ammo on the shelf as well. In my experience no it is not hard to find the components every time I have needed something its there...

I doubt you will ever find 375 Ruger on the shelves of the locally CDN Tire or Walmart but the same can be said for the 375 H&H.

If I didn't reload I would have stuck with the 375H&H but I do so buying ammo is not an issue for me. The Ruger Alaskan is what really appealed to me thats why I bought the gun. I am gonna add a 416 Ruger someday just becasue:D...
 
this year has been brutal getting most Hornady components, not only 375 Ruger brass, but other stuff as well. Ive seen 300 & 330RCM brass & ammo, but no 375 Ruger. Probably speaks for its extreme popularity in the US as well as Canada. I have seen RCBS dies in 375 Ruger.
 
LittleBoyLefty said:
OOouch!!

That's OK. It's enough for me knowing we've got 375 Ruger stuff and you don't.:D

FWIW I like all the provinces, excluding a few small, yet highly populated regions of some.;):)

Cheers.
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Agreed...

The best thing about BC is you don't have to go far to find crown land that is readily accessable to anyone and if you get a free miners license for $25.00 per year/365 days you have more rights to be out there than a logger that built the logging roads or the land owner that holds the title to a property.

In other words we don't have to deal with having to ask for permission to access private property just to go for an afternoon hike and I hate flat land need mountains... :p


:D
 
todbartell said:
this year has been brutal getting most Hornady components, not only 375 Ruger brass, but other stuff as well. Ive seen 300 & 330RCM brass & ammo, but no 375 Ruger. Probably speaks for its extreme popularity in the US as well as Canada. I have seen RCBS dies in 375 Ruger.
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Maybe but I'm thinking not... :p
 
There is a big message on the Hornady webpage about this. They have had overwhelming demand on all there components so they are trying to catch up. They have actually shutdown there online ordering of most components right now.

**Message from Steve Hornady dated April 10, 2009** The shooting sports industry as a whole is currently experiencing record sales. Here at Hornady Manufacturing we are breaking our own production records in an attempt to keep up with customer demand. We have added extra shifts, machinery and we are also in the process of expanding our manufacturing plant. We will continue to produce as much product as we can while still retaining the high quality control you’ve come to expect from us.

With the demand for our products being as high as it currently is, we are forced to make some temporary changes. Until further notice we are only able to ship ammunition, bullets, cases and major reloading tools to our wholesalers and retailers. This means that we are not able to accept consumer orders for those products via telephone or our website. We will take telephone/web orders for reloading spare parts, press accessories and specialty dies. For a list of available products you can purchase on our website please Click Here. For ammunition, bullets etc., your favorite retailers and sporting goods chains have large orders placed with us so you will receive your product faster by purchasing through them than you would by ordering factory direct.

We sincerely apologize for any inconveniences this may cause anyone and as soon as this situation eases we will return to accepting retail orders.
 
Camp Cook said:
Maybe but I'm thinking not... :p
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Along with the 270 & 300WSM & 300 Ultra Mag, the 375 Ruger is one of the most popular new cartridges to come out in the last ten years. The sales speak for themselves. In 2008 the one particular model/cartridge of rifle that the store I work in sold the most of is what? take a guess :) and no, it's not the 375 Ultra Mag. Ive yet to have one person in the past three years inquire on that one.;)
 
I'm not talking RUM's and don't see where anyone else is either so don't see the relevance of refering to them and I don't see that they were part of the original posters question but I've been waiting for someone to try and drag them into the equation to deflect away from the Ruger.

I have to ask is Hornady actually posting the truth on their site?

If I was having low sales numbers I would post propaganda that there is very little components available due to the high demand as well... :p


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Camp Cook said:
I'm not talking RUM's and don't see where anyone else is either so don't see the relevance of refering to them and I don't see that they were part of the original posters question but I've been waiting for someone to try and drag them into the equation to deflect away from the Ruger.

I have to ask is Hornady actually posting the truth on their site?

If I was having low sales numbers I would post propaganda that there is very little components available due to the high demand as well...
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my point was the 375 Ruger is very popular and is in very high demand, so rifles/ammo/components don't last long once they do hit shelves, and up here in Canada we dont get the amount of product compared to our southern neighbour. No other cartridge above 308" has made this kind of impact to the gun buyer's wallets in the past 50 years.

Hornady is posting the truth, and they're not alone. Try finding Hodgdon, IMR, RCBS, Sierra, Speer, CCI products in good supply anywhere in the country right now. Have you been mining in a cave for the past 6 months? :yingyang:
 
Not saying that everything isn't in demand I am having a very hard time trying to find H322 powder.

TB your located in Northern BC which tells me that those coming in your door are looking for a little more thump, I'm just finding it hard to believe the demand is high for any big bore other than the 45-70 in the States.

Lack of brass/dies equates to everything else being more in demand not that the 375 Ruger is.
 
people like it because it's new and cool, and equals the long standing ballistic standard of the 375 H&H Magnum, and it's available in a relatively inexpensive platform, unlike most 375 H&H Mags. I would say most people who own 375's don't need them, they just want them, and that's as good as any reason to own one. Hell I once bought a 416 Rem Mag just to see what it was about. Was hell on coyote and mule deer :D
 
I've been thinking about the 416 Ruger in the Alaskan platform only thing that has kept me from buying one has been for the same reasons I won't buy a 375 Ruger which is there are no dies availible and only last week I found some brass for the first time...

Instead I'm looking for another Rem 700 LSS in 375RUM if I find one I'm cutting the barrel to Boomer's rifle spec's or I may rebarrel my 300RUM to 375RUM which is the true performance king of the 375's... :p
 
I like the .375 Ruger because it fits in a 98 action without major mods to the mag box and to the metal buttress behind the lower lug as is the case when putting a .375 H&H in a 98. Some gunsmiths see this as a safety issue.

Ballistics out of mine with a 21" barrel easily equal those out of a .375 H&H with a 24" barrel.

As for brass and dies, two phone calls was all it took. Mind you, that ws 6 months ago and things have probably changed.

I wouldn't own the Ruger if I wasn't a reloader.
 
The .375 RUger rifles and cartridges have been a HUGE success in the USA, which is a much larger market than Canada. It doesn't take much research to determine that.

Ruger/Hornady hit the nail on the head when they developed these rifles and cartridge.

It's certainly not as popular as the H&H at this point, given that the H&H has a 100 year head start, but before this whole Obama panic buying of components started, brass and dies were certainly available.

Just like any other cartridge I load for, I've got a few hundred brass cases...With the Ruger, I have 400 brand new, untouched cases and about 150 that i have ben loading and playing around with. No, they are not for sale, but neither is the rest of my brass.:p

The 375 Ruger is the most popular .375 Cartridge introduced since the .375 H&H. Eventually things will calm down and brass for the Ruger (as well as other cartridges) will be more available.:)
 
Does it exceed the ballistics?
todbartell said:
people like it because it's new and cool, and equals the long standing ballistic standard of the 375 H&H Magnum, and it's available in a relatively inexpensive platform, unlike most 375 H&H Mags. I would say most people who own 375's don't need them, they just want them, and that's as good as any reason to own one. Hell I once bought a 416 Rem Mag just to see what it was about. Was hell on coyote and mule deer :D
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if you can handle the recoil the 378 weatherby is the performance king and it is wise to reload since factory ammo is 150$ a box
 
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