375 Ruger
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BigUglyMan
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Grown ups are talking, sweetie.
BigUglyMan
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C'mon Clarke, you're got to admit that it's hard to miss your posts, especially about the 375 Ruger!
He can scroll on by, just like I do with some guys.
Here's some bonus pics of Kilimanjaro Rifle company 375 Rugers
Y'all may have noticed I have been conspicuous by my absence............Gate, give it a break, really............You'll be lucky to be able to find brass for it in 10 years, you'll be calling me to remind you how to make brass from 300 WM. No other ammo manufacturer has picked it up, so it is a dead horse, or soon will be. Accept the fact that it is dying and stop trying to breathe life into it..........it has expired. I suspect I probably know considerably more people and PHs in Africa than you do and when I ask them about the 375 Ruger they go "WHAT....never heard of it"...........
Y'all may have noticed I have been conspicuous by my absence............Gate, give it a break, really............You'll be lucky to be able to find brass for it in 10 years, you'll be calling me to remind you how to make brass from 300 WM. No other ammo manufacturer has picked it up, so it is a dead horse, or soon will be. Accept the fact that it is dying and stop trying to breathe life into it..........it has expired. I suspect I probably know considerably more people and PHs in Africa than you do and when I ask them about the 375 Ruger they go "WHAT....never heard of it"...........
That's some good comedy right there.
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I can see why folks in Africa would not have a lot of knowledge about the .375 Ruger seein' as how the H&H version has been so thoroughly entrenched there since the early 1900's. I have no doubt that the .375 Ruger will have a home in North America for quite some time due to our trends in the field and in the board room. Both cartridges are very capable for hunting and target work & I have no issue with either one. They are both great for the job. (The .375 H&H just looks cooler to many folks, let alone the romance behind it.)
I can see why folks in Africa would not have a lot of knowledge about the .375 Ruger seein' as how the H&H version has been so thoroughly entrenched there since the early 1900's. I have no doubt that the .375 Ruger will have a home in North America for quite some time due to our trends in the field and in the board room. Both cartridges are very capable for hunting and target work & I have no issue with either one. They are both great for the job. (The .375 H&H just looks cooler to many folks, let alone the romance behind it.)
Ruger and Hornady have been very pro active in Africa the last couple of years, and 375 Ruger guns and ammo are in most gun stores in the hunting countries of Africa. Local hunters have been snapping them up for the same reasons NA hunters have been- 375 H&H++ power in an updated case, coupled with well thought out and affordable rifles.
And some ammunition that is going to get someone killed.
I dont think the Ruger deserves to be called a King. The true king, designed 7 years prior to the H&H is the 404 Jeffery. Better suited cartridge to be called a King. No belt! Wow! Speeds near a rigby in modern rifles when hand loaded! Wow! And most new "wizz bang" cartridges are based off a 404 Jeffery! Wow! What a following! Its going to be a long while before the Ruger is a "King" of any sort
I dont think the Ruger deserves to be called a King. The true king, designed 7 years prior to the H&H is the 404 Jeffery. Better suited cartridge to be called a King. No belt! Wow! Speeds near a rigby in modern rifles when hand loaded! Wow! And most new "wizz bang" cartridges are based off a 404 Jeffery! Wow! What a following! Its going to be a long while before the Ruger is a "King" of any sort
technically the 9.3x62 is well ahead of times ... well before thoe calibers but who can admit that the anemic 9.3x62 that we call the .366 Wagner is even better lol ....
I dont think the Ruger deserves to be called a King. The true king, designed 7 years prior to the H&H is the 404 Jeffery. Better suited cartridge to be called a King. No belt! Wow! Speeds near a rigby in modern rifles when hand loaded! Wow! And most new "wizz bang" cartridges are based off a 404 Jeffery! Wow! What a following! Its going to be a long while before the Ruger is a "King" of any sort
Theres a LOT Truth there ! and The 375 ruger will only be a king in the gatehouse fantasy world ! - we ALL know that ! RJ
I dont think the Ruger deserves to be called a King. The true king, designed 7 years prior to the H&H is the 404 Jeffery. Better suited cartridge to be called a King. No belt! Wow! Speeds near a rigby in modern rifles when hand loaded! Wow! And most new "wizz bang" cartridges are based off a 404 Jeffery! Wow! What a following! Its going to be a long while before the Ruger is a "King" of any sort
Well...a cartridge can't be the NEW KING of the .375's if it is not a .375 caliber cartridge!
If you want to name the .404 Jeffery the King of the .404's you will get no complaint from me!
Actually it is pretty interesting how belted cases became so popular even though for most of them the belt is superfluous, when the perfectly good .404 case was right there all along to be necked up or down etc.Brass availability I suppose.
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bearkilr
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Calling another male a "sweetie" when you're assuming(incorrectly) that they're quite young is generally frowned upon and creepy.
Like most other .375's other than the H&H and Ruger, the RUM just isn't that popular.
It seems that for .375 calibers, people want performance in the Ruger/H&H zone. The RUM and the large cased 378WBY are too much, the 376 Steyr not enough. I share a similar view in that if I want more than the Ruger, I would go up in caliber, and if I want less I would probably look at a 9.3 or 338-06 or similar.
