375 Ruger

I shoot a 375RUM so don't have to build it up by posting dancing bananas I just let the performance of the cartridge do the talking and when it speaks I smile and others listen...

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LOL :rolleyes:
 
I don't know that people are going to start chucking around a campfire. People are going to stay with what they own. Especially since anything over say .338 is really expensive for.factory ammo, who would want to change reloading supplies? I remember Kevan being very frustrated with the poor quality Ruger/Hornady brass.

I just checked my rifle list, one rimfire and one centerfire bought new, a few others from family members bought new which I now own. Many more H&H rifles on the.used market, simply because there are many more out there. Very few new shooters buying a new rifle, one gun battery in .375... anything.
 
Ardent said:
Alright, so it's been ten years and the .375 Ruger isn't the flash in the pan I predicted it would be. Gate gotta hand it to you, I still like the H&H better but the Ruger is here to stay, and even showed up on the North Coast with a Grizz client last year. I even like it a bit.
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No question it's here to stay. I'm sure a few more will show up in camp, too. :dancingbanana:

I recall hunting grizzly in your neck of the woods and I would have really, really loved to be packing my 20" barrel Alaskan, rather than the bigger, longer and heavier H&H that I had in my hand. :)
 
Personal choices are a great thing...... and it's nice that there is a very capable .375 level cartridge available to the masses at an affordble price in a cheap platform that any joe can own with "minimal investment" with a synthetic or laminate stock setup that is wallet friendly......
 
I packed this little 375JDJ on my last grizzly hunt.

Its a 21" factory tapered T/C Contender carbine was a 375 Win when I bought it had JD Jones of SSK Ind the designer of the cartridge rechamber it to 375JDJ for me.

I neck down 444 Marlin brass and load 260gr Accubonds @ 2300fps didn't get a grizzly on that hunt but did shoot a 6' + black bear @ 90 yards with it dropped it right there when it started to move again I let it have a second shot which ended any fight in it.

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Camp Cook said:
I packed this little 375JDJ on my last grizzly hunt.

Its a 21" factory tapered T/C Contender carbine was a 375 Win when I bought it had JD Jones of SSK Ind the designer of the cartridge rechamber it to 375JDJ for me.

I neck down 444 Marlin brass and load 260gr Accubonds @ 2300fps didn't get a grizzly on that hunt but did shoot a 6' + black bear @ 90 yards with it dropped it right there when it started to move again I let it have a second shot which ended any fight in it.

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:) Sounds like it's moving. That's about 100 f/sec faster than the 265gr Hornady I'm pushing out of my Marlin 444S.
Just thinking of the reference to the use of the 444 case.
 
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Camp Cook said:
I packed this little 375JDJ on my last grizzly hunt.

Its a 21" factory tapered T/C Contender carbine was a 375 Win when I bought it had JD Jones of SSK Ind the designer of the cartridge rechamber it to 375JDJ for me.

I neck down 444 Marlin brass and load 260gr Accubonds @ 2300fps didn't get a grizzly on that hunt but did shoot a 6' + black bear @ 90 yards with it dropped it right there when it started to move again I let it have a second shot which ended any fight in it.

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Very KOOL little rifle there with BIG Power ! :) RJ
 
I got this stainless Ruger MK2 in 375 Ruger back the other day.
Swapped a 30-06 canoe paddle for the same in 7mag.
Found a minty Hawkeye take off stock in the exchange too. With the added bonus of some really good figure in it.
A 375 Shillen blank came also from the exchange.
Contoured the barrel to 0.69" at 23". Wolff firing and trigger spring kit.
A Varix 3 3.5-10x40 got strapped on. 8.5 lbs as pictured. Thanks to all the swappers and sellers.
Turned out really nice I think.











 
Thanks guys.
It likely won't see iron sights but I agree they would fit the rifle well.
The stock was free floated, pillar bedded and has a front crossbolt as well. The tang has proper relief too. Should be good. The recoil pad could use an upgrade but I like the looks of the factory Ruger red rubber.
 
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Buckmastr said:
Thanks guys.
It likely won't see iron sights but I agree they would fit the rifle well.
The stock was free floated, pillar bedded and has a front crossbolt as well. The tang has proper relief too. Should be good. The recoil pad could use an upgrade but I like the looks of the factory Ruger red rubber.
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That's a nice looking rifle.

FYI, Pachmayr sells their small and medium Decelerator pads in red. Both are 1" thick.
 
Buckmastr said:
Thanks guys.
It likely won't see iron sights but I agree they would fit the rifle well.
The stock was free floated, pillar bedded and has a front crossbolt as well. The tang has proper relief too. Should be good. The recoil pad could use an upgrade but I like the looks of the factory Ruger red rubber.
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Do you have a pic of the tang relief?
 
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