375 Speeds
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This thread is funny. Gatehouse makes me laugh 
customers only ask for the 375 Ruger. In the past 13 months we've sold four Hawkeye Alaskans, the longest one has sat on the shelf has been 10 days. If RUger could supply more, who knows how many...
Sold two 375 H&H (consignment rifles) and zero 375 ultra (which we dont stock because nobody asks for them - ever). 375 ruger brass is selling well, we've shipped out about 10 boxes already this spring/early summer! 375 HH brass is hard to get, Ive been trying to find some for some customers for some time with no luckTBart can you post pics of yours?
I dont have one
but I have handled a few of them and they're a great rifle. I have no real use for a 375, my 8mm Mag with 250s @ 2800 f/s is plenty for what I need a 'big gun' for
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The 375 H&H has long been the KING of .375's..
Some others are wildcats, some are factory with higher velocities.
But the H&H is what all .375's have been measured by, and the RUMS and 378's are like the 300RUM and 30-378 compared to the 30-06 and .300 magnum...More velocity, but don't do anything much different, except past 400 yards...
Which is why the Ruger is the NEW KING.
Perfectly balanced velocity, power and recoil, updated case design, and all in a perfect, inexpensive package.
Which is why the 375 Ruger is KING, and the rest are:
H&H glorious and nostalgic (but a H&H cartridge shape woudl be laughed at today)
RUM and 378 - Fast, but no real advantage until you get to 400 yards
375-338- Slightly less performance than H&H, gotta form cases and no factory ammo, if that is your thing.
So we have The KING...perfect balance, able to do ANYTHING a .375 can do out to 400 yards, and in a rifle that you wouldn't be scared to take into the thick stuff with you...
IN .30 cal terms, The 375 H&H is the 300 H&H, the 375 RUM the 300RUM, the 378 the 30-378 and the 375 Ruger is the 30-06 /300WM...It is the King, and that is the bottom line....
Some others are wildcats, some are factory with higher velocities.
But the H&H is what all .375's have been measured by, and the RUMS and 378's are like the 300RUM and 30-378 compared to the 30-06 and .300 magnum...More velocity, but don't do anything much different, except past 400 yards...
Which is why the Ruger is the NEW KING.
Perfectly balanced velocity, power and recoil, updated case design, and all in a perfect, inexpensive package.
Which is why the 375 Ruger is KING, and the rest are:
H&H glorious and nostalgic (but a H&H cartridge shape woudl be laughed at today)
RUM and 378 - Fast, but no real advantage until you get to 400 yards
375-338- Slightly less performance than H&H, gotta form cases and no factory ammo, if that is your thing.
So we have The KING...perfect balance, able to do ANYTHING a .375 can do out to 400 yards, and in a rifle that you wouldn't be scared to take into the thick stuff with you...
IN .30 cal terms, The 375 H&H is the 300 H&H, the 375 RUM the 300RUM, the 378 the 30-378 and the 375 Ruger is the 30-06 /300WM...It is the King, and that is the bottom line....
The 375 TooToo IS better, but only if you choose to shoot factory ammo. Any other advantages are so minor, they are almost non-existent or imaginary. The biggest detractor for the 375/338 is the cost of custom dies.I did look at the 375-338, but it's pretty clear that the 375 TooToo is the better cartridge.
Besides, I'm OK with not owning the KING of the 375s.
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Besides, I'm OK with not owning the KING of the 375s.
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We know that.
If you werent' okay with not owning The King, you would have just picked up the phone and ordered a rifle and brass, chambered in The King...
Speaking of the shortage of rugers, I was told by the two "big" stores here in vancouver that they could not get me a left handed african and one employee went so far as to try and sell me a 325 WSM! needless to say the next day I phoned epps and had my new 375 on order
needless to say the next day I phoned epps and had my new 375 on order 
I guess I am missing the supposed superiority/benefits of the standard length action over a long action.
When I shoot a bolt action rifle I action the bolt to load a round and I don't notice the fractionly longer bolt throw of a long action.
If weight is to be part of the reasoning that is definately lost when you add the heavy barrel of the Ruger rifles so I can't see weight being a deciding factor either...
Less performance, action length is meaningless how does this make this combo the King?
I see that this post was totally ignored...
Try again guys to show why a standard length cartridges has any advantages...
I see disadvantages one of which in a short action the bullet has to be seated so deep to fit the mag that it displaces to much powder to give top performance so limits it to Jack status.
TB what length of barrel do you have on that 8mm you have?
Camp Cook,
It was totally ignored because there is no advantage to a short action. There is also no advantage to eliminating a belt from one of the very few cartridges that require it. There are also no feeding improvements over the old H&H, which is widely regarded as being the best feeding "biggish" caliber there is. I predict that the Ruger will be a historical foot-note, while the H&H will still be up and running another 100 years from now. New cartridges sell rifles, then usually fade into obscurity.
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It was ignored because nobody was talking about the merits of standard vs long actions...MTM mentioned that S/C's 375-338 was nice because it was on a standard action, and I replied that the King is on a standard action, too.
One action is longer than the other. It has all the advantages/disadvantages of a short action vs standard action. This may or may not matter to an individual.
Hilarious...
It was ignored because nobody was talking about the merits of standard vs long actions...MTM mentioned that S/C's 375-338 was nice because it was on a standard action, and I replied that the King is on a standard action, too.
One action is longer than the other. It has all the advantages/disadvantages of a short action vs standard action. This may or may not matter to an individual.
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Hilarious...
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And no advantage to retaining a belt on cartirdges that do not require it.
And there is no issues with feeding cartridges with shoulders and less taper, either.
Predict all you want, but the 375 Ruger is the first .375 caliber cartridge introduced since the H&H, that has had people have been lining up to buy it. No other .375 caliber cartridge has ever had this much success. Ruger has far surpassed thier sales expectations and predictions.
This doesn't make sense. All cartridges were new at one point.
And no advantage to retaining a belt on cartirdges that do not require it.
And there is no issues with feeding cartridges with shoulders and less taper, either.
Predict all you want, but the 375 Ruger is the first .375 caliber cartridge introduced since the H&H, that has had people have been lining up to buy it. No other .375 caliber cartridge has ever had this much success. Ruger has far surpassed thier sales expectations and predictions.
This doesn't make sense. All cartridges were new at one point.
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And no advantage to retaining a belt on cartirdges that do not require it.
And there is no issues with feeding cartridges with shoulders and less taper, either.
Predict all you want, but the 375 Ruger is the first .375 caliber cartridge introduced since the H&H, that has had people have been lining up to buy it. No other .375 caliber cartridge has ever had this much success. Ruger has far surpassed thier sales expectations and predictions.
This doesn't make sense. All cartridges were new at one point.
Time will tell on the longevity.
