375 Weatherby

[Gatehouse]

Okay, so not obsolete. I wonder how many .450 Marlin rounds are out there taking game from deer to elephant in a given year, what percentage this would be of the number of .375 H&H rounds taking the same game each and every year to this day? Let's just narrow it down to cape buffalo, what would be your guess as to the number of cape buffalo taken by the non-obsolete .450 Marlin in an average year? Zero? One occasionally? Ever? How about the H&H? Who wants to lay odds that a buffalo dropped to a .375 H&H on this very day?

Let's cut to the chase as good hunters do. From Oxford Dictionary - "Obsolete, def: no longer produced or used; out of date."

So is the claim that the .375 H&H is obsolete literally true or literally nonsense?

"Obsolete, def: no longer produced or used; out of date

There you go, answered it yourself. Out of date.

When was the last time a cartridge was designed that looks like the H&H? About 100 years ago.

 

[dan belisle]

Many years ago I rechambered a stainless Model 70 H&H barrel to 375 Wby. The guy I sold it to reported 300 grainers at 2800. I still have the reamer if anyone wants to build one.

That's fairly close to the ballistics I've seen. I found some old data in a Wolfe publication that showed 300's at 2900, but I could not get there with what I saw as acceptable pressures. - dan

 

[guntech]

Back in the 70's the .375 H & H AI was a popular chambering... You could shoot the standard 375 H & H and the .375 WBY in it. Built a few of them while at Barotto Sports.

Today I would have to go with Gatehouse's favorite version.

 

[Mr.Rigpig]

Okay, so not obsolete. I wonder how many .450 Marlin rounds are out there taking game from deer to elephant in a given year, what percentage this would be of the number of .375 H&H rounds taking the same game each and every year to this day? Let's just narrow it down to cape buffalo, what would be your guess as to the number of cape buffalo taken by the non-obsolete .450 Marlin in an average year? Zero? One occasionally? Ever? How about the H&H? Who wants to lay odds that a buffalo dropped to a .375 H&H on this very day?

Let's cut to the chase as good hunters do. From Oxford Dictionary - "Obsolete, def: no longer produced or used; out of date."

So is the claim that the .375 H&H is obsolete literally true or literally nonsense?

That comparison makes no logical sense.
Using those requirements, is the 22 LR obsolete or discontinued? How many cape buff are taken each year with it?
How many 22 LR rounds are sold each year compared to 375 HH?

 

[leeelmer]

I can do 2900 out of mine with 300’s but I have settled on 250 ttsx as my go to. The recoil when loaded right up is fairly significant but I don’t mind.
My sako is 370 sako is fairly stout as well mostly due to the fact it is so lite.
My bee is a fantastic shooter, but the weatherby brand brass is junk, one reload and the primer pockets are done. The reformed h&h brass is fine.