are we enough mature to talk about the 375 ruger?

I have a 375 Ruger and like it alot. No noticeable difference from my old 375 H&H in performance. But if I had to pick out of the two, it would now be the Ruger. Mine just got a new stock, scope and qd scope mounts. Just need to bed it and it will be ready to rock again! :)
 
The question is not, are we mature enough to talk about it (I certainly am) but is it mature enough to be worth a conversation? Seriously, I think it is an excellent choice for use in a Pre-64 Model 70 or a 98 Mauser. It is a much better fit in these actions than is the 375 H&H or the RUM. I think Ruger should have made the case 2.5 inches but they didn't ask for my advice (a mistake made by most companies).
 
A H&H in a modern firearm, perhaps able.to handload to higher pressures. Ruger m77 are a Chevrolet grade rifle, many H&H are Buick past Cadilac or even Bentley. Either caliber were a reloader proposition, even before Brandon or Justinomics. It's potential value to me as a Rum user, perhaps making the bore more mainstream; eventually better projectiles, price, availability.

The whole belt vs not, is just childish trolling.
 
I like the case but given the amount of underused, minty 375 H&H's sitting around Canada at bargain prices, it likely wasn't needed.
 
It works fine, but rifles chambered in it are expensive and not too common. Components aren’t cheap, and honestly almost no one needs that power for day to day hunting or shooting. I would own another, but it’s a luxury.
 
i find interesting as now the rifle/caliber has been here for a while in canada maybe 15/16 years. still available and less hype on it.

those rifles/caliber made by ruger were a bargain in those days and i found the laminate stock as well the stainless even not as good as the mkii still good and the big bonus offer to the left hand shooters.
the open sights are great too and with quick detach rings they are or were really a good bargain.
 
I have one of the early Alaskan models Ruger offered with the cerakote finish rather than the stainless, I love it, also before the threaded muzzles and muzzle brakes and weights which I don't really care for. Probably the only thing I don't really care for on it is the factory Hogue stock and even then it's completely functional, but I do want to drop it in a B&C stock and bed it at some point and then I'll likely just leave it alone as far as upgrades go.
 
Without a doubt, the .375 Ruger is the finest .375 caliber cartridge ever introduced.

When it came out 15 years ago, many people said "stock up on brass, this cartridge will be over and done with in a couple of years" Yet here we are, with brass and ammo readily available (or as available as any ammo is in this era of low stock for everything)

The 375 Ruger brought everything together in a perfect package- 375 H&H ++ performance with a modern, sensible, beltless case and available to be chambered in all standard length action rifles.

Despite it's many detractors, the .375 Ruger is the most popular .375 cartridge in the last 100 years. Other contenders include the 375 WBY (pretty good cartridge, was actually sensible despite the superfluous belt) 378 WBY which didn't make as much sense as going to a larger caliber if you wanted more power, and the 375 RUM which nobody wanted, not even Remington. So the RUM was a colossal flop.

Finally a .375 was accessible to all that wanted one. Sure, most NA hunters would be just fine with a 30-06 but there is no doubt that there is some satisfaction in using a bigger gun. Hell, it's cool seeing a big moose knocked off it's feet or dropping a big bear that is coming towards you with authority at 10 yards. The NEW KING does that very well. :)
 
I don’t understand why tikka won’t chamber a t3 in this cartridge. There’s a real gap in the market for a reasonably priced 375. They already make rifles with actions, magazines and bolt faces that fit it.
 
98ssuck said:
I don’t understand why tikka won’t chamber a t3 in this cartridge. There’s a real gap in the market for a reasonably priced 375. They already make rifles with actions, magazines and bolt faces that fit it.
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If one was to take 100 representative firearms owners, how many would own a 375 of any caliber. Few own anything larger than 30. I own more safes than most have rifles. Any manufacturer makes what sells, what they can market to sell, old stand by, or chamberings of militaries. I believe the #1 and #2 centerfire ammo sales are 308 and 223. Imagine 30-06 and 6.5 Creedmoor would be up there. Doubt there's a 375 in the top 100.

Sometimes a family of cartridges has only one become popular. Think 300 wsm, 300 rum, and 7 saum. Other times a parent case spawns a whole family, 308 or 30-06. Other times a case is the basis for something so different, it's hardly related......the 30 rem to 6.8 spc, or the 6 arc and 6.5 Grendel sharing the 220 Russian case. Companies fall into financial distress or bad management. Famous personalities endorse a caliber like Keith or O'Connor. The SW 629 and Clint Eastwood.

Everything has mostly been done. Throw enough shet on a wall , some sticks.
 
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I've owned a half dozen various .375 H&H rifles, and used .375's successfully for hunting our local Elk, Moose, deer and bear. Effective but not required for our local game. But unlike many Canadian hunters I feel I actually have a "need" for the caliber. I've caught the African hunting bug, and it bit me hard. I'm leaving again in a couple days to hunt Cape Buffalo in Zimbabwe. The .375 is considered the best all - around caliber there, not too big for the smaller game, not too small for the dangerous game, fairly easy to shoot well, an easy and sensible choice if you are carrying only one rifle on a trip. Despite the .375 Ruger being a technically better design, I prefer the .375 H&H. It's not entirely logical, but the H&H has more history, is instantly recognizable as a classic African round, is widely available, and nobody questions its credentials. The beltless, shorter, slightly easier to handload Ruger cartridge is a tiny bit better design. But if I lost my cartridge belt in the muddy crocodile infested waters of the Zambezi or it fell off the bakkie unnoticed, I'm pretty sure my PH would have some H&H ammo in camp or it could be found at the neighbouring town. The Ruger cartridge is a novelty in most of Africa. At home I like shooting unusual cartridges and rare rifles. When I travel, I like "standard" - it gives me confidence.
 
Hear you there. I'm not finding ammo for the Rum, short of Vancouver, Edmonton, or Toronto. Previously, I had a two reloader caliber limit to my collection. Way past that now, most are oddball calibers for bore. 308nm, 340 wea, 25-06, 7x57, 22 hornet. But then some duplicates of calibers available at Walmart; 300win, 30-06, 270, 243.

Previous 375 H&H rifles I've had were pleasantly easy to reload and shoot. Unusual in that loads of 235gr and 270gr went to the same point of impact, a nice and unusual trick. Those who have had Rugers, does this happen with them?
 
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It’s a good cartridge. But so is the Holland & Holland. I’ve owned and killed with multiples of both. But they go away. Give me a lighter, handier 338. Or 30-06 for that matter.
 
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pathfinder76 said:
It’s a good cartridge. But so is the Holland & Holland. I’ve owned and killed with multiples of both. But they go away. Give me a lighter, handier 338. Or 30-06 for that matter.
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This is the reason that you can’t give away big hard kicking rifles anymore. Guys who like the abuse already have plenty.
 
People are hesitant to buy used rifles. Common ad would be 223, round count 40, comes with five magazines =shot out barrel. Buy a rifle》30, contains the word magnum in the headstamp= someone opened their eyebrow on the scope, comes with 15/20 of first box of ammo. Ammo box is ancient, by a company out of business for decades.
 
98ssuck said:
I don’t understand why tikka won’t chamber a t3 in this cartridge. There’s a real gap in the market for a reasonably priced 375. They already make rifles with actions, magazines and bolt faces that fit it.
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Perhaps they see too much overlap between that and the 9.3x62?

The Ruger is also only 15 years old, I wonder if it's still covered by a patent or something meaning tikka might have to pay to license the cartridge or something?
 
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