nobody needs firearms owners telling others what they need or not lol ...
long live the princess lol the king is the 9.3x62 then the queen 375hh so the title of princess works well on the 375 ruger lol ...
are we enough mature to talk about the 375 ruger?
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nobody needs firearms owners telling others what they need or not lol ...
long live the princess lol the king is the 9.3x62 then the queen 375hh so the title of princess works well on the 375 ruger lol ...
littlehughey
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I like the 375 Ruger. I also like the 375 H&H. I also like the 300H&H. I don't really like the 300 Win Mag. I don't care for any Weatherby cartridges, though I've never tried them. I retain the right to love and hate any cartridges without justifying it to others.
My favourite part of the 375 Ruger is I used it with a 235gr Speer at 3000 fps to take a nice Whitetail Buck with two of my best friends there to share in the experience.
My issue this year with the 375 Ruger and a likely moose draw: do I use the 375 Ruger with 270gr SP-RP or do I try my 300 H&H with 165 GMX? Or should I try the '06 and a 165 Interbond?
Too many rifles and not enough tags is the real issue.
My favourite part of the 375 Ruger is I used it with a 235gr Speer at 3000 fps to take a nice Whitetail Buck with two of my best friends there to share in the experience.
My issue this year with the 375 Ruger and a likely moose draw: do I use the 375 Ruger with 270gr SP-RP or do I try my 300 H&H with 165 GMX? Or should I try the '06 and a 165 Interbond?
Too many rifles and not enough tags is the real issue.
I like the logic of the .375 Ruger, but it doesn't come in a Winchester 70 Alaskan or Safari, so not for me. The H&H has a rich, century long hunting career behind it. It's a proven cartridge and fun to shoot in rifles of reasonable weight. A perfect cartridge to pair up with a .308, .270 or .30-06.
The Model 70 Alaskan should be stainless and laminated. I don't know why Winchester/FN fails to understand this.
The Model 70 Alaskan should be stainless and laminated. I don't know why Winchester/FN fails to understand this.
they did not want to copy ruger lol ...
Because that's your personal preference only?
Years ago when the NEW KING was introduced, people questioned whether it would feed as well as the H&H. I thought this is strange because nobody questions if other similar bottleneck cartridges like the 308, 300WM etc feed. Rifle makers figured out how to make these cartridges feed a long time ago.
But for fun I took a few 375 Ruger cartridges loaded with 300gr RN Hornadys and filed down the nose until they were basically flat. I videoed myself running a magazine full of these rounds through the action with minimal force, basically using a couple of fingers to run the bolt. Pointy bullets usually always feed better than flat, blunt ones but the NEW KING digested them with no hiccup.
I'm sure it upset a few people that were certain only long tapered 375 rounds would work in a bolt action.
nowarningshot
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So obviously we aren't mature enough for the question.
Years ago when the NEW KING was introduced, people questioned whether it would feed as well as the H&H. I thought this is strange because nobody questions if other similar bottleneck cartridges like the 308, 300WM etc feed. Rifle makers figured out how to make these cartridges feed a long time ago.
But for fun I took a few 375 Ruger cartridges loaded with 300gr RN Hornadys and filed down the nose until they were basically flat. I videoed myself running a magazine full of these rounds through the action with minimal force, basically using a couple of fingers to run the bolt. Pointy bullets usually always feed better than flat, blunt ones but the NEW KING digested them with no hiccup.
I'm sure it upset a few people that were certain only long tapered 375 rounds would work in a bolt action.
the hydro from woodleigh is the only bullet that gave me hard time and it was in the 9.3x62 ...
ah ah well sum up. i will come back in 15 yers for that specific matter lol
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- Kitscoty Alberta
I have a 375 ruger Hawkeye sporter left hand grey laminate stainless , 20” , no brake , had it for about 4 years before I got a chance to load up some bullets and use it ,
Got a 5x5 bull elk on a solo hunt , then used it on a couple of deer ,
Bounces around a little when working up loads at the shooting bench , but when hunting recoil it not a problem
Got a 5x5 bull elk on a solo hunt , then used it on a couple of deer ,
Bounces around a little when working up loads at the shooting bench , but when hunting recoil it not a problem
There is no question the H&H beats out the 375 Ruger in nostalgia. That's the only way it outperforms the NEW KING.
On paper, yes. Realistically, a game animal will not feel the difference.
Yes, Ruger did design it to go into their cramped action.
you know you can fit a 375hh into a markII/hawkeye with not that much trouble ...
Listen to Leeper, he is spot on. I have a .375 h&h on a Sako-FN commercial Mauser 98, I don’t know which company opened it up for the h&h, but they did no better of a job than Zastava did on my .458 win mag.
Yes I know the 458 does not need to be lengthened but Zastava does not.
Yes I know the 458 does not need to be lengthened but Zastava does not.
Ruger also has Magnum actions... I have two RSM's in .375 H&H and .458 Lott, and have owned eight or nine of them in total. They are terrific rifles and worth considerably more than their upfront cost, even on today's used market. The .375 H&H is annoyingly muzzle-heavy, but the .458 balances very nicely.
Those RSM Rugers are absolutely gorgeous rifles...but IMHO they are just way too heavy for a .375H&H. I have had one in .416Rigby and it was a beauty...up until the stock split at the tang just a few weeks before my scheduled once-in-a-lifetime hunt in Africa. I was shooting it...a lot...leading up to that trip. I was bearing in mind what several of the old-time gunwriters used to say, regarding the idea that big boomers were not intended for extensive shooting, but that the .416 would be fine. When I saw that crack appear, the air was blue...for days...
But I had the chance to shoot an RSM in .375 and, as beautiful as it was with that integral rib and nice Circassian walnut, it was a pig to handle. Apparently they reduced the weight of these guns at some point during the production run? I don't know if the one I shot was before or after the reduction, but it was like swinging a lead pipe around. Just too much weight; a disproportionate amount at the muzzle, but honestly just too plain heavy all around. The .375...despite the usual wails from those who have never had one...is not a vicious kicker that requires such a heavy rifle.
I wasn't able to compare the two rifles directly. Did Ruger use the same exterior barrel profile on all the chamberings, making the .375 the heaviest of them? Sure felt heavier...
I've seen a standard model 77 that had a minimal amount of metalwork done to it to allow the chambering of .375H&H. No idea how it shot, but it felt nice, much preferable to (but not, of course, nearly as ###y as...) the RSM.
And, of course, we periodically see standard 77's on the EE chambered to .458WinMag. The sellers always seem to think that the chambering somehow magically morphs them into the much more expensive RSM model, so they price them accordingly.
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