You missed one...…………..308win.
Whats with the 375H&H haters?
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You missed one...…………..308win.
Johnn Peterson
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Nothing shabby about the 375 H&H. A tried tested and true performer in many places and on a wide variety of game. I have one in a Winchester model 70 and for a slight variation, I picked up a 375 Chatfield Taylor.
HMM ! The 375 Ruger in a Ruger rifle is NONE of those ! My Rem M700 SYN XCR 11 is Lighter in weight and the action is Lighter and its a BETTER rifle at a lesser price then the Ruger ! SO what you got to say about that ?
LOL Cheers RJ
I don't think that anyone actually hates the H&H, they just recognize that it's time is past and the 375 Ruger offers everything the H&H does and more- So they are going with the superior 375 Ruger instead of the obsolete H&H.
The 375 H&H and its few ballistic similars is about the most versatile cartridge in the world if you want to take a crack at doing everything with the one gun. Once you take the buffaloes, elephant, hippo on land, giraffe and maybe eland out of the equation its a bit of a struggle to justify it. Take NA; there's nothing wrong with using one for bison, but how many people are actually going to do it? Moose are big, but long history has shown that if you bust a moose through the ribs with a deer rifle its going to die. The big bears for the most part just aren't that big. Use it if you want, but face it most people are never going to shoot a grizzly, brown or polar bear. Its a nice dream though.
The .375 is at its best for hunters that dream of Africa, northern Australia, and southern SA and thick skinned game. Take that away and there are better suited cartridges for doing what you're really going to do.
I'm down to three of them myself.
The .375 is at its best for hunters that dream of Africa, northern Australia, and southern SA and thick skinned game. Take that away and there are better suited cartridges for doing what you're really going to do.
I'm down to three of them myself.
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
It's a popular caliber. There are a lot of 308,30-06 and 300 WinMags for sale in the EE as well.
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Got one, and with full house loads, it's gotta be the hardest kicking handgun I've ever shot or owned. Had to change the rubber Hogue grips it comes with and fit it with a set of custom Herritt's Jordan Trooper stocks. That 'tamed' it a little but it's still a 'handful'. Then, for a little icing on the cake of handguns, I've recently acquired a Magnum Research BFR in .45-70.
Funny, there are about 8 375H&H in the EE at the moment, and 2 375 Rugers. I am going to guess they have the same turnover ratio, since I am betting H&H still outsells Ruger by a good margin. Other than 30-06 375 anything seems the second most up for sale caliber. I mean try finding two 338wm or even one 30 Rem....
First rifle I ever bought, M-70 in .375 H+H, second hand at a gun store for around $650. Love it!
People do ask what I shoot with it, and I tell them "anything I want to die"!
The reality is that mostly includes paper targets or pile plates.......but on occasion it's a moose or even a squirrel.
People do ask what I shoot with it, and I tell them "anything I want to die"!
The reality is that mostly includes paper targets or pile plates.......but on occasion it's a moose or even a squirrel.
What the heck... doesn't someone make a revolver in 375 H&H? ;-)
unstableryan
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Sure, but if it’s 300 yards away, I want it to have energy when it gets there. From friends and family’s experience, moose will go somewhere more difficult than where you shot at them if they don’t fall down.
No, not really. In new rifle sales the Ruger is outpacing the H&H. There are plenty of H&H rifles in circulation, of course, as the cartridge has been around for so long. And people are replacing their H&H with Rugers, but few are going the other way.
