Lately I hunt with a 375 Winchester. 200gr flat at 2235 fps. So far all kills landed within 70 yards of where hit, with one additional head shot dropped. Shots were 20 yards, 60 yards, 45 yards and 50 yards. The 70yard less than ideal quartering away shot run was following blood in a thicket. Very unpleasant but doable deer recovered. The big boar 70 yard after shot was into a swamp bog not recovered. No misses, four out of five recovered with good blood trails. Two dropped in their tracks. Minimal MEAT LOSS! That is the reason I like the slow moving 375 round. I am moving it to a slower 264 gr lead at 1946 fps for next season. This is 8 inches down at 200 yards and 3 feet down at 300 yards, still with the MOMENTUM (screw the entergy calcs) to nail a softail Deer. The gun weighs 6 lbs with the scope and is about the handiest rifle there is, bar none. The only one I would consider instead would be a Browning 81 in 358. However, from experience, the Browning BLR have perfectly awful lawyer trigger.
On another note, none of my loads are over 42,000 cup, which is the max average pressure of a 3030. The 375 CAN do up to max average 52,000 cup, however you can get far above 38-55 performance with 42,000 cup!
Last edited by frhunter13; 02/07/16.
