Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Express Rifles and Big Bores Only how bad is recoil of a 375 from the bench???

Yeah, like a pump 12 gage with a magnun load. Maybe not quite that bad even. If you were shooting skeet with the 375 I think you really wouldn't feel the kick in a bad way - for a while anyway.

I wish I was a good enough shot to do skeet with the 375.

It does have a cumulative effect - 10 shots on the range I feel for a few days afterwards.

It's a maiden's caress, at least it feels like that since rebarreled my 375 to 500 Jeffrey lol ...




Chuck

The muzzle jump is what I find to be the biggest issue with any caliber above .308 (wsm, win mag, etc.). Shooting from the tripod front rest and bunny ear rear bag is not the best for me - I don't yet know what is best, but definitely not that set-up. Just bought one of the longer bull bags - hope to try that soon to see if it's any better.

Melvin Forbes makes a rest, the name escapes me right now but it's supposed to help out with recoil and mzl jump a bit if I recall right.

I tend to hold a rifle quite lightly so for this reason I am a fan of magnaporting.

Dober

I wish I knew someone with a Magnaported rifle that I could shoot and hear shot - have a feeling it would definitely help my accuracy with my .338WM and .375H&H as I tend to hold rather lightly myself.

Those aviators must make a whole lot more in the US than they do up here!

If you are handloading for it mix up a batch of speer 235s and off max a little then you can work into nice and easy. The last thing you will want to do is load up some 300 gr. full house loads the first time you take it out. There is a huge difference in recoil from the two loads. My T/C Encore is a shade over 7lbs with scope and it is not bad at all. I would much rather shoot my 375 with 270gr than a 300 wby "hopped up" pushing 180s or 200s.
By the way the 235s from a .375 H&H are really close to 180s from a 300 mag as far as velocity goes.
You will be pleasantly suprised when you shoot it.

It can be kinda fun.Much prefer it to a 300RUM myself. But it will get to you,and it's best to stop before you reach that point. You'll know when enough is enough.

Most folks first reaction is that it is not bad at all.

Hey start with the lighter bullets, I started with 235 gr TSX's but something like hornady or speer lightweights would be a good way to go. I'm shooting a lightweight remington 700 btw and it was my first big rifle. Now when I go to the 300 grainers I shoot less of them, maybe ten or so. Speaking of I need to get out and shoot mine off the bench. Its sighted in now, load work is pretty much done. These bigger rifles shoot good, easy load work.

I've had a few 375s and except for a POS Browning Medallion, all were pleasant from the bench, pleasant being in the eye of the beholder of course. I can shoot mine with full blown 300gr Swifts all day from the bench with no issues. It's a stock Model 70. jorge

If I may ask, what did you find about the Browning that you didn't like?

I am wondering if you have never shot a big bore,what is your plans for one? Are you going to Africa? I find the 416 Rigby a gun of choice that a lot of friends take to Africa,but the 375 H&H packs just as well,some say its the best medium bore cartridge in the world, its too much gun for me,I own the 45/70.

A lot depends on how well the gun fits. My last two .375s were a Remington 700 XCR and a Ruger #1. Scoped, the Remington weighed 7-1/2 pounds. Scoped (same scope), the Ruger was ounces under 10 pounds. The Ruger beat up on me, no two ways about it. 30-40 rounds and I'd have a raspberry and a bruise, and a stiff shoulder for a day or two afterwards. On the other hand, though it was 2-1/2 pounds lighter, I put 110 rounds through the Remington one day with no ill effects other than burning my thumb 'cause the barrel heat snuck up on me. All of those were from the bench.

I don't use a varmint bench rest, I use a big caldwell bag up front and one of their bench-top bunny-ear bags out back, but the idea is the same.

I don't generally find .375 H&H to be as offensive as the .300 mags and 7mm STW. It got a "bigger" recoil, but it's slow, so it pushes me and I go along for the ride rather than trying to kick "through me."

Tom

Barrel too long
detachable magazine
over-complicated bolt design & thin, flat, "throat lozenge" type bolt handle
flimsy, push feed extractor
cheap, pot metal bottom metal

There are hundreds of posts out there on the inherent issues with the A Bolts, suffice to say they are not for me in a serious hunting rifle anyway. Now I do LOVE my micro-Medallion 22 Hornet. Like all A Bolts, VERY ACCURATE, an important component to be sure, but in a 375, it falls way short of the mark. jorge

Every time I look at an ABolt, I think "Tonka Toys"....

Helps if your wife is a model.

I reckon so... jorge

PS: And Jeff she says "flattery will get you everywhere"

Thanks for the response and even though I have one of these I agree. For myself, I doubt I will ever get the opportunity to hunt dangerous game and this rifle is more a fun gun. If I were to go chasing the dangerous ones this would not be the gun I would take. But, all in all it is fun to bust a whitetail with it every now and then and dream big dreams.