Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Express Rifles and Big Bores Only .376 Steyr, .375 Dakota, or .375 Ruger or .375 Remington Ultra Mag

I think one of these should fill the bill, or do we "need" another cartridge?
whelennut

Or all of them......;)

Better all of them, cause they are not in the same class except caliber.

If one had an H&H, there would be no "need" for any of them.
But what does "need" have to do with it?

The Steyr is "odd" and will be difficult to find. The Ruger and Dakota both will fit in a standard lenght action, both have more power than the H&H, and are interchangable in power. The Rem is more power and more action and MORE RECOIL.

Your choice.

I wonder if anyone has enough stamina to wear out the .375 RUM.
I'm betting a new one might come with a box of 19 rounds of factory ammo. I found a box of .458 ammo at a gun show that way once.

whelennut - in order of preference: the grand old 'Holland and Holland Magnum' (just love the way that rolls off the tongue);.375 Ruger...the rest are of no consequence. Regards, Homesteader.

I almost pulled the trigger on a 375 Ruger a few days ago. Cabelas had 20" three matte synthetics priced between $599 and $649. I may go back as that is dirt cheap for a fine caliber/rifle combo IMO.

375 Weatherby ...

Hey Tony just so your aware those rifles cabelas has are factory refurbs and that is NOT stainless steel under the black finish. Not that it makes a big difference most of the time, just wanted you to be aware if you weren't already.

.........Any one will fill the bill. However, if another 375 round is intro`d, then so what. Leave it to the shooting public to decide any acceptance or need levels; that (A), either of the existing 375s have; or (B), that a new one receives.

Of all the 375s, my two top preferences are the 375 Ruger followed by the H&H.

i've a .376 Steyr, a .375 H&H AI, and a .375 RUM, and i'm starting to think about a .375 WSM on a Kimber Montana.

Thanks for the info as I was not aware. For my purposes the non-SS is fine. I am thinking a mannlicher build on one.

About 7 years ago I sold my 700 Rem Clasic in .375 H&H and bought a 700 Rem Stainless in .375 RUM. I put it in a Richards Laminate stock with a Limbsaver pad and a mechanical recoil reducer, had a KDF brake installed, and set the trigger to 2 1/2 lbs. I topped it with a 2-7x Leupold. It likes 300 gr TSX bullets at 2800 fps and 270 gr TSX bullets at 3040 fps.

I've taken it to Africa twice and taken a variety of critters from Steenbok to Buffalo with it at ranges of 30 to 348 yds including several from prone positions with no problems.

I love that rifle, and just wish we had critters here in North America beside Alaska's big bears that need that much power. If I could afford to hunt all of the big game animals of the world but could only use one rifle, I would use my .375 RUM.

I just had my Rem XCR II rechambered from 375 H&H to 375 Weatherby (300g Nosler Partition at 2800 fps). I'm taking it brown bear hunting in Sept., but plan to elk hunt with it too. 250g Swift A-Frames at 3000 fps should do the job on elk, and shoot pretty flat too...

Colorado - my question for you, as I have this same rifle (M700 XCRII), can you fire-form standard H&H rounds so you end up with .375 Weatherby brass? Regards, Homesteader

Yes, absolutely. You can also shoot regular 375 H&H rounds through a 375 Weatherby Mag safely. You'll lose a bit of velocity but not accuracy.

Chuck - thanks for confirming that detail as I have a quantity of standard H&H cases usable for practice fodder. Regards, Homesteader.

Here's a Wiki link by the way confirming it, The 375 Weatherby is essentially a 375 H&H improved with the Weatherby shoulder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.375_Weatherby_Magnum

The 375 H&H Magnum will be 100 years old in 2012.
I guess that is public acceptance.
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