It’s a caliber that in its day was favoured by hound hunters locally. The target quarry are Sambar deer that are tough to put down and large stags can go to 300-350kg. In general shots on fleeing deer are often less than 100yards and iron sights are preferred by a number of hound hunters. I knew of one hunter that had 9 kills with his little 375. He used the now discontinued 220gr Hornady pills.
With the right bullets it’s a very capable cartridge. Years ago Woodleigh introduced a 235gr Hydrostatic bullet for the cartridge. It turned the small cartridge into a buffalo cartridge with incredible straight line penetration. When they trialled the bullet one bull was shot through the head. The bullet entered the boss, exited out of the back of its head, then re-entered the body via the backbone and the bullet was ultimately recovered from a rear hind leg.
