In the last year or so I've become a very big fan of the 375 H&H. I got a chance to spend an afternoon shooting a friends unscoped Remington 798. Guy is right it is very much a big push and not a sharp kick. I found it much more pleasant to shoot than a lightweight 30-06. I was shooting factory loaded 270gr soft points.
The more I've studied ballistics I've come to the oppinion that for me if I am going to go anywhere over the 30-06 I might as well go 375 H&H. A 260gr Accubond at about 2700fps is not a punisher on the shoulder yet flies very flat out to 300 yds. Say 2" high at 100, zero at 200 and 8 or 9 inchest low at 300. Anybody find those numbers familar? Yup about like an average 3006, 308, 270 and so on big game load. Only difference is that 260gr Accubond will be carring about 2683ftlbs at 300yds that my friends is a HAMMER!
I hope to do a build on a pre 64 or Winnie Classic action for my personal 375 H&H. I'm thinking around 8lbs all up should be sweet. Thinking McMillian stock (mcwoody) 22" barrel and a nice 2x7 or 2.5x8 Leupold Ya that thing has elk gun written all over it!
