Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting When will hunting bullets of 358, 9.3, and 375 caliber get some BC love?

the 375 Warlord is off the 585 Hubel Express case, 2nd case from the left in pic below
Chey Tac rim size and 192 gr h20 case capacity in 375 cal

also have the 375 Executioner which is off the 500 AHR case, 4th in pic
338 Lapua rim size and 160 gr case h20 capacity, same as 375 CheyTac
ongoing project with 32" 7.5 tw Rock Creek barrel

Did I mention that there is a wonderful and glorious world outside of factory rifles and cartridges ?

the only bullet diameter I like more than the 375 cal is 9.53 mm !

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What kind of ballistics can one expect from the warlord.

same as the 375 VM2 but on the CheyTac boltface

LOL... Too funny.

OK - so if someone did make a bullet with a high BC in those calibers, the projectile would weight so much, you wouldn't want to shoot it. the velocity would be low.. And the drop would be nasty.

Consider to get decent BC's in a 30 cal, you need to. Use a ~209 grain bullet, by the time your at 338 it's at least 225 grains..

Spot

Yeah all that is completely true but I bet those big 375's pack some real ass at distance and it's fun to see some people step up outside the box and experiment with those big wildcats.

I have to stand back and admire at this point but I do get a kick out of Swampland's work with these big wildcat cases. Great stuff!

I agree - more power to him.

If one has a muzzle break, hey go for it...

They are definitely in thier own class.

Remember though, that most the young guys who want to impress folks tend to go for the heavy stuff... It isn't before most of them hit 27 or so before real common sense kick's in...

for some of us, that never happens

True! LOL!

The 375 PRO looks like it'd be more steps/work than I'd be willing to go through but I gotta tell ya, that is one sultry looking cartridge!!!!

From Facebook...

"Had a great day today shooting ELR with Team Applied Ballistics. The first 20 teams shot today and have 15 more tomorrow before they pick the top ten for the shoot off. After the first day of shooting it sounds like we may be in the lead with Mitchell Fitzpatrick shooting his new Lethal Precision Arms (375 Lethal Magnum) with the new Bryan Litz 375 Berger prototype 400 grain bullet, while Paul Phillips and Bryan Litz Spotting for him. Mitch hit every target on his first two attempts and finished strong. More shooting tomorrow. I wanted to send a huge Thank you for our sponsors, McMillan Group International, Applied Ballistics LLC, Berger Bullets, Nightforce Optics, and Lethal Precision Arms.
Today we shot targets ranging from 1500 to 2000 yards. After they pick the top ten we will be shooting targets out to 2 Miles for the Finals
Last but not least a special thank you to Ian Klemm for loaning me his Vortex Razor HD 30 MM Spotting scope with a Moa milling reticle. It worked very well figuring out exact adjustments upon seeing impacts."

the "375 Lethal Magnum" that Bryan Litz was shooting is very similar to my 375 Warlord, both are off the 585 Hubel Express case with minor case dimension differences, the 375 Warlord predates the new 375 Lethal Mag by a couple years

400 gr? damn too big for my 378 bee!

Mitchell Fitzpatrick just won the "King of 2 Miles" shoot with the 375 Lethal Mag, shooting the 400 gr Berger bullet !

now who was the fool that says ya can't shoot big magnums accurately ?

Not bad shooting for a 19 YO...

I see Bryan took second shooting a .338 Edge w/300gr Bergers, Paul took forth shooting Bryan's rifle.

Sorry, I meant to write 250 (not 225) grain for the 338 win mag vs a 260 grain for the 375 Ruger.

A lot of hunters miss out on the potential ballistics of the 9.3 X 62 if they don't max their loads and use bullets like the 250 AB (.494 BC) and 286 NP (.482 BC).

Using the best powder to date for the 9.3 X 62, which is RL-17, I'm getting 1/2 moa from the 250 AB at 2700+ fps. That's good to 500yds with a little over 2000 ft-lbs remaining.PSI is about 63,000. That's in the realm of the .338 Win Mag which, incidentally, has a SAAMI spec of 64,000 psi but the rifle is the exact same rifle as mine in a Tikka T3. I figure the Tikka T3 which has the same barrel 1.6" inches shorter, and heavier at the chamber due to the cartridge being slimmer, is also safe at 64,000 psi max. I shot an excellent bl. bear last Oct 1st with that load, not at 500 yards but at 85 with 3630 ft-lbs of kinetic smash remaining. The 286 NP is even better with 2100ft-lbs remaining at 500 yds. Need a long range elk or moose gun? I have one but it's not for sale!

Bob

www.bigbores.ca

If only those 9.3 tikka's were brought into the USA . . . And finding those 250 AB is next to impossible