Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Are there practical reasons to own a .300 H&H?

That 300 H&H Classic is back in the classified section for 900.00 with scope

Absolutely impractical. But I love it for reasons beyond practicality. It’s a Ruger #1, has shot like a target rifle right out of the box. I’ve thought of punching it out to 300 Weatherby, but then I get cold shivers and shakes.

And the biggest reason to have it: It’s lucky!

Yeah, my No. 1 .300 H&H shot very well too. But like many rifles over the decades, somebody eventually wanted it more than I did!

Practical?? Nah. Want?? For me absolutely! So much of a want I searched & found a New Haven 1990's Win M70 Safari Express in 375H&H as a doner. So I could have a matching pair of Safari Expresses one chambered in 375H&H and one chambered in 300H&H. Both rifles are setup exactly the same, scope, mounts, Teflon coated metal, down to the same rifle sling.
Nostalgia? Yeah! Is the 300H&H as good or better than any other 30 cal magnums? Probably not. Is it more expensive to feed? Maybe. All in all I don't care about that stuff. I've always read everything I could geta my hands on about hunting Africa, which is where my love affair started for Holland & Holland cartridges.
For me they work, period. I can load both cartridges with whatever is laying on my reloading room floor, seat a good bullet on top of it, and both cartridges shoot well. Felt recoil, I think, is less than the younger cartridges using the same bullet weights. Might just be my perception?
I like'm both so well neither will be sold...but passed on to my son.
Of course I'm by no means trying to convince anybody that they need to own a 300H&H. But if you do get one or have one now, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy mine.

There's a friend of mine who posts over on AR, that has THE most beautiful pair of matched custom rifles by Duane Wiebe in 300 & 375 H&H. Hunted africa with them as well.

Hmmm someone else had the same idea?!?

there is the cool factor....

for some reason, I think the cooooolest looking round I've ever seen, is a
300 H & H with a 220 grain Round Nose on it...

That, LLBean hunting boots, plaid wool coat and hunting cap...

and its 1954 all over again...

Because it is cool as [bleep]! Found a 300 H&H empty case when I was Antelope hunting at 14 and just thought it looked cool. Makes me want to go shoot my 721. It may not be the perfect choice. But it is never a bad one.

A more apt description of the other side of the pillow would be hard to find...

If you want one, get one!!

You could say that about any chambering. I like It, usually feeds smoothly , better than the moderns and puts up good numbers.

all this talk about the 6.5 Creedmoor just makes me want a 300 H&H; seems to be a logical Contrarian choice.

Practicality has beans to do with it. Of course it’s performance won’t equal my .300 Weatherby but it is way cooler if it’s in a classic rifle!

Anyone who would not love to own a .300 Holland in a classic rifle should turn in their Rifle Looney Card and maybe their Man Card while they’re at it!

Happy Trails

Interesting.

Was the 427 available in 63?

Nope. It didn't exist yet.

According to Wikipedia the 1963 engine was a 327. 109 units were built for racing with at least one with an experimental 427 driven at Riverside by Junior Johnson. The 1963 Impala could be had with a factory 427, so it did exist. But maybe not in a production Vette. Happy Trails

I think that was a W engine, not the MkIV.

That's how I recall it, I was thinking only in the Impala though. The 427 must of had some issues, since Chevy pulled back production and then released the 396 in mid-65 (not the 427 until later). I had a high performance 396 in a 65 1/2 Super Sport Impala. My brother had a high performance 396 in a 66 chevelle. The main issue with my SS396 was the Impala's aerodynamics. It started "floating" at a little over 140 mph. I had a hard time trying to keep it on a 2 lane road when attempting top end.

They were not perfect mechanically. I had to change points on it about every 5,000 miles. Plugs more often than that. The springs on mine should have beeen replaced as it "settled".

I really liked that car.

And the 396 didn't hold up very well in racing!