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So I found a pretty good deal on a CZ550 in .375 H&H and it's been gnawing at my brain. I just can't figure out why I need it. I'm not likely to ever hunt buffalo or brown bears. Help a brother out.
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Its like Mt. Everest....because its there....
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Most of them tend to be very accurate. CZ's are Mauser actions, so they're reliable. Good donor for a bigger cartridge, especially if it's one that belongs in a CRF action. Good way to get experience with a classic belted magnum. Recoil isn't as bad as you'd think--can be much more pleasant to shoot than a 338 or a fast 300.
For starters...
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Several years ago I got the 375 H&H fever too. I bought a Remington 798 375 H&H. The guy I bought it from three in some brass with the deal. He lives in Washington and had killed a couple elk and several bears with it. I bought a set of dies for it. It’s sad to say but it sits in the shipping box under my bed where it’s been since it arrived. However it’s mine and one day I will get it out and hunt something with it.
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Sense when does need play a part?
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You don’t need one but you have to have one
I have several, belted and flanged including original H&H belted magazine rifle and a H&H flanged magnum double.
They are fun, versatile rifles.
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I have 2 Ruger 375 H&H, don't know why but I have them. I have to admit the big bores are fun to shoot.
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If it's a good enough deal you better do it or you'll regret it...those things tend to haunt you. I promise you this forum is awash with people that'd be able to recount "I wish I'd..." stories. Don't pass on good deals if it's something you think you want.
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So I found a pretty good deal on a CZ550 in .375 H&H and it's been gnawing at my brain. I just can't figure out why I need it. I'm not likely to ever hunt buffalo or brown bears. Help a brother out. Why? Beats me, too. The best reason ever is that you want one.
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No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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I look at it like this, Education and entertainment are not free. Ya' take your wife and kids to dinner or to a ball game you're gonna spend maybe a couple Benjamins. If you purchase that rifle that is a good deal, you can enjoy it for a considerable length of time, sell it and get your money back, maybe even make a coin or two. So even if you kept if for a year or two and lost a Benjamin, that's cheap entertainment. The 375 H&H, an easy 200 yd. porker perforator. I say go for it! ya! GWB
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I have a Browning X-Bolt here in 375 H&H. It's a new one with walnut. The boy is just getting back from Iraq and it's for him.
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I got a 375 Whitworth, no I don't need it either but I wanted it and none of my dogs or other guns got jealous about it. You have some kind of passbook that pays 25% interest or something? MB
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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I got a Ruger No. 1 Tropical with pretty wood I could be talked out of by p.m. It was already threaded when I bought it and has what appears to be a Vais brake on it and the front sight was moved back accordingly.
At 59, it doesn't appear I'll be making it to Africa unless I hit the lottery...
Sorry for minor hijack.
Oh yeah, it kicks softer with and without the brake than my 77 Tanger in .338 WM, and kills whitetail about like a .308.
�When in doubt, I whip it out.� Uncle Ted
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Simply, because it is the world’s best “all around cartridge”! While the .338 WM, may be North America’s Best “all around cartridge”! For me, one caliber since 1982.......375! memtb
Last edited by memtb; 01/10/19.
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Buy it and use it on whatever you want to. I have a .460 Wby and a cape buffalo hunt is a few years down the road. I use it anyway on jackrabbits.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Truck guns start with the .375 H&H. With the proper bullet and placement they will stop any truck.
I went up the scale a bit and bought a .416...........it works with cast bullets for purposes of amusement.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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The 375 H&H is good for practice till one can afford a .460.
Use it for smaller jack wabbits, save big ones for the .460.
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The .375 H&H is a beginner varmint rifle. When you have mastered it you can go to the big bores. Here is what a 400 grain Speer at 2500 fps (IIRC) does to a bunny.
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Bought one for a Cape buffalo hunt. Sold it after that hunt as I saw no practical use for it short of brown bears and I bow hunt them. The recoil was not really that bad.
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