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Congrats, Snow - That's the first Angle Eject in .375BB, I've ever seen ! ............ And, I've been looking at, and have owned several different, BB94's since 1978 !

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I have a Winchester 94 in 375win for sale if you want another one. Great condition.

Brandon
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Hi bcbigbore,

I'm not trying to hijack your thread, my ultimate aim is to help you with the load advice you asked for. I will post it when I have analysed my results. The 250 grain Winchester factory loads generally shot more accurately than the 200 grain bullets as the rifles have a preference for the heavier bullets which Ken Waters noted in his pet loads book. The trade off is recoil, although it is nothing like a .444 Marlin or .45-70 can be.

Snow

Snow,
Looking forward to your results!
Mine looks like yours but is the straight stock, top-eject model.
I hope to get the Williams aperture sight mounted on it sometime this week.

Truth be told, when shooting big critters at woods distances, I prefer the 250-255, probably because I'm old fashioned. I do think the factory 250 was tougher than the Hornady 220, and I think the close match is the Hawk 250 w/.035 jacket.
At the same time, flat trajectory makes shooting easier at extended ranges.
The great thing about the .375 is that it'll do things both ways.
Good luck n good shootin.

I use aa1680 mpowder in my 375 winchester.I have gotten up to 2400fps with that powder.The 220 gr hoprnady really opens up at that speed.I have shot about 20 different 375 bullets out of my 375 win.The most accurate is the 235 gr speer.You can only use it the first shot.I have shot alot of 1" groups at 100 yards.The 375 hardly kicks to me.Good little gun.I hope to shoot a moose with it.I wish I had an angle eject but I dont.I have both of my big bore 94s scoped.I have even shot 300 gr fmj bullets out of mine.

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"..........I wish I had an angle eject but I dont.I have both of my big bore 94s scoped.I have even shot 300 gr fmj bullets out of mine."

Be happy with your top eject. The angle eject is somewhat weaker because of the angle eject cut-out that destroys some of the receiver's strength.

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Snow
I have a winchester model 94 bb in .375 winchester with 26 inch octagon barrel so I am waiting to see what you have found with your standard winchester bb. I also have RD's mould and sizer for the TLC379-235-RF which with my ww lead is closer to 238 grains and will be interested in what you found and I will use it with my bb and see what I get.

That'll be great. William Iorg will be doing the same. I'm waiting on a rear mount at the moment. This is an early one with radial holes on the reciever ring, The standard #95 mount is too high.

Snow.

My Marlin 375 shoots the Hornady 220 over 36 grains of RL7 quite well. I have a Contender barrel in 375 and use the 200 grain Sierra bullet in it with the same powder charge. Both are good hunting loads.