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whelennut - IF manufacturers do for the .375H&H what was done for both the .30/06 and M1911, when they turned 100 y/o, we shall be awash with new offerrings...not a bad situation at all. Regards, Homesteader.

.............Oh good! The 375 Ruger came out in 2007, 5 years ahead the H&H`s 100 year anniversary coming next year. Whew! That was close!

Awash with new offerings? Ssssh! Don`t tell Hornady and Ruger that, cuz imo, it wouldn`t have really mattered what the H&H manufacturers had done; whether they had done whatever with the H&H back in `07 or coming up in 2012.

I know that you diehard 375 H&H fans don`t wish to share the market with other 375s. Looks like you`re just gonna have to get over that somehow! ..Maybe a `lil therapy?

Nothing wrong with new offerings. Let the market decide what it likes and accepts and what it will reject, letting the cow chips fall where they may.

You forgot the "king"

378 Bee! If you have this you have all else.

BigSqueeze - Party Pooper LOL. Regards, Homesteader

......Well yes,,,and no!

It may the king in ballistic terms, but it certainly isn`t in the inventory of most 375 owners.

Helps to have a rifle where one can enjoy shooting at least 20 rounds from the bench per session? Most would be lucky to handle only 5 to 10 rounds using a 378 Bee.

Some kings can be impractical.

......Yeah, I know!!!....Love poopin all over the them diehards. LOL!

Heck with the brake I can fire 50-60 with no problem. With the 378 or my 416 Bees. And performance is awesome.

I get more punishment from my 300 RUM.

.......Yes you`re right, WITH a brake! Just like you have a 378 BEE, my 338-378 Bee can also maybe be classified in the same way.

But for my use and ranges, my handy 375 Ruger Alaskan will get `er done. 2800+ fps from it using a 270 grainer isn`t too bad.

Well for starters the .375-H&H will handle just about 95% of anything you may want to kill in big game animals. Now if you think you need more velocity or energy to the tune of 5200 pounds, then simply do a inexpensive rechamber job on the .375H&H and you have the best of both worlds. A rifle that will shoot .375H&H ammo and also the .375-Weatherby for that extra hammer of Thor! I did so some years ago as matter of fact.

I shoot a .416 Rem mag and a .416-Rigby without a muzzle brake. I find them to be just to loud for guides and myself. Also for your information, the .378 Weatherby is the "worst kicking" .375 caliber rifle in the entire world. Only a handful of hunters purchase that caliber and you will not shoot it more than once without the factory brake on the front end of that barrel.........I'll bet money on that.

I knew a guy who found a used .378 Weatherby at a gun show and his friends hounded him until he bought it.
These guys liked to drive around the countryside shooting at rocks, stray cats, coyotes, etc.
His was on the Schultz and Larsen action with a muzzle brake and two mercury recoil reducers in the stock. He said shooting it was pretty unique.
I think an H&H would make a nice bear, moose rifle. Time will tell.
whelennut

That's why I like the 375 Weatherby. More oomph than either the 375 H&H or the 375 Ruger, can shoot 375 H&H rounds in a pinch, recoil is still manageable without a muzzle brake in my Rem XCR II with Leupold 2x7 scope that weighs in at 7 1/2 lbs (including scope).

I've got a Parker Hale Mauser action I'd thought long and hard on.

Now I'm pretty sure I'm going to go w/ a .375 Ruger because of length.

To me the H&H and the Ruger are all one needs and I wouldn't go with any other due to punishment and difficulty finding components.

That is NOT to say that I care whether the companies innovate; that is always good for us, the consumers. That is just to say that from my POV the others are "too much of a good thing" or, in the case of the Steyr, just too obscure (although I must say the numbers on that cartridge are most impressive and if it weren't so close to extinction with the Ruger so impressive and gaining in popularity I'd likely go w/ Steyr).

A .378 Weatherby on a Schultz & Larsen would be the freakin' schiz just for novelty...

Oh I do not know...
Something about a Barnes 250 grain TTSX at 3250 FPS trips my trigger!!!!

Not for everyone, but definitely for me.

I'm with Chuck. YES! 375 Weatherby ! and you can shoot 375 H&H out if it if you run out of the Weatherby fodder to feed it.