Been too many years since a .375 has been in the safe. Time to rectify that..Let’s see what you guys have. Metric guys can play too!

I'll play - No. 1H in the old H&H:

Wby Mk V DGR in .375 Wby.

375 Improved









Just an old M70 that someone rechambered from an H&H to a Wby. As a 300 Wby it never shot for beans. Had JES rechamber/rebore to 375 Improved. It’s been a champ.

375 Winchester

Win 94AE

What does that rifle weigh? I really like that.

Very nice setup

I'll play....

375 BAS (Chey-Imp)

378 Bee

Here's my little custom Mauser in the Wildcat 375/350. Very handy, light, compact rifle that packs a punch.



First shot was the bullseye, clicked it up to where I wanted it. Last 2 shots hit a little right, I don't remember my rifles shaking as much as they do now!

Using the Barnes 235gr TSX or the Speer 235gr Hot-Cor over IMR4064. Haven't used a chronograph yet, but both shoot very good.



While it's a little much for Wisconsin WT deer, hoping to get on a S TX Nilgai hunt with it (not looking for anything about that in this post).

P64 in Brown Prec

I don’t know how anyone can shoot a group, let alone an animal with a 375. I had never shot one and a friend wanted me to sight his in. On a bench with sandbags it was too brutal for me and he got a 1 shot group…

.376 Steyr





.375-06 JDJ (SSK)





.375 Win

The 375 Win isn't bad... after I put a decelerator pad on it. The factory plate kept catching me funny and biting the bejeezus out of my shoulder. Felt recoil is not nearly as harsh as 444 or 45-70 to me.

I HAVE TOO AGREE , i own a couple of 375 H&H rifles and off the bench they are miserable to shoot , the older i get the more i hate to shoot my bigger cartridges . now days i prefer my 6 BR or my 22 K-Hornet to shoot off the bench . matter fact i am going even quit shooting and hunting my 257 Weatherby much and start using a 257 Roberts more .

Model 70 built by Michael Scherz. Sold it a couple of years ago. Heck of a rifle:






Kept this Ruger Number One that has brought me a few black bear:







Regards, Guy

At 70, I’m wondering when I’ll reach that point……I hope that it’s not soon! 😉 Though I’ll readily admit that 60 ft/lb from the bench with my 9# 1 oz (scoped, loaded, slung) AI is close to my bench limit! memtb

Thanks for the tip Shrapnel.I'll stop looking for brass for this one

FN Mauser action, custom I just completed a few months ago

Remington 700 KS Mountain left hand. Speer 235.

i don`t think shrapnel or myself are afraid to shoot a 375 H&H rifle that is not ported off the bench ,its just we don`t care too ,its just not fun anymore .

My first Win.Model 70 (on right) that I got in the early ‘80’s. Love the rifle, shoots unbelievably good…..very tame on the bench, but far too heavy to hunt with.

The one on the left is my Win. Model 70 (semi-custom) AI that I had put together starting in late ‘89 and received in Feb of ‘90! Light enough (9 lbs 1 oz fully loaded ready to hunt) to hunt with without punishment on the bench. It’s been my only hunting rifle since I got it!

When I had it built, I thought I wanted a brake (wasted money)…..removed it, never to be seen again. Hell…..I might have used it for a trout line sinker! 😉 I do use a PAST recoil shield when shooting from the bench, I started using it about 5 or 6 years ago…. This getting old stuff sucks! 😁

My AI isn’t as pretty as many shown here……but, it’s a well used “hunting” rifle. I just got (Birthday/Christmas) 4 boxes of Barnes 270 gr. LRX’s which I will build a load with this summer…..hoping for accuracy and 3000+ velocity! memtb

The technique from a bench is to set up the equipment so your torso is as erect as possible when firing. I have a pile of Caldwell sandbags I use when working with the 375 & 400.

Low front & back shooting rests and a low seating position results in a hunched over shooting posture that's guaranteed to deliver recoil to a torso not positioned to roll with the punch.

'Course lightweight "mountain rifles" chambered in these cartridges doesn't help either...

Sold my 375 Ruger----those days are behind me.

here's my 375 H&H AI




Here's my 375 Win


Here's my 375 Whelen AI

Love this Dakota .375 H&H…

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...dakota-375-h-h-nf-2-5-10x32#Post18037020

Nice bunch of 375's Bugger!

Thanks. I like them. I believe I'll be buying a 375 suppressor and threading the Whelen and the H&H.

Wow, after seeing all of these, I wish that I hadn’t sold my .375 JDJ barrel for my Contender. If for no other reason ….the Photo OP! 😁

Nice rifles guys….. I had no idea that there would be so many AI’s! You boys have good tastes! 😉 memtb

The big AI is quite the hammer.

270's at 3000 is quite a load Memtb! I need to give them a whirl in mine one of these days.

I’m not there yet…..but think it’s doable! I got 3160, with no obvious issues, with my 250 TTSX’s, before backing down to 3130 for accuracy reasons! 3K + may be a “pipe dream” …but it’s a goal to “shoot” (pun intended) for! 😉 memtb

I'm in the .375s suck camp.

Several years ago I had one in a 700 Classic. I shot a good bit of paper with it along with some really good groups. Shot a deer with it for kicks and sold it. Recently got to wanting another one for a buffalo hunt and found an Interarms WhitWorth. I do not remember my 700 being that snappy. The gun, while shootable is not enjoyable at all. The buffalo hunt isn't gonna happen any-time soon anyway and that gun is now down the road. Various 300s and 338s are fine, but the .375 is where I draw the line.

Ok, here you go......
Lj

I have 2, but don't have pics taken. An early Rem. custom shop 700 in .375 H&H and a Rifles, Inc. Strata in same caliber. Only have used them to shoot hogs, but have a brown bear hunt coming up in June where the Rifles, Inc. will be carried.

I sold my 375 H&H Whitworth because it was 'too much fun'. I only had it to the range once. I suspected poor stock fit for me.

I built my .375 RUM for a Cape Buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe in 2005. It's a 26" stainless Rem 700 barreled action that I put in a Richards laminated stock. I pillar and glass bedded the action, glass bedded the barrel channel and free floated the barrel, and fitted a Limbsaver pad on it. I then hand checkered the stock with my favorite 5 panel wrap around checkering pattern.

The first time that I took it out to the range it kicked so bad that I didn't finish sighting it in. A KDF muzzle brake tamed the recoil enough that I could develop 3 shot moa loads with 300 grain Barnes TSX bullets at 2900 fps.




I took it to the Eastern Cape of South Africa in 2007 for a strictly plains game hunt. For that hunt I worked up another 3 shot moa load, this time with 700 grain TSX bullets at 3043 fps. For that hunt I added a recoil reducer in it's shock which further tamed it's recoil enough that I comfortably shot several animals from prone positions.


It then sat in my safe until 2021 when I took it to SW Alaska for a Brown Bear hunt. On this hunt I worked another 3 shot moa load for it with 281 grain Hammer Hunter bullets at 3034 fps.

.375 Ruger build on a Sears Model 50(FN) action. Timney trigger. Talley steel rings/bases. Leupold 2-7 VX II. Talley barrel band. Talley-style bolt handle. OEM safety. McGowan 21.5” barrel. I carved the stock and slow rust blued the metal.

Nice 375 Buffy! Very dang cool.

I don't find my No.1 to be too bad. Load development went something like this:





Final sight in:



In all honesty, I haven't shot it on paper since, but have shot 1 elk with it.

Now, a No. 1 458 Win Mag was a different story. 1 round and handed it back to the owner - that was miserable

That’s a great shooting 375! Very nice.

I need it like I need woman trouble, but I know where there is a Beretta Mato .375 that taunts me. I'd have to restock it though.

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Stainless classic 375. Echols legend stock. Sunny hill bottom metal. Metal work done by Mark Penrod

Now that is a nice one. Very well thought out.

700grs at 3034fps would be pretty sporty!

just kidding, jealous of all your hunting adventures.

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Bet that bullet is longer than a whores dream.

Super nice but some coin right there…

It then sat in my safe until 2021 when I took it to SW Alaska for a Brown Bear hunt. On this hunt I worked another 3 shot moa load for it with 281 grain Hammer Hunter bullets at 3034 fps.
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Did you happen to hunt that brown bear with a fella named Bob Coolie? Or maybe Cooley. Not sure how it's spelled.

.375 Ruger Alaskan in a McMillan stock.

Winchester Model 70s, mostly Classics.

Left to right...

7STW re-barreled to 375H&H with a Pac-Nor tube and Cerakoted. My pet of pets! It's taken 5 leopards, two or three buffalo, a couple hippos and most of the plains game. Sable, roan, eland, kudu, zebra, etc.

Stainless 300 Weatherby turned into a 375 Weatherby with a Lilja barrel. Cerakoted. Took my best buff and a bit of plains game with it.

7STW rebuilt into a 375 RUM with a Lilja pipe. It will soon be off to get blued. It takes a lot to get the RUM shells to feed! May take it to Namibia this year to break it in.

BACO Alaskan 375H&H in a Supergrade Featherweight Stock.

Stainless Classic, McMillan Supergrade stock.

All the scopes are Swaro PHs 1.5-6x 42 in DD rings.

Jeebus....

McCray, I’m sorry to see that you have such an aversion to the .375 calibers! 😉 memtb

I'm a huge pre-64 fan, but your classic is my favorite rifle I've seen in this thread.

Congrats on some fantastic game you've taken. I bet the memories are priceless.

Marlin 30TK rebored by Jes to .375 win:

Nice! Love the more unique stuff!

Did you happen to hunt that brown bear with a fella named Bob Coolie? Or maybe Cooley. Not sure how it's spelled.[/quote]

Yes, Bob Couey. And after my bear hunt we went up to his cabin near Lake Louise where I feasted on more blueberries and cought close to 200 graylings.

And for those of you that caught my "700 grain TSX bullets at 3043 fps" typo, thanks, my proof reader has been reprimanded! They were really 300 grain bullets.

Ed,

Is there any chance that was a rifles inc build?

No. I bought it here a number of years ago. Factory barrel that was cut and fluted and bedded in what was advertised as a Brown Pound'r. It did unsuccessfully chase brown bear in 2015.

That's kool, too bad you did'nt get a bear

Here is mine.
Blaser S2, Left Handed.

I had a run of 375s a few years ago along with a few other med bores in 35cal. My "BIG GUN" now is a 35Remington. All else is 30cal and under.

This was the last 375 I owned. Sold it after taking it to the Yukon. Shot a couple moose and a caribou with it while I owned it.

No pic. Just a plain old boring Kimber Talkeetna w/2.5-10x32NF.

If I didn’t already have mine……that’s exactly what I’d get. Run a reamer in it, making it an AI….making me a happy man the rest of my days ! memtb

Remington 700BDL .375 Rem Ultra Mag.

AK-47 chambered in 375 JDJ. I have one in 444 Marlin as well.

Tony Rumore
Tromix

No kiddin' ?!?!
Now that's very interesting

I made the 444 in 2007 and the 375/444 in 2008.

CZ 550 Safari Magnum in .375 H&H, upgraded by AHR in a B&C stock, topped with a Swarovski Z6i 1-6x24EE CD-i. It will certainly be the very last rifle I ever get rid of. Shot my first cape buffalo, a moose, a handful of plains game with it. It's heading to Zim on backup duty for elephant/hippo this May loaded with CEB 300gr Safari Solids running 2550fps for sub MOA groups, nicely paired with the corresponding 275gr thick-skin Safari Raptors.

375/338 Argentine Mauser........by JK Cloward

Great looking rifle, but the front sight fell off. What velocities do you get with 270s and 300s with with the .375/338?

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I got a baby 375, a Savage 99 in 375 Winchester

I ran into you at Mark Demlow's "Illiaska" lodge in Iliamna. I was up there guiding for bear and was between hunts. Nice to see a picture of your bear!