.375 hh

[JMack]

Mine comes in around 8lbs without the scope and i have the 3-18x50 VX6 on it. It has a McMillan light composite stock on it and it's still no problem to shoot even without a brake. I was hell bent on adding one but I just don't want to change a thing.

Even being old and crippled up I don't have a problem packing it all day.

I first got it in just before Mario and the kids came up last year and fired it for the first time right after they arrived. In all honesty I was expecting much more recoil out of it than it has.

If you're ever out my way, you're welcome to give it a ride.

Thanks for the offer. Not sure I'll be in Texas anytime soon but you never know. Much appreciated

 

[JMack]

Mine comes in around 8lbs without the scope and i have the 3-18x50 VX6 on it. It has a McMillan light composite stock on it and it's still no problem to shoot even without a brake. I was hell bent on adding one but I just don't want to change a thing.

Even being old and crippled up I don't have a problem packing it all day.

I first got it in just before Mario and the kids came up last year and fired it for the first time right after they arrived. In all honesty I was expecting much more recoil out of it than it has.

If you're ever out my way, you're welcome to give it a ride.

Sorry I thought you were offering me to shoot it. Ha! A lot going on in this thread!

 

[Buano]

I was in EXACTLY your situation and picked up a LIGHTLY used Sako 85 stainless in .375 H&H. I was surprised to find it had no more recoil than my shotguns. It's a great gun. Then I fell into a .338/.378 Weatherby magnum with a lot more range, recoil & muzzle-blast. I carry the Weatherby when I may really need to REACH OUT, but I'm comfortable with the .375 H&H to 500 yards. I haven't taken the time to figure drops beyond that.

 

[WildRose]

Sorry I thought you were offering me to shoot it. Ha! A lot going on in this thread!

No problem, that was my intent you'd both/either be welcome. Ammo's cheap!

 

[Bman940]

I love my Brown Precision .375 H&H. I have it topped with a Nikon 1-6x32 that will soon be a M-Tactical 1-4x28 MOA reticle. I probably shoot mine 10-15 rounds a year at hogs. Last year I took a 300+ pound boar at about 325 yards. Anchored him in his tracks. My new M-Tactical scope with the MOA reticle will work much better for me when it comes to holdovers. I can dial it in using Spot On and then have a real blast. One porker I shot last year with a Texas heart shot running away, ended up completely cleaned thru the exit wound. Love those .300 gr projectiles.

 

[memtb]

I can make the same offer...if anyone's in my "neck of the desert"! Though a max load in a 9 pound AI from the bench, recoils....enthusiastically! Offhand or from sticks....a healthy, speedy, push! memtb

Mine comes in around 8lbs without the scope and i have the 3-18x50 VX6 on it. It has a McMillan light composite stock on it and it's still no problem to shoot even without a brake. I was hell bent on adding one but I just don't want to change a thing.

Even being old and crippled up I don't have a problem packing it all day.

I first got it in just before Mario and the kids came up last year and fired it for the first time right after they arrived. In all honesty I was expecting much more recoil out of it than it has.

If you're ever out my way, you're welcome to give it a ride.

 

[WildRose]

I can make the same offer...if anyone's in my "neck of the desert"! Though a max load in a 9 pound AI from the bench, recoils....enthusiastically! Offhand or from sticks....a healthy, speedy, push! memtb

Honestly, it's really not that bad and not nearly as sharp of a recoil as I get out of my Rum's and some of the STW's.

 

[Old Corps]

You can't go wrong with a 375 H&H. You'll never question if you're carrying enough gun.

And the .375H&H is slicker than snot! Love mine.

 

[memtb]

Honestly, it's really not that bad and not nearly as sharp of a recoil as I get out of my Rum's and some of the STW's.

Nope, not bad! If you're gonna shot a rifle....you should enjoy all aspects of the experience! memtb

 

[bounty hunter 2]

I like your post. I have the 35 Whelen and like it very much. I have read a fair amount on the 400 Whelen and it is very interesting to me. I think the 375 Whelen is a very good one too. Col. Whelen first started to work with what he called the 38 Whelen but the bullets were discontinued and there was not any good supply of 375 bullets at that time, so we got the 35 and the 400. As Michael Petrov said if there had ben a good supply of 375 bullets in the '20's we may not have the 35 or 400.

When I retired as an Alaskan timber faller 20 years ago I became a bullet man so now my livelihood is making bullets. I have about 300 cast bullet designs available and keep adding. I also make jacketed bullets but only in 22, 24, and 30 caliber. The 375 Whelen is a superb cast bullet cartridge giving up nothing in velocity to jacketed bullets when heavy bullets are used. I have designed a 375 caliber 375gn bullet that works extremely well in not only my 375 Whelen rifles but has also proven dependably accurate in the 375 H&H, 375 Weatherby, and 375 Ruger at velocities slightly over 2400 fps. In my 375 Whelen with 27" barrel I get just a few fps under 2300 and it has proven itself on Alaskan big game.
I shot one large caribou bull with this load at a range of about 75 yards. I was shooting iron sights and the light was fading so I aimed at the shoulder on a broad side shot. It was in November and about -30F so bulls had begun to shed antlers. The solid shoulder hit of the 375/375 wide meplate bullet caused both antlers to be thrown off the bull. The exit hole on the off side shoulder was fist size. That is typical terminal performance of a heavy non expanding wide flat nose bullet at a high enough impact velocity to cause hydraulic splash effect.

 

[AFRIFLEMAN]

I have a 375 H&H in a Weatherby mark V. I absolutely love it. Buddy of mine gave me the receiver and I had Brux make me a custom rifled barrel. I shoot 350gr Sierra Match Kings at 1000+ yards all the time. Shoots about .6" MOA, when I do my part. The great thing about this round is it's very versatile.

 

[SMK1000plus]

It has supposedly been documented that after firing 10 shots on a bench with a 7MM Mag you have a mild concussion. That cannot be good.

If that where true, I'd be as messed-up as Ali in his last years! I've shot 10s of thousands of rounds from 300 Win Mag usually 200gr to 230gr, several thousand 7mm Rem Mag usually 162gr or 168gr, close to a thousand 375 H&H Mag almost all in 300gr, a couple hundred 416 Rem Mag at 400gr and once a full box of 378 Weatherby Mag at 300gr from a guy at the hunting camps Weatherby, as he was scared to shoot it. I tried to buy the Weatherby. It clover-leafed four 3 round groups in a row at 100 yards after cooling between groups.
My mind still seems to function with little or no more mental limitation than I had in my early 20s - 30s, before I started using magnums, or even before switching to heavy for cartridge bullets for that matter.

 

[SMK1000plus]

Gotta correct you here. The push feed action will never give the reliability and positive extraction under any circumstances that a CRF with a claw extractor gives.

The difference may never show, or it may only show the one time your life is on the line.

You just don't have the surface area with other extractors that the big ole ugly claw extractor gives you.

The CRF will also feed reliably from any angle or position where push feeds are dependent on gravity. With the latter if you are at an odd angle left or right you can find yourself jammed at the very worst possible moment.

I own quite a few of both, mostly Remington 700's and Winchester Model 70's or customs built off of each and there definitely is an advantage to the CRF particularly when your life is on the line so when it comes to large/dangerous game I will always take the CRF over the push feed.

Amen brother!!!

 

[SMK1000plus]

I have a 375 H&H in a Weatherby mark V. I absolutely love it. Buddy of mine gave me the receiver and I had Brux make me a custom rifled barrel. I shoot 350gr Sierra Match Kings at 1000+ yards all the time. Shoots about .6" MOA, when I do my part. The great thing about this round is it's very versatile.

What twist rate are you using in the Brux barrel?