Does the 375 Ruger have a place in AZ?

[yotebuster]

aerial gunning burros with 50 cal :-D

I'd buy the commissioner tag if they'd let me do that!!!

[MT_Sourdough]

Like others have already stated, the 260 Nosler Accubond would make for a flat shooting long range hammer that would be as good as it gets on a windy day.

[khmer6]

Big Brown truck dropped it off. Its not aesthetically pleasing but I don't really care. Plenty of walnut stock rifles that already don't play with. Hope she shoots well and can handle some hot loads ;-)

[.270]

i just got my .375 h&h back from western precision. i was gonna have a .375 ruger barrel stuck on a pre 64 model 70 action, but i found a .300 h&h model 70 that some dummy reamed out to .300 ackley and had a shilen .375 h&h barrel screwed on it. shoots 270 gr hornadys 2900 fps with no problem. think about that, 270 gr bullet and 2900 fps. factory loads. when i get to reloading it's gonna be amazing what it'll do. and the ruger will do a little better. i plan on hunting deer and elk with mine this year. but i ain't never met a rifle i didn't like, except a 7-08. as far as a use in Az? hel l yeah. Lark

[billrquimby]

Lark:

 

I always fed my .375 H&H with 300-grain bullets. Funny thing about this caliber, but it typically shoots 270- and 300-grain softs and solids loaded to factory specs to the same point of impact.

 

Bill Qumby

[AZkiller]

I think its a great elk caliber. Course I think my 375 ultra is a better one.😁

[.270]

bill, i've read a bunch about that. it's a kind of wierd thing about the .375. wonder if the ruger is the same way? this is my first foray into the elkaphant rifle business. shot it last week a few times. shoots incredible. had a screw on brake installed that i can take off when hunting so it won't bust my ears. the pre 64 model 70 Winchester is one sweet rifle and i love my .375. i'm going to use 270gr for elk because i like velocity. and 2900fps with a bullet that big is real impressive. put me a real nice leupold on it. i'm all a'cited about it. what kind of rifle is yours? Lark.

[khmer6]

bill, i've read a bunch about that. it's a kind of wierd thing about the .375. wonder if the ruger is the same way? this is my first foray into the elkaphant rifle business. shot it last week a few times. shoots incredible. had a screw on brake installed that i can take off when hunting so it won't bust my ears. the pre 64 model 70 Winchester is one sweet rifle and i love my .375. i'm going to use 270gr for elk because i like velocity. and 2900fps with a bullet that big is real impressive. put me a real nice leupold on it. i'm all a'cited about it. what kind of rifle is yours? Lark.

I've compared numerous 375 bullets with known book velocities and worked up loads in Quickload. The trajectory of the 270 and 300 (depending on bullet) are pretty close. I went with the Sierra GK 300gr because of the higher BC. Hornady use to bake a BTSP 300gr as well but can't locate any. Sierra makes an impressive 350gr SMK! not sure if that bullet profile would be H&H friendly though.

Still trying to find a lighter bullet 225-270 with really good BC that doesn't break the bank.

[.270]

i don't plan on shooting over 300-400 yards. bc seems like something to not worry too much about. i'm just gonna use hornady innerloks. if i ever go to africa i'll look at bigger bullets. Lark.

[AZkiller]

I shoot the 260gr accubond. Very nice.

[dse]

I load the barnes 250 gr ttsx in my h&h. Would be very comfortable out to 600 yds on an elk.

[billrquimby]

Lark:

My .375 H&H is a post-1964 Winchester Model 70 Super Express with push feed, which purists say is inferior to Mauser-type extractors. My friends and I disagree after taking seven Cape buffalo and a big Yukon moose with that rifle.

SCI gave me another .375 H&H with my name laser-cut onto the stock when I retired. It was a Model 70 Super Express, too, but it also had much fancier walnut stock. I never shot it, though. I hope the @#!!#% who stole it rots in H ell.

Bill Quimby

[.270]

i hope he gets butthole cancer too. rotten deal losing a fine rifle. i recently bought a pre 64 that was a .300 h&h and some dummy reamed it to a .300 ackley. both h&h's and the .458 in the 70 have the magnum action with the top strap cutouts for the long case. i had a .375 barrel put on it. what an incredible rifle. i hafta agree that that the pre 64's are better tho. with the mauser extractor they ain't ever gonna leave a case in the barrel and the control round feed where the cartridge jumps up into the bolt face really makes it feed smooth. lotsa folks have the post 64's, but they just ain't as slick as the old ones. but they did leave the model 70 safety on em. there isn't another one like it. ruger advertises a "model 70 style" safety, but it just sticks up along the bolt where it looks sorta like one. it's still just a trigger safety like the remingtons and other wannabees. i really like the .375 round. the long taper feeds and extracts real well, the balistics are really impressive for a 100+ year old round too. someone was inspired. Lark.

[billrquimby]

Hi Lark:

 

Your mention of the Model 70 safety sparked my memory.

 

My go-to rifle is a 7mm Rem Mag that I built from a Czech-made Mark V barreled action and a chunk of walnut from a tree a rancher friend and I cut down in Texas.

 

First thing I did was replace the Czech Mauser's puny sliding safety with a three-position Model 70-type safety and its trigger with one from Timney. I now have the best of both worlds -- a Mauser extractor and a Model 70 safety. Doesn't get any better than that.

 

I was fortunate to be hunting elk with that rifle when burglars hit our home in Tucson. I would be truly unhappy if they'd stolen it, too.

 

Bill Quimby

[.270]

sounds like a heck of a setup. most folks don't understand the value of a hammer safety, like the model 70. most rifles just have a trigger safety. that's the reason the remingtons have had so many accidents with em going off when they didn't want it to. the model 70 trigger is a thing of beauty also. never fails. i buy every model 70 i can, that i can a decent deal on. i want to give one to every one of my grandkids and i want my kids to have a buncha kids, so i hafta get a bunch of em. but back the the .375 ruger, if i hadn't o' found this h&h i was gonna turn a pre 64 .243 into a .375 ruger, because it will work in a standard action. you could put a h&h on a standard model 70 too, but you hafta machine the top straps out and it can mess up the scope base on the back strap. i think the balistics of the ruger are real impressive and i like the fact it ain't belted. i can see it being a really versatile gun for Az. Lark.