Finally someone who gives an accurate description as to why the .375 H&H and its derivative cartridges use a belt and tapered cases. I have had so many discussions with people that think that it is to keep the cases from splitting etc. only to be completely dumbfounded when I tell them that the purpose of the belt is to headspace because the original .375 H&H didn't have enough shoulder to reliably headspace so the engineers added the belt.
I have reload hundreds 375 H&H cartridges. It’s true the belt is there to headspace, but I headspace off of the neck when I reload. Never any problems.
As a hobbyist, I built a 375 Ruger on a stainless Tikka T3X, Pure Precision stock, and 20 inch threaded Preferred Barrel Blanks, prefit carbon wrapped barrel. 3 rounds in the standard mag, and it feeds like butter!
4 trips to Africa taking Duiker to Cape buffalo and lion, my 375 H&H has worked very well! I hope at nearly 77 I have one more opportunity in Africa! I highly recommend everyone to go ASAP!
Glad you’re getting on TH-cam Joseph! I’ve been a podcast subscriber of yours since 2020. New viewers can go to your podcast and get TONS of great info and stories!
Great and informative video! I won a bid on a NIB M77 Hawkeye African LH 375 Ruger on gunbroker for $700. Before shooting it I sent it off for full glass bedding, 1” red “Decelerator” recoil pad fitted and had the factory stock clear coat removed and hand oil finish applied. After 100 bolt cyclings the bolt is the smoothest I have seen on a m77. Trigger breaks at a no creep 3 pounds. Mounted a cheep scope to test accuracy and it drove the new hornady 250 grain CX into .5 moa regularly. Opens sighs point extremely naturally as well. With a little work and money these can made into quite the rifle. I am very thankful Ruger provides this to Left hand shooters. One problem is for in the 2 years I have had my 375 Ruger brass is still completely unavailable. This seems like it might be holding the cartridge back from further popularity. Not sure why other ammo manufacturers have not yielded to this market demand?
An affordable option in the used 375 H&H market is Whitworth/Interarms. Certainly nowhere near the pedigree of Rigby, Holland and Holland, or Parkwest, but they're reliable and accurate and won't break the bank. You have to have *some* money to get into this part of the hunting world, but if you're budget conscious like I am, then Whitworth/Interarms is a very good option. Mossberg Patriot in 375 Ruger is just a non-starter - Mossberg's website lists that rifle at under 7 lbs. When we're talking about the sort of recoil that's generated with a 300 gr bullet at 2500 fps, I'd consider 8.5 - 9 lbs to be the bare minimum. One critical feature of taming recoil is rifle fit. If the Length of Pull is too short, if the comb sits too low, the rifle is just going to beat the crap out of you when you shoot it. Most of the US-made rifles have a standard LOP of around 13.5 or 13.75". Fortunately, LOP and comb height are easily remedied for not a lot of money. But if you're tall and just used to making do with off-the-rack deer rifles made by Ruger, Remington, Winchester, Savage, etc., well, you could get away with a poor fit. In the world of cartridges suitable for dangerous game, that won't work for you anymore. I agree with JVB on all but one point, though. 375 Ruger brass is just unobtanium right now, and has been for a while. Neither wikiarms nor ammoseek show any available anywhere. I was in the market for a LH 375 recently and brass availability ended up being the deciding factor for me - GB currently shows 40+ LH Hawkeyes for sale and I REALLY wanted one, but I ended up going with a Ruger #1. Virgin 375 H&H brass is available everywhere. Lots of companies manufacture H&H brass - Ruger, Norma, Nosler, PPU, and Remington just to name a few. Only Ruger as far as I am aware makes 375 Ruger brass, and they just don't seem to be churning out very much of it.
Thanks for this. I do believe I hit the jackpot. I bought a 20' howa with hogue stock in 375 Ruger for R5500 (USD 305) in 2015. I reload 230gr peregrine expanding monolithic and 236gr monolithic solids for this rifle. Speed is 2760fps at sea level. It's super accurate and is my go to for hunting.
Sir I found your discussion of these two calibers interesting and in general, quite fair I have owned both and think they’re both great. That said I certainly do not agree with your suggestion that because of the taper on the H&H you might be able to hold one more round in the H&H than in the Ruger. This simply isn’t the case. While the H&H cartridge certainly has more taper and theoretically should feed smoother - more on that later, the simple fact of the matter is that the diameter of the base of the Ruger is 0.532 inches and the diameter of the belt on the H&H is also.532. The taper of the case doesn’t change the diameter of the belt which remains constant. The only way either can hold additional rounds is with a deeper magazine. As to smoothness in feeding, I believe both can feed smoothly and other factors such as feed ramp, rails etc might play a larger role in the smoothness of the feeding of either especially so in a controlled round action. I will agree with you in part that in theory at least, the H&H might just feed better in a push feed action.
You can put a suppressor on a 20 inch 375 Ruger and have the same ballistics of the 375 H&H with a longer barrel that is impractical with a suppressor.
Great discussion. I was surprised that the gentleman from Gunwerks said the 375 Ruger is more accurate than the 338 RUM. But he would know. Does this make the 375 Ruger the best choice of cartridge for an ultimate Alaskan rifle?
If I'm not going to shoot dangerous game, I'm thinking a .338 would be nice to have for a hunt in Namibia. I'm specifically thinking about the .338 WBY RPM (in part just due to the I-have-something-different factor) I think you did a podcast on this a year or two ago...I'll have to dig it up, give it another listen
An enjoyable and informatively balanced review. The Ruger is the American answer to a British classic. The .375 H&H can go well beyond the range you quoted accurately with a hunting rifle. You'll even find wild cats ELRing the caliber with pointy target ammo on TH-cam. Great video and honest advice.
@Kingnickie we’ll try and incorporate those in the future! We’re pretty new to TH-cam and doing our best but we know there’s a lot to learn and improve on! Thanks for the constructive feedback.
Re the Kimber Caprivi: I have no idea about availability, but it's currently showing as catalogued on the Kimber website in .375 H&H Mag. (retail = $3,648 ... ouch!)
Ruger did a good job supporting the .375 Ruger, but Hornady has abandoned the handloader - "can't keep up with ammo demand since covid" is their pathetic whine. One batch of cases since 2021, and they sold out in a week. Kinda DESTROYS one's likelihood of EVER trying a "New & Improved" cartridge. I like the .375 Ruger enough to have bought a 2nd Ruger Alaskan. I may buy a 3rd one one day - that is how much I like the stainless and overmold combination. I recently glommed onto a Whitworth .375 H&H just to have all my bases covered. $1350 for an unfired copy was worth it.
You can find the Alaskan or the Guide Gun for as little as $1100 brand new in pretty much every caliber they offer on gunbroker, palmetto state armory, etc. Im chomping at the bit for an alaskan or the laminate guide gun in .375 ruger.
Feed reliability is critical when hunting dangerous game. The 375 H&H feeds like butter. The Ruger short fat cartridges were developed to fit in the Standard length action, It's not better it's Cheaper, Take a look at the Mauser Formula on feed reliability ,As in Mag box stack width ,Shell follower's that are cartridge specific, And so on. The Mauser brothers knew a thing or two.
I hunt with the 375 Ruger a lot here in Alaska, and sometimes in Montana when grizzlies are a factor, or I need to hunt a small tract of land where I need the animal anchored where it stands. It damages less meat than a 270 or a 7mm with light bullets, usually just goes through. Joseph does not like the push-feed rifles available (Mossberg and Savage). These are a good option for a person who needs a big rifle and doesn’t have $2k for a “safari length” action 375 H&H. Most likely a person who needs a 375 will be guided anyway, so the shortcomings of the push-feed are a non issue, as these rifles are usually very reliable and the short-stroking problem can be overcome with enough training.
The only real reason to get a 375 Ruger, if you didn't have the new thing hype in your head, would be if it actually fed better, in the rifles we actually have. The dirty secret about the 375s, 416s, etc... is that they are rarely available to mere mortals in an action that they fit properly. They can run well in the actions we have, but that is more like a stunt than fundamental engineering. The idea that a Ruger 375 is a game changer because the stroke is a fraction shorter is silly. In rifles of this kind, job one is reliability. If even with the fat cartridges the 375 Ruger ran better in Ruger rifles than the 375 H&H, that would be an achievement. I don't know that is the case, though. Ruger has sold both cartridges in their 77. And if you did want that perfect cartridge that runs perfectly in the actions we actually have, and flattens everything out there, it would be the 9.3x62.
Just a thought on marketing, maybe if it was called the 375 Hornady it might've been taken up by some of the bigger names, Winchester, Browning, CZ, etc.
You didn't mention the 375 Weatherby. It's basically a 375 H&H AI. Ream your chamber properly, and you can shoot 375 H&H in the 375 Weatherby. I have a 375/338 Win Mag on a pre64 M70, which I may ream to 375 Ruger. I use once fired 458 Win Mag brass to form the 375/338.
Hey Joseph, I’ve certainly been eyeing a serious dangerous game rifle for many years. (Since I shot a Idaho Back bear,,, and it ran off the mountain escaping me) I’d set my eyes on a 458Lott in a CZ bolt rifle. Then I laid my eyes on the 375 RUGER in a M/77 Guide rifle (same as you’ve mentioned). But since I bulged and herniated Several discs in my neck ,,, I’ve been hesitant to set up one. I’ve been eyeing a 35Whelen barrel to drop in my Dakota action. Certainly enjoy my 358Win in my RUGER m77 frontier. But it do you think 35Whelen really gives that much more power ? Or take the pain of 375ruger …
Hi @luckywyatt! Man, I too yearned for a .458 Lott for years. May still get one someday. But in 2009 the very CZ you mention--in .458 Lott--tore the cartilage in my right clavicle. Ever since, I've had to be quite careful with heavy-recoiling rifles. For black bear and even grizzly and brown bear, I do think the .35 Whelen is a great option for a low-recoil, hard-hitting sledgehammer of a cartridge. Yes, it's more potent than the .358 Win. Another great option is the 9.3x62 cartridge. It's terrific. That said, neither will equal a .375 Ruger. It's in another class. Only you (and perhaps your doctor) know your physical limitations well enough to know whether the .375 Ruger will be tolerable. Thankfully, due to the Guide Gun's weight and the muzzle brake, it doesn't kick crazy hard, but it's still pretty spicy.
I'm not trying to be nasty or anything. I just want to let you know that pachyderm is no longer considered a valid scientific term. It's retired because they discovered several of these animals are not really related.
I've seen videos of African hunts using 375 Ruger and it works well but if you lose your ammo on the trip over to Africa good luck at finding 375 Ruger ammo locally. I'm sure you could find 375 H&H
The 375 Ruger is a good cartridge, so is the 375 Dakota, but neither is a practical cartridge. You have a very limited supply of rifles and ammo. The 375 H&H is available from practically every rifle manufacturer in the world. Ammo and reloading supplies are also available from any number of companies. A 375 H&H rifle also holds it value. There is just no practical reason to shoot a 375 Ruger, other than complicating your life just a little more. Ballistically, there just isn’t enough of an advantage.
I bought a 375 Ruger because I couldn't find a nice H&H in good condition within my budget. If I'd realized how difficult it would be to find brass for it, I might have been a little more patient or found a way to extend my budget. That being said though, I love the rifle and the cartridge. It's gaining ground slowly but surely. If Hornady would make the brass more readily available, I believe it would continue to become more popular. I believe it would've taken off much quicker by now if it wasn't already competing with the other 375's. I can't speak to the Dakota but the H&H is a phenomenal cartridge. I think it's huge success though was largely due to a lack of options in heavy hitting medium recoil cartridges at the time of its release. It really only had to compete with the 9.3x62. The fact that the Ruger has stuck around for now 17 years against well established successful cartridges and rifles speaks volumes in my opinion.
@@joshuamckinley8707 There’s no doubt it’s a good cartridge. But it’s a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. If that’s what you have, just buy 200 pieces of brass when available, and you’re pretty much set for life. The problem is really only when you leave the US, and there’s no way in hell you’re going to find ammo. I reload, but if I get to Africa or Canada, and loose my ammo, I can buy more with no headache. Because of investment casting, I’m not a fan of Ruger rifles or revolvers. That and William B. Ruger was an asshöle, who advocated for limited magazine capacity. I’m also a big fan of the nine three, which is the ballistic twin of the 35 Whelen. I prefer the nine three for the availability of good quality European rifles. Buy once, cry once. Good luck with your 375 Ruger. Btw, for bullets 250 and under I use Varget. Heavier than that, I switch to H4895.
@@falba1492 yeah you're absolutely right about ammo. That's my only regret with the rifle. I have 100 rounds of factory ammo that I got a very good price on that I'll shoot and reload, Prvi Partizan 300gr FMJs for cheap practice, and 100 pieces of brass on backorder. Lol. I'm still a long way off financially from getting to Africa so it's hard telling if I'll acquire a H&H by then or not. I'd go with a 9.3 but they're not DG legal in South Africa.
375 ruger is Superior In performance all all the way around 375 ruger Has a standard action. Which means you can cycle it faster and weighs less. 375 ruger Has more affordable rifles on the market. 375 ruger Is commonly in-stock on sportsman warehouse website. In my opinion 375 ruger is the proper upgrade over the legendary 375 hh💪🏾
You are splitting hairs. The 2 375 ‘ s is just about the same. The 375 H&H Magnum came out in 1912, competing with the massive popularity of the 9.3x 62 here in Agrica….. The 375 H&H Magnum was designed with professional hunters input so probably why it is so good……, in short
Not with modern bullets. Agreed. Solids can actually be dangerous in a herd. Although the cupped nose bullets from North Fork & flat-nose from Cutting Edge are amazing for solids. That said... Both company's expanding bullets are really good as well.
Finally someone who gives an accurate description as to why the .375 H&H and its derivative cartridges use a belt and tapered cases. I have had so many discussions with people that think that it is to keep the cases from splitting etc. only to be completely dumbfounded when I tell them that the purpose of the belt is to headspace because the original .375 H&H didn't have enough shoulder to reliably headspace so the engineers added the belt.
Thank you sir! We do our best.
I have reload hundreds 375 H&H cartridges. It’s true the belt is there to headspace, but I headspace off of the neck when I reload. Never any problems.
As a hobbyist, I built a 375 Ruger on a stainless Tikka T3X, Pure Precision stock, and 20 inch threaded Preferred Barrel Blanks, prefit carbon wrapped barrel. 3 rounds in the standard mag, and it feeds like butter!
Awesome!
4 trips to Africa taking Duiker to Cape buffalo and lion, my 375 H&H has worked very well! I hope at nearly 77 I have one more opportunity in Africa! I highly recommend everyone to go ASAP!
Glad you’re getting on TH-cam Joseph! I’ve been a podcast subscriber of yours since 2020. New viewers can go to your podcast and get TONS of great info and stories!
I appreciate that!
Great and informative video! I won a bid on a NIB M77 Hawkeye African LH 375 Ruger on gunbroker for $700. Before shooting it I sent it off for full glass bedding, 1” red “Decelerator” recoil pad fitted and had the factory stock clear coat removed and hand oil finish applied. After 100 bolt cyclings the bolt is the smoothest I have seen on a m77. Trigger breaks at a no creep 3 pounds. Mounted a cheep scope to test accuracy and it drove the new hornady 250 grain CX into .5 moa regularly. Opens sighs point extremely naturally as well. With a little work and money these can made into quite the rifle. I am very thankful Ruger provides this to Left hand shooters.
One problem is for in the 2 years I have had my 375 Ruger brass is still completely unavailable. This seems like it might be holding the cartridge back from further popularity. Not sure why other ammo manufacturers have not yielded to this market demand?
That’s an awesome setup on your rifle!
Left handed ruger african in .375 ruger. Leupold mk3 HD 1.5-4x . Glass bedded and refinished stock. Gorgeous gun and tack driver. Great cartridge.
An affordable option in the used 375 H&H market is Whitworth/Interarms. Certainly nowhere near the pedigree of Rigby, Holland and Holland, or Parkwest, but they're reliable and accurate and won't break the bank. You have to have *some* money to get into this part of the hunting world, but if you're budget conscious like I am, then Whitworth/Interarms is a very good option.
Mossberg Patriot in 375 Ruger is just a non-starter - Mossberg's website lists that rifle at under 7 lbs. When we're talking about the sort of recoil that's generated with a 300 gr bullet at 2500 fps, I'd consider 8.5 - 9 lbs to be the bare minimum.
One critical feature of taming recoil is rifle fit. If the Length of Pull is too short, if the comb sits too low, the rifle is just going to beat the crap out of you when you shoot it. Most of the US-made rifles have a standard LOP of around 13.5 or 13.75". Fortunately, LOP and comb height are easily remedied for not a lot of money. But if you're tall and just used to making do with off-the-rack deer rifles made by Ruger, Remington, Winchester, Savage, etc., well, you could get away with a poor fit. In the world of cartridges suitable for dangerous game, that won't work for you anymore.
I agree with JVB on all but one point, though. 375 Ruger brass is just unobtanium right now, and has been for a while. Neither wikiarms nor ammoseek show any available anywhere. I was in the market for a LH 375 recently and brass availability ended up being the deciding factor for me - GB currently shows 40+ LH Hawkeyes for sale and I REALLY wanted one, but I ended up going with a Ruger #1. Virgin 375 H&H brass is available everywhere. Lots of companies manufacture H&H brass - Ruger, Norma, Nosler, PPU, and Remington just to name a few. Only Ruger as far as I am aware makes 375 Ruger brass, and they just don't seem to be churning out very much of it.
Listened to this at work. Really great insights. Now I want to own both. My wife will hate this nice man.
@Yetified_Mayhem Now that’s funny!
Thanks for this. I do believe I hit the jackpot. I bought a 20' howa with hogue stock in 375 Ruger for R5500 (USD 305) in 2015. I reload 230gr peregrine expanding monolithic and 236gr monolithic solids for this rifle. Speed is 2760fps at sea level. It's super accurate and is my go to for hunting.
Sir I found your discussion of these two calibers interesting and in general, quite fair I have owned both and think they’re both great. That said I certainly do not agree with your suggestion that because of the taper on the H&H you might be able to hold one more round in the H&H than in the Ruger. This simply isn’t the case. While the H&H cartridge certainly has more taper and theoretically should feed smoother - more on that later, the simple fact of the matter is that the diameter of the base of the Ruger is 0.532 inches and the diameter of the belt on the H&H is also.532. The taper of the case doesn’t change the diameter of the belt which remains constant. The only way either can hold additional rounds is with a deeper magazine. As to smoothness in feeding, I believe both can feed smoothly and other factors such as feed ramp, rails etc might play a larger role in the smoothness of the feeding of either especially so in a controlled round action. I will agree with you in part that in theory at least, the H&H might just feed better in a push feed action.
I hadn’t thought of that… Great points!
This is great, I have been looking real close at the 375 ruger, thank you!
You can put a suppressor on a 20 inch 375 Ruger and have the same ballistics of the 375 H&H with a longer barrel that is impractical with a suppressor.
Well not much has changed since John Taylor wrote African rifles and Cartridges, yes I have a copy, the number I book in my collection
Great discussion. I was surprised that the gentleman from Gunwerks said the 375 Ruger is more accurate than the 338 RUM. But he would know. Does this make the 375 Ruger the best choice of cartridge for an ultimate Alaskan rifle?
Awesome now do the 375 ruger compared to the 416 ruger
Just subscribed last night after starting this episode on the podcast app and learning about the TH-cam channel. Love your content!
Welcome aboard!
Forgot Hornady makes a 270 gr spiral point 375 ruger load.
Hornady also has a 270gr SP-RP
Excellent video and information.
Thank you.
If I'm not going to shoot dangerous game, I'm thinking a .338 would be nice to have for a hunt in Namibia. I'm specifically thinking about the .338 WBY RPM (in part just due to the I-have-something-different factor)
I think you did a podcast on this a year or two ago...I'll have to dig it up, give it another listen
@m444ss that’s a terrific choice!
An enjoyable and informatively balanced review. The Ruger is the American answer to a British classic. The .375 H&H can go well beyond the range you quoted accurately with a hunting rifle. You'll even find wild cats ELRing the caliber with pointy target ammo on TH-cam. Great video and honest advice.
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Excellent podcast! I still don’t know which one that I want, but this gave me a lot to chew on.
Thank you!
my "ONE GUN", IS A 375 ULTRA MAG. (a mercury Tube) And a muzzlebreak mught help if your sesative to recoil.
Man need a close up of those cartridges and those neat mushrooms 🤙🏻
@Kingnickie we’ll try and incorporate those in the future! We’re pretty new to TH-cam and doing our best but we know there’s a lot to learn and improve on! Thanks for the constructive feedback.
Re the Kimber Caprivi: I have no idea about availability, but it's currently showing as catalogued on the Kimber website in .375 H&H Mag.
(retail = $3,648 ... ouch!)
Wow are you getting ripped off! I reload and got Nosler brass and Accubond bullets and still only $30. A box
@@edwardabrams4972 (a) I'm not getting ripped off - I haven't bought anything. (b) talking about a rifle, not ammo.
Great video Joseph!
Thanks!
Did it speed up noticeably for anybody else in the like 14/15 min mark? The cadence went from his usual chill and calm to much more hurried
I just started talking faster… Thanks for keeping us honest!
What are the barrel lenghs on each gun and what about the H&H's reputation for maintaining point of aim thru different bullet weights?? Great post..
Ruger did a good job supporting the .375 Ruger, but Hornady has abandoned the handloader - "can't keep up with ammo demand since covid" is their pathetic whine. One batch of cases since 2021, and they sold out in a week. Kinda DESTROYS one's likelihood of EVER trying a "New & Improved" cartridge. I like the .375 Ruger enough to have bought a 2nd Ruger Alaskan. I may buy a 3rd one one day - that is how much I like the stainless and overmold combination. I recently glommed onto a Whitworth .375 H&H just to have all my bases covered. $1350 for an unfired copy was worth it.
You can find the Alaskan or the Guide Gun for as little as $1100 brand new in pretty much every caliber they offer on gunbroker, palmetto state armory, etc. Im chomping at the bit for an alaskan or the laminate guide gun in .375 ruger.
Great rifle!
What about the 200gr little bullet at over 3000ft/sec?
Feed reliability is critical when hunting dangerous game. The 375 H&H feeds like butter. The Ruger short fat cartridges were developed to fit in the Standard length action, It's not better it's Cheaper, Take a look at the Mauser Formula on feed reliability ,As in Mag box stack width ,Shell follower's that are cartridge specific, And so on. The Mauser brothers knew a thing or two.
It's the "same" width...
I hunt with the 375 Ruger a lot here in Alaska, and sometimes in Montana when grizzlies are a factor, or I need to hunt a small tract of land where I need the animal anchored where it stands. It damages less meat than a 270 or a 7mm with light bullets, usually just goes through. Joseph does not like the push-feed rifles available (Mossberg and Savage). These are a good option for a person who needs a big rifle and doesn’t have $2k for a “safari length” action 375 H&H. Most likely a person who needs a 375 will be guided anyway, so the shortcomings of the push-feed are a non issue, as these rifles are usually very reliable and the short-stroking problem can be overcome with enough training.
The only real reason to get a 375 Ruger, if you didn't have the new thing hype in your head, would be if it actually fed better, in the rifles we actually have. The dirty secret about the 375s, 416s, etc... is that they are rarely available to mere mortals in an action that they fit properly. They can run well in the actions we have, but that is more like a stunt than fundamental engineering. The idea that a Ruger 375 is a game changer because the stroke is a fraction shorter is silly. In rifles of this kind, job one is reliability. If even with the fat cartridges the 375 Ruger ran better in Ruger rifles than the 375 H&H, that would be an achievement. I don't know that is the case, though. Ruger has sold both cartridges in their 77.
And if you did want that perfect cartridge that runs perfectly in the actions we actually have, and flattens everything out there, it would be the 9.3x62.
So you prefer muzzle brakes? What do you do for hearing protection hunting? Do you use hearing protection on fast unexpected shots?
No, I usually prefer to use a suppressor, mostly to help in those unexpected situations but also to not spook game as much.
YOU ARE THE NEW RON SPOOMER--THANK YOU FOR THE VID.
Thanks as always. Great stuff!
My pleasure!
I really wish they offered the guide gun in 35 whelen. Better ammo availability, feeding and capacity. Less power but still enough for anything in NA
That would be a sweet rifle!
Just a thought on marketing, maybe if it was called the 375 Hornady it might've been taken up by some of the bigger names, Winchester, Browning, CZ, etc.
@BackcountryHuntingPodcast are the ballcap that Joseph is wearing in this video for sale anywhere?
We made a short run a while ago for the podcast… I don’t think that any are currently available, but we’re trying to get more in!
You didn't mention the 375 Weatherby. It's basically a 375 H&H AI. Ream your chamber properly, and you can shoot 375 H&H in the 375 Weatherby.
I have a 375/338 Win Mag on a pre64 M70, which I may ream to 375 Ruger. I use once fired 458 Win Mag brass to form the 375/338.
That's a cool cartridge, but I didn't mention the .375 Weatherby because the video was about the Ruger vs. the H&H.
What is the vest your wearing ? Looks like a winner .
It’s by Sleeping Indian Wool… It’s a great vest!
Hey Joseph, I’ve certainly been eyeing a serious dangerous game rifle for many years. (Since I shot a Idaho Back bear,,, and it ran off the mountain escaping me)
I’d set my eyes on a 458Lott in a CZ bolt rifle. Then I laid my eyes on the 375 RUGER in a M/77 Guide rifle (same as you’ve mentioned).
But since I bulged and herniated Several discs in my neck ,,, I’ve been hesitant to set up one.
I’ve been eyeing a 35Whelen barrel to drop in my Dakota action. Certainly enjoy my 358Win in my RUGER m77 frontier. But it do you think 35Whelen really gives that much more power ? Or take the pain of 375ruger …
Hi @luckywyatt! Man, I too yearned for a .458 Lott for years. May still get one someday. But in 2009 the very CZ you mention--in .458 Lott--tore the cartilage in my right clavicle. Ever since, I've had to be quite careful with heavy-recoiling rifles.
For black bear and even grizzly and brown bear, I do think the .35 Whelen is a great option for a low-recoil, hard-hitting sledgehammer of a cartridge. Yes, it's more potent than the .358 Win. Another great option is the 9.3x62 cartridge. It's terrific.
That said, neither will equal a .375 Ruger. It's in another class.
Only you (and perhaps your doctor) know your physical limitations well enough to know whether the .375 Ruger will be tolerable. Thankfully, due to the Guide Gun's weight and the muzzle brake, it doesn't kick crazy hard, but it's still pretty spicy.
I'm not trying to be nasty or anything.
I just want to let you know that pachyderm is no longer considered a valid scientific term.
It's retired because they discovered several of these animals are not really related.
I've seen videos of African hunts using 375 Ruger and it works well but if you lose your ammo on the trip over to Africa good luck at finding 375 Ruger ammo locally. I'm sure you could find 375 H&H
If you lost you ammo, you lost your rifle too...
Good information. 👍
Thanks!
The 375 Ruger is a good cartridge, so is the 375 Dakota, but neither is a practical cartridge. You have a very limited supply of rifles and ammo.
The 375 H&H is available from practically every rifle manufacturer in the world. Ammo and reloading supplies are also available from any number of companies. A 375 H&H rifle also holds it value.
There is just no practical reason to shoot a 375 Ruger, other than complicating your life just a little more. Ballistically, there just isn’t enough of an advantage.
I bought a 375 Ruger because I couldn't find a nice H&H in good condition within my budget. If I'd realized how difficult it would be to find brass for it, I might have been a little more patient or found a way to extend my budget. That being said though, I love the rifle and the cartridge. It's gaining ground slowly but surely. If Hornady would make the brass more readily available, I believe it would continue to become more popular. I believe it would've taken off much quicker by now if it wasn't already competing with the other 375's. I can't speak to the Dakota but the H&H is a phenomenal cartridge. I think it's huge success though was largely due to a lack of options in heavy hitting medium recoil cartridges at the time of its release. It really only had to compete with the 9.3x62. The fact that the Ruger has stuck around for now 17 years against well established successful cartridges and rifles speaks volumes in my opinion.
@@joshuamckinley8707 There’s no doubt it’s a good cartridge. But it’s a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. If that’s what you have, just buy 200 pieces of brass when available, and you’re pretty much set for life.
The problem is really only when you leave the US, and there’s no way in hell you’re going to find ammo.
I reload, but if I get to Africa or Canada, and loose my ammo, I can buy more with no headache.
Because of investment casting, I’m not a fan of Ruger rifles or revolvers. That and William B. Ruger was an asshöle, who advocated for limited magazine capacity.
I’m also a big fan of the nine three, which is the ballistic twin of the 35 Whelen. I prefer the nine three for the availability of good quality European rifles. Buy once, cry once.
Good luck with your 375 Ruger.
Btw, for bullets 250 and under I use Varget. Heavier than that, I switch to H4895.
@@falba1492 yeah you're absolutely right about ammo. That's my only regret with the rifle. I have 100 rounds of factory ammo that I got a very good price on that I'll shoot and reload, Prvi Partizan 300gr FMJs for cheap practice, and 100 pieces of brass on backorder. Lol. I'm still a long way off financially from getting to Africa so it's hard telling if I'll acquire a H&H by then or not. I'd go with a 9.3 but they're not DG legal in South Africa.
375 ruger is Superior In performance all all the way around
375 ruger Has a standard action. Which means you can cycle it faster and weighs less.
375 ruger Has more affordable rifles on the market.
375 ruger Is commonly in-stock on sportsman warehouse website.
In my opinion 375 ruger is the proper upgrade over the legendary 375 hh💪🏾
You are splitting hairs. The 2 375 ‘ s is just about the same. The 375 H&H Magnum came out in 1912, competing with the massive popularity of the 9.3x 62 here in Agrica….. The 375 H&H Magnum was designed with professional hunters input so probably why it is so good……, in short
I have the 375 rugger but I got it for the government made up wright walking K9
375 and 378 Weatherby not the punky H&H.
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H1000 powder
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You’re right! LOL. My tongue got ahead of my grammar.
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Solids are not needed on cape buffalo!
Not with modern bullets. Agreed. Solids can actually be dangerous in a herd.
Although the cupped nose bullets from North Fork & flat-nose from Cutting Edge are amazing for solids. That said...
Both company's expanding bullets are really good as well.