375 for plains game

[Gunnie]

That is precisely why I went with a 2.5-10x scope it has a BDC but planning to have a turret cut for it so I can be a bit more precise then the BDC offers. One rifle for mixed bag either close or if distances stretch

 

[Dave303]

I often hear a 375 H&H referred to as a nightmare... Because once you own one, you don't need to own another rifle at all...

 

[Beck]

I just got back a few weeks ago from South Africa and Barnes 300gn TSX was my choice of ammo in .375 H&H. They will work just fine on your buffalo and plains game. I would recommend that you get some real practice shooting out to at least 250 yards and understand the bullet drop from your rifle and scope set up. I shot one buffalo at over 200 yards, I was glad that I knew the real bullet drop that was going to happen on that shot or I would not have taken the shot.

My son and I both packed Blaser R8's in .375 with spare .300 WM barrels, we never shot the .300 WM and only shot the .375 with the Barnes 300gn TSX.

We also packed far too much clothing, the lady in camp turned laundry around in about 6 hours during the day, we could have taken half of what we packed, it's good to live and learn. The only problem next year could be the big double rifle that I see in my future. We were on a buffalo cow cull hunt, the .375 H&H did very well with one shot kills but some of the bull buffalo I saw were much bigger!!

Good luck on your hunt.

Where did you cull buff cows? How much were they a piece?

 

[Green Chile]

I really like the 375. If you limited me to one cartridge for Africa, I wouldn't even hesitate to answer 375.

 

[Surgeon7]

Recently hunted Namibia using 375 w 270gr soft nose for PG and leopard. Shots out to 250yds and only one pass through-blesbock. It worked wonderfully.

 

[Newboomer]

Recently hunted Namibia using 375 w 270gr soft nose for PG and leopard. Shots out to 250yds and only one pass through-blesbock. It worked wonderfully.

I used Barnes 235gTSX for pg and Barnes 350g for dg. Perfect out to 250yds which is as far as I care to shoot. One shot kills on all. 350g TSX went clear through my buf stem to stern and we never found the slug. The king of rifles rules. The one and only for anything on earth.

 

[Azklmsr]

I just returned from a DG Group hunt with Mattanja Safaris (Dieter Prinslo) and Green Chile was one of the organizers. I used my 375 H&H w/300 Gr TSX for the Buff and it was very effective. I followed that with 4 larger plains game animals. I used that load on a Gemsbuck. Hard hit at 25 yards, it went down quickly, but the bullet did fully penetrate. On the other 3 animals, a wildebeest, zebra, and a large kudu, I used a 250 Gr TTSX at about 2850 MV. The 3 shots were quite dramatic.

I'm a complete safaris newbie for sure with lots of learning in front of me. I had a lot of folks say, "Keep it simple. Use a single load". I believe the faster and more aggressively expanding TTSX at substantially higher impact velocity was a more definitive fast stopper. All shots were good and the 300 TSX would have killed dead, but the 250 TTSX seemed more aggressive.

On the Kudu, shoulder shot at 33 yards was an instant drop. Quartering to shot, the bullet was recovered near the aft rib on the offside. It dumped 100% of available energy into the animal. We were lucky to have a young man video that shot. I know Green Chile saw that and the result was really dramatic.

Long long winded way of saying that this newbie thinks the 300 TSX is super, but having the 250 gr TTSX for plains game was superior.

Kurt

 

[Bush Buck]

I went on a plains game hunt with my 375 H&H and also used the 250 TTSX ( loaded a little slower than yours ). I was very impressed with the performance. It's like a 338 Win Mag with more impact area. It smacks stuff hard. I suspect it's the lack of factory ammunition that keeps it from being more popular.

 

[JE245]

My sons and I recently returned from our first safari. We carried a 375 H&H and a 300 WM. The plan was to use the 300 WM for plains game and use the 375 for buffalo. We ended up splitting up, with one son carrying the 300 WM and my other son and myself carrying the 375. All I had was the 300 grain A-Frames that I had brought but they performed excellent. We ended up taking 10 animals with the 375, ranging from a bushbuck to buffalo. Shots were from 25 yards to 175 yards. We did have pass throughs on some of the smaller game. Most of them dropped right there, with only one buffalo requiring more than one shot. This was my first experience with a 375 and I will say I am definitely impressed.

 

[wesheltonj]

I use a 375 on plains game and also have a Leica ER on my gun too.

 

[Daisy]

Definitely the one gun solution for Africa.

 

[BenKK]

I really like the 270 grain Woodleigh PPSN for plains game, it works beautifully. I took the 300 grain Woodleigh Hydros for giraffe and knew to adjust the scope three clicks down (and back up).