bruce moulds
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here is my experience with 375 bullets of different weights.
baseline is a 300 gn bullet zeroed dead on at 100 yds.
the same sight setting will put a 235 gn about 3" high at 100.
a 270 gn will be somewhere in between.
that is with stiff loads for 270 and 300 gn, and a fairly stiff but not as stiff 235 gn load.
this is what makes the 375 so versatile.
lighter game is often shot at longer ranges, and a dangerous game load bottom line is that it should be set up for close range.
the one sight setting can cover many situations and types of game just by changing ammo.
these 3 bullet weight notches can be made to overlap more so with modern bullet choices.
for example a 270 gn barnes will do what a 300 gn cup and core used to do.
combine this with a 235 gn speer, and you are well covered.
add a 235 gn barnes and versatility fills the gap.
load the mag with 3 heavy bullets if big game is the full agenda.
2 heavies in the mag with a light on top if there might be dangerous game while hunting light game.
then we can go into bullets like swift and northfork, and conventional bullets like sierra just to muddy the waters.
and so on.
this whole ammunition thing is a big part of what made the name for versatility with the 375 with 1 sight setting.
you can bet that some of those rich colonial twits would have had no idea about such things, but staying alive interested them enough to use what worked.
guys were killed using the 318 and such because it pulled its weight above average, but brought death to shooters who pushed them too far based on smaller game experience.
bruce.
baseline is a 300 gn bullet zeroed dead on at 100 yds.
the same sight setting will put a 235 gn about 3" high at 100.
a 270 gn will be somewhere in between.
that is with stiff loads for 270 and 300 gn, and a fairly stiff but not as stiff 235 gn load.
this is what makes the 375 so versatile.
lighter game is often shot at longer ranges, and a dangerous game load bottom line is that it should be set up for close range.
the one sight setting can cover many situations and types of game just by changing ammo.
these 3 bullet weight notches can be made to overlap more so with modern bullet choices.
for example a 270 gn barnes will do what a 300 gn cup and core used to do.
combine this with a 235 gn speer, and you are well covered.
add a 235 gn barnes and versatility fills the gap.
load the mag with 3 heavy bullets if big game is the full agenda.
2 heavies in the mag with a light on top if there might be dangerous game while hunting light game.
then we can go into bullets like swift and northfork, and conventional bullets like sierra just to muddy the waters.
and so on.
this whole ammunition thing is a big part of what made the name for versatility with the 375 with 1 sight setting.
you can bet that some of those rich colonial twits would have had no idea about such things, but staying alive interested them enough to use what worked.
guys were killed using the 318 and such because it pulled its weight above average, but brought death to shooters who pushed them too far based on smaller game experience.
bruce.
