The .375H&H a very versatile rifle

[F. Vaccaro]

Who has a .375 that loads it down for pleasure/practice, & loads it back up for hunting? Maybe loading a mid load for deer etc. It is a very fun cartridge.

 

[roklok]

I don't really load it down, but do load 270 grain cup and core bullets with a mid-range charge for shooting drills, general practice, and for deer on Kodiak island while bear hunting. I am beginning to have a real soft spot for the 375 H&H, my favorite cartridge for the past 35 years has been the .35 Whelen, but the .375 has done the bulk of my hunting work on big critters the last few years.

 

[mark-hunter]

Who has a .375 that loads it down for pleasure/practice, & loads it back up for hunting? Maybe loading a mid load for deer etc. It is a very fun cartridge.

I hunt in Africa with it. I've done so far two safaris with it, and hunted the spread of game from steenbok till cape buffalo.
I shoot it regulalrly at the range.

Next step for me to find some animal to hunt withi it locally. It will be either boar, or red deer. Whatever comes next. But I will not reduce any load.
There is no overkill in hunting.

 

[UNTAMED KNIVES]

.375 H&H is my favorite cartridge. Used it almost my entire adult life after graduating from the .303 I grew up with.

For a while in my early 20’s I worked on a farm in Botswana for my uncle, and a lot of my job was shooting impala to sell to the local butchery. My working gun was a really nice Howa .223, and for head shots on impala, great gun.

But when we went hunting proper, shooting meat for the pot in camp, and used a .223 for boiler room shots on impala, we found the bruising to be horrific. So much meat wasted. Mind you, 90% of our shooting is within 75m, walking and stalking, so that high FPS flat shot from the .223 is not put to best use.

So started using the .375 for impala. Much less bruising and the impala drops on the spot every time. And of course, used it for eland, kudu and other bigger stuff too.

So yes, .375 is my do everything gun.

 

[Fatback]

Can’t go wrong with a 375 H&H.

 

[Green Chile]

If I don't have a 416 near by, the 375 is ready to go. It's ready for anything except the longest shots like in East Cape...but I could figure out the drop chart if I had to. From duiker to ele, it covers everything. Those who rag on it come across pretty tone deaf to me. It's historical cartridge for a lot of reasons.

 

[deewayne2003]

I had an 8lbs jug of A2700 sitting around so I ordered 300 of the 270gr SP factory over runs from Midway for practice rounds on the .375H&H.

I've been using it on pigs and deer with excellent results.

 

[Parkerpusher]

I tried loading mine down just for fun but the recoil was the same, only a little sharper and less of a nice push. I just stick with 300s now, it’s one of my favorite rifles and as already well known it’s pretty much good for everything.

 

[WhatIHaveSeen]

I practice with 235g Speer and 19gr Trail Boss as well as powder coated lead with 24gr 4198. Full strength 300gr with 62gr of 4350

 

[glblanchard]

I have used my Ruger No1 375 H&H on cape buffalo and other animals with 300 grain Nosler Partitions. I have loaded it with CEB 230 grain bullets for elk with great success. A lot less recoil too.

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

I don’t have one but have seen how effective they can be on a range of local animals, with the right projectile and the correct placement of the shot, I would say that it is suitable for anything on the planet
Gumpy

 

[LeftySixgun]

I’m new to the 375 H&H. I have a LH Sako AV. So far it’s been a picky rifle. Right now it will only shoot 270gr Hornadys. But I still need to try 300 Sierra BTSP, 300 RNSP PPU/PRVIs, and 235gr Speers. It DOES NOT like Speer 270s.
If the 235 Speers fly well, I’ll try them on deer this coming season.

 

[Choupique]

235g Speer and 19gr Trail Boss

This is the way. It is so fun. The first time I lit one of those off I giggled like a little girl for about 15 seconds.

 

[LeftySixgun]

I don’t have a lot of Trail Boss, but I’ll try a few for grins and giggles.

 

[Billyfish]

Picked up a Sako L61R Finnbear Deluxe in .375 H&H a few months ago. Have only put 8 rounds through it, but have some time coming up in the next two weeks to try out a number of different types of commercial ammunition. Pretty stoked about it! Will focus on the reloading once I get a little more used to the rifle.

 

[Longwalker]

Before a hunt in Zimbabwe a couple years back, I tired of shooting paper targets while training for Cape Buffalo. So I took my .375 rifle to a local pasture full of ground squirrels. What fun! A couple sessions of 40 shots each time was much better than all the paper targets I'd perforated before. And hitting a running ground squirrel at 50 meters, offhand, is much more realistic than drilling a bullseye in a stationary paper target too.

 

[PCC600]

The 375 H&H magnum is a wonderful cartridge. I have it in belted rimless form in a CZ 550 Safari Magnum and in the flanged case for a H&H Royal double . Have taken loads of water buff and pigs with them . I only use the 300grain bullet because the double is regulated for it and it is easy to find 300grain rimless ammo .

 

[Bush Buck]

I started my journey with 375 H&H shooting lots of reduced loads with 235g Speer bullets. This allowed me to become very comfortable with my rifle from various positions before moving up in power.
When I moved up to plains game hunting loads I found that I shot the 250 TTSX very well at Barnes starting loads so I stuck with that. It has been terrific on large African antelope including Eland as well as South Texas Nilgai.
These days I don't practice as much and often use 235 TSX at starting loads. This would probably be a terrific hunting load for deer and pigs.

 

[uplander01]

If I could only have 1, it would be a 375 HH for everything. I shoot a 270gr TSX load at 2730fps using Varget powder....go to load for plains game (everything) up to buff, then I would switch to the stock of Woodleigh or NorthFork 350's. I'm not sure there is another caliber that has that much flexibility.

 

[F. Vaccaro]

I’m new to the 375 H&H. I have a LH Sako AV. So far it’s been a picky rifle. Right now it will only shoot 270gr Hornadys. But I still need to try 300 Sierra BTSP, 300 RNSP PPU/PRVIs, and 235gr Speers. It DOES NOT like Speer 270s.
If the 235 Speers fly well, I’ll try them on deer this coming season.

I called the Speer ballistion and asked if the 235gr speer would be suitable for Elk. He said absolutely it is a hot core bullet. There are a couple of more steps to make it a premium bonded bullet, but it is a hot core.
I hope to get to try it.