Torn between two calibers

[Catahoula]

If you allready havethe bullets, why not continue looking for a nice 375?

This is probably good advice. The .375 is certainly the most versatile of the group. Thanks guys.

 

[ActionBob]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=492214131

I thought @tarbe 's gun is prettier but here is an option.

 

[8x68]

Excellent choice. You can load up for the nasty critters and shoot reduced loads for deer etc. I like my BRNO 602 in 375HH. I used the Hornady 220gr FP for those big nasty groundhogs. Stopped a charge instantly

 

[sierraone]

.375 H&H!!!

 

[norfolk shooter]

Get a 375 H&H then as yoda says

 

[tarbe]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=492214131

I thought @tarbe 's gun is prettier but here is an option.

Tarbe's is much prettier, has a Trop safety, and was $50 less!

 

[Ridge Top Ranch]

I vote for .375. I have shot Impala to Cape Buffalo on my first safari. I am leaving in a few weeks for Africa and plan to use it for Elephant, lion and plains game all the way down to Springbok and Warthog.

It is truly a versatile gun with 350 grain solids for elephant and 235 grain Barnes only dropping 6.1" at 300 yards.

 

[35bore]

I would like the 9.3X62

I agree if nothing else is the nostalgic value of of the caliber

 

[AZDAVE]

I have both, you didn't state if the budget would allow for 2 or just one? My last two safari's I have used a 9.3x74 in a double and a single shot. The 9.3 and 405 are very close in power. The 405 has a much smaller bullet selection. The 9.3 bullets have a much SD and BC so it will give you better performance at longer ranges. I finished a custom 9.3x62 a couple months ago and it will go with me on the next trip. I also just put a deposit on a C-Sharps 1975 in 405 just because. Since they are in the same ball park I would reccommend the 9.3x62 if only one and if the budget allows for 2 get a 404 Jeffery or 416 rigby.

 

[sestoppelman]

I have both, you didn't state if the budget would allow for 2 or just one? My last two safari's I have used a 9.3x74 in a double and a single shot. The 9.3 and 405 are very close in power. The 405 has a much smaller bullet selection. The 9.3 bullets have a much SD and BC so it will give you better performance at longer ranges. I finished a custom 9.3x62 a couple months ago and it will go with me on the next trip. I also just put a deposit on a C-Sharps 1975 in 405 just because. Since they are in the same ball park I would reccommend the 9.3x62 if only one and if the budget allows for 2 get a 404 Jeffery or 416 rigby.

"1975" C.Sharps??????

 

[AZDAVE]

Sestoppelman here is a link to the 1875 http://csharpsarms.com/catalog-category/9/Model-1875-Sharps-Rifles.html?page=0
It is more like a Browning 1885 highwall than the traditional 1874 sharps. these guys make a nice traditional cowboy rifle
for the American bison kind of rifle. one of my favorite single shot rifles.

 

[sestoppelman]

I was actually making fun of your misstated century. I have had a C Sharps 1874 .45-70 for a long time.

 

[Redruff]

375H&H CZ550. Good luck! Decisions descisions
R.

 

[tarbe]

I was actually making fun of your misstated century. I have had a C Sharps 1874 .45-70 for a long time.

Don't you just hate it when your sarcasm gets completely missed?

 

[sestoppelman]

 

[AZDAVE]

Well I am a engineer and spelling isn't one of my strength's, but Sharps did make a 1875 model, and C-Sharps does a replica of. I wanted something different from the 45/90 and 50/70 1874's that I have.

 

[Amon458]

Just say screw it and get a 505 Gibbs

 

[Catahoula]

I had myself convinced to just stick with my Howa 30-06, but......I just won an auction for a Howa in 375 Ruger, so it looks like a pair of Howa's will be making the trip. Not the traditional caliber that I was originally looking for, but my Howa is a shooter. I've been shooting 3-4 rounds a few nights a week from unknown distances from improvised field rests. Here are today's results, resting against a tree at approximately 90 yards.

 

[norfolk shooter]

I had myself convinced to just stick with my Howa 30-06, but......I just won an auction for a Howa in 375 Ruger, so it looks like a pair of Howa's will be making the trip. Not the traditional caliber that I was originally looking for, but my Howa is a shooter. I've been shooting 3-4 rounds a few nights a week from unknown distances from improvised field rests. Here are today's results, resting against a tree at approximately 90 yards.

Tell you what chap! If thats how your doing with your 375 ruger just take that and leave the 30-06! Why take two rifles when one would do.

 

[Catahoula]

Tell you what chap! If thats how your doing with your 375 ruger just take that and leave the 30-06! Why take two rifles when one would do.

That was the 30-06. The 375 is not in my hands yet!