I love the .450/400Question, would you buy a decent 375HH SXS or a O/U 450/400? I have a bolt 375 and 404 but wanting to dip into the double territory and have these options.
Great gun and performs well in that caliber just buy it and happy hunting@IvW looking at a Zoli
Question, would you buy a decent 375HH SXS or a O/U 450/400? I have a bolt 375 and 404 but wanting to dip into the double territory and have these options.
This is an excellent post. My 375 flanged was the absolute hardest double rifle I’ve worked on to regulate. Would need to check but from memory I was 300ish rounds to find a load that shot good. Which it shoots excellent with RL17 powder. Was a good 20+ range trips to get there however.Neither would be my preference. The 375HH is not a particularly good double rifle for a couple reasons. 1.) Is that you're reliant on an ejector system due to it being a rimless cartridge, 2.) because double rifles are typically regulated to the "original" load which in the case of 375HH is going to be a fairly lethargic and fussy load. You cannot easily eek out more power from a double rifle nor can you arbitrarily decide you want a heavier grain bullet, they shoot what they shoot.
The 450-400 is a better choice because its an actual double rifle caliber, but an over under requires you to open the gun quite a bit further due to the larger gape. A jam of an over/under is more common because of that gape where the bottom chamber may not eject or extract properly if it isn't opened all the way.
Why not get a "proper" double rifle in 450-400, 470, or 500 in SxS configuration?
@rookhawk understand your opinion and appreciate. My budget for dipping into double rifles is on the low end. I would love to do a real double but just checking it out. I have a few sxs shotguns and a few o/u but no rifle. Just like the idea of a quick follow up. I like the attributes of both.