When is the load good enough for Dangerous Game

[375 Ruger Fan]

 

[Nevada Mike]

Sounds like your load will work fine. You will be very unlikely to shoot DG at much beyond 100 yards. Probably more like 40 to 60 yards for the initial shot.

I suggest that you build using new or once fired brass, crimp every round using a Lee FCD, load every finished round into the magazine of your rifle and cycle them through the action to assure function. Practice loading discipline to assure reliability. Shoot a couple hundred rounds from field positions under various conditions/

Hope you have a great hunt.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

I’d say you’re overthinking this. You’ve got a perfect setup.

 

[ldmay375]

I did a bit of load testing for my 375HH M70. I was pleasantly surprised at shooting a 300gr barnes tsx and IMR4064 most all the charge weights printed around 1 inch at 100yards. Seated the bullet at 3.570 which is barnes published spec. Its really a nice safe load that functions well. I loaded up 20 more at 67.0 grains for practice and further testing. My thought is this, Its accurate enough at moa to hit at 300 yards, is seated deep enough to feed well and powder is mid range so I do not have to worry about over pressure on a hot day. If this was a smaller bore rifle I would play with seating depths and maybe other powders and really work in down to maybe 1/2 moa. But do I really need to?
I am tempted to load up some varget and see how that does, but then why waste the components?

I think, a consistent 1 MOA rifle load is pretty dang good. It does not seem like in too ancient of history, that 1 MOA was the sought after accuracy in a hunting rifle.