That said, the wounding potential of any solid bullet design is always less than that of an expanding bullet. One simply cannot overlook these factors. After the Second World War, when supplies of British ammunition for the sporting rifles became scarce at best, the American ammunition kept the industry supplied, though the choice was pretty much between the .375 H&H Magnum and the .458 Winchester Magnum. Additionally, the .375 Ruger yields around 6% greater case capacity than the .375 H&H. The new Hornady 300 grain bonded DGX should (there is that doesnt actually know for sure should again) prove equally effective. It is my opinion that the primary reason the .376 Steyr failed is because it didn't come close enough in performance. The 260 grain Partition is very useful for hunting game weighing up to 450kg (1000lb). While the .375 H&H Magnum is longer than the .375 Ruger, the latter cartridge has a 4% greater case capacity than the Holland & Holland cartridge, 99 gr. Forums Member List Calendar Active Threads: Previous Thread: Next Thread : Print Thread: Hop To : Page 1 of 3 : 1: 2: 3: Mossberg Patriot in 375 Ruger discontinued? In other words, and for the most part, large bodied deer and antelope weighing up to and around 600kg (1300lb), a very reasonable assessment. Readers are however advised to take note of the muzzle brakes on the current .375 Ruger rifles. American ammunition manufacturer Hornady got the 300 PRC SAAMI-standardized in 2018. The .375 Ruger was introduced in 2007 as a rimless standard length cartridge that is slightly larger in powder capacity and energy than the .375 H & H Magnum (a belted and tapered cartridge) , widely used in Africa all the way up to Elephant. [8] The 300 PRC cartridge case capacity is 6.2ml (95.5 grains) H2O. *Hours vary by season & subject to change, Get Special Offers Delivered Right to Your Inbox. The Barnes 270 and 300 grain TSX projectiles work best when driven as fast as safely possible and used at close ranges on heavy game weighing between 600 and 700kg (1300 to 1540lb) or more. As always, but especially when using solid bullets, shot placement is the key. Doubtful given the 375 H&H in a standard length can be bought and does all that is needed of a .375. I must say that Steve did some very good work with this rifle and cartridge. The Remington Model Seven is ready, willing and able to handle just about any task. At 2950fps recoil may be stout yet this load is somewhat easier to use for general hunting where shots may occur anywhere from 5 yards to 200 yards and further if the need arises. Therefore to say that the Sierra can expand at 1600fps only relays a part of the picture, especially when its expansion is both limited and very much reliant on some degree of resistance (shoulder muscles and bone) in order to be at least partially effective. At Sportsman's Warehouse, we offer bolt action rifles chambered in .375 Ruger from leading manufacturers including Mossberg, Ruger, and Savage Arms. He shot like a machine, making difficult shots look easy and easy shots look like child's play. The names are often meaningless. Combine this with the difficulties of longer range follow up shots and well, the reader should see the obvious here. How is the recoil with DG rounds? Seldom will I ever choose the 300 grain bullet. [3][4][5], The .375 Ruger cartridge has functioned as the parent case for the 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge (300 PRC), which is essentially a necked-down version of the .375 Ruger. This projectile is in essence designed to be used for taking CNS shots on the heaviest of game. It is potentially unwise to have a brake fitted to a short guide rifle to be used around clients. It is both forgiving and can be more humane than the small bores in bush hunting situations as poor shots taken with the .375 generally slow game down fast, allowing quick follow up shots. It has been used to take roe deer, reindeer, ibex, and more. It is designed to provide an increase in performance over the .375 H&H cartridge, yet to be chambered in a standard-length action rifle. The .375 Ruger is a rimless cartridge often used for hunting large and dangerous game. To aim behind the shoulder simply underutilizes these bullet designs - a bonded soft point bullet would have been entirely adequate for this. By Greg Rodriguez. If looking to acquire an automated powder-charge dispensing unit to speed up precision reloading, don't judge the RCBS ChargeMaster Lite powder scale and dispenser by its name; the Little Green machine packs a heavy-weight punch with speed and accuracy. In any case, both the Swift and Woodleigh are far more reliable for hunting bovines than the 300 grain Partition bullet. Otherwise, see the .375 Ruger for what it is, an affordable and extremely useful medium bore. Hornady currently produce four Superformance loads for the .375 Ruger: the 250 grain GMX (homogenous copper bullet) at 2900fps, the 270 grain SP-RP Interlock at 2840fps, the 300 grain Dangerous Game Expanding (DGX) at 2660fps and the 300 grain steel jacketed Dangerous Game Solid (DGS) also at 2660fps. The .375 Ruger has gone on to raise quite the family, including the .416 Ruger, the .300 and .338 Ruger Compact Magnums, and the 6.5 PRC and .300 PRC. As Ken had promised, when I got home there was a long Ruger box awaiting me, and in it was the very first left-hand Ruger M77 in .375 Ruger. There are certainly many rave reviews of this projectile to be found in gun rag write ups and online articles. As most of you know by now, obtaining smooth feeding can be problematic with our new short, fat magnums, but this does not seem to be a problem with this cartridge, at least not in the Ruger M77 with .30-06-length action. I certainly hope it is here to stay. In some cases the broadside shot is not always the most suitable for this and instead it can be better to wait for a shot which places the animal lightly quartering on, allowing the bullet to strike the very center of the shoulder ball joint, after which the bullet can then pass through the forwards portion of the lungs. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Mossberg & Sons produced bolt-action rifles of the "Patriot" series chambered in .375 Ruger with different stock options. Yeah, I probably look like I'm thinking, "This is gonna hurt." Wayne Holt checking zero on his synthetic-stocked Ruger M77 Mk II in .375 Ruger. Well, no hurry; this new wonder boy will come along in due time, and I'll have to grit my teeth and write about it. The only special feature--and it's a good one--is that these rifles have a very good and sturdy fixed-blade rear sight with a 3/32-inch front bead on a barrelband ramp. Instead, the DGS seeks to find a compromise between terminal performance and smooth feeding from the Ruger action. The .375 Ruger's slightly greater case capacity, and the "short fat" cartridge efficiency lead to increases in the neighborhood of 150 fps over the H&H cartridge. This is no surprise; accuracy in any factory rifle is going to vary, and I saw the normal variance from good enough to very, very good. New CZ, Ruger Hawkeye, Remington, Savage, and some other moderate cost dangerous game rifles can be purchased for less than $1,000. of energy at the muzzle, making it adequate to handle all of the worlds game species. Suggested sight settings and bullet paths. In his hands the .375 Ruger performed at least as well as any .375 H&H I've ever seen. Handloading for the .375 Ruger is a straightforward affair; look to a large rifle magnum primer and powders like Reloder 15, 16 and 17, H380, VARGET and IMR4064, IMR4166, IMR4350 and IMR4451, depending on the bullet your loading. From the backcountry to the back-forty, trust your hunt to Outfitter ammunition. The .375 H&H, left, with the new .375 Ruger. The .375 Ruger is a joint project between Hornady and Ruger, and it is the first big-game rifle cartridge to bear the Ruger name. Discontinued hard to find Hornady 225 grain 375 Caliber. 6.5 PRC vs 6.5 RPM What You Need to Know, Remington .50-70 Rolling Block History: New York's Pick to Arm Its National Guard, 7 Top .17 HMR (Hornady Magnum Rimfire) Rifles. The Alaskan rifle featured a Hogue plastic stock and 20 barrel, again with open sights. The Hawkeye African featured a wood stock and blued 23 barrel furnished with open sights. Barnes for example produce a 270 grain bullet but experience leads me to believe that this really only comes into its own on the heaviest of animals or in the most potent of .375 magnums. Again, getting close with an accurate rifle is the key. The goal of the engineers was not to exceed .375 H&H performance but simply to equal it in a cartridge that would fit in a standard-length (.30-06-length) action and fit existing belted magnum bolt faces. Even then, performance can be limited should the SMK fail to meet enough resistance or if ranges are pushed too far versus the diameter of the meplat. Those who hunt in Alaska would be hard pushed to find a better cartridge than this. $934.38. The recommended rate of twist is one revolution in 12in (304.8mm). The new cartridge uses the same .532-inch rim diameter, but the belt is fatter and the body taper has slightly more case capacity even though, at 2 1/2 inches, it'. Robust, sturdy, sculptured receiver forms a rigid support for barrel, stock and sliding breech block. Copyright 2000-2023 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Similar to the design ideas for the WSM cartridge family, but somewhat narrower which will frequently allow one more cartridge in the rifle magazine than the WSM equivalent. The bullet weights for the most common cartridges will range from 200 grains all the way up to 350 grains (380 grains in a few instances with boutique bullets) and at what weve come to accept as standard velocities, will both shoot flat with spitzer bullets and hit hard with the heavyweights. 375 Ruger 250 gr. Average working velocities from the 23 African include 3050fps to 3100fps with 225 grain bullets, 3000fps to 3050fps with 235 grain bullets, 2900fps with 250 grain bullets, 2850fps using 260 grain bullets, 2800fps for the 270 grainers, 2700fps with 300 grain bullets and 2450fps with 350 gain longsters. I left Ken and Wayne in Mozambique to do a bit more hunting and headed home. This is where the 350 grain bullets can come into their own; the round nose where a wide range of game weights may be encountered and the stouter protected point for dedicated heavy game hunting. Of the heavy weight premium bullets the 300 grain Nosler is the softest. This combined with very select shot placement, keeping shots well forwards on the shoulder, can allow us to drop very large animals in their tracks. .375 H&H Mag. The neck / shoulder junction is also exposed, offering a fast killing point of aim. Yes, the .375 bore is forgiving, but it has its limits. Ken and J.P. had already put on the brakes and put up the shooting sticks, so when the bull faced them Ken gave him a perfect frontal shot with a 270-grain Interlock. The 350 grain Woodleigh round nose and protected point bullets come into their own on the heaviest of game where they are able to shed some weight and SD but continue to produce vivid wounding to a much deeper level than their 300 grain counterparts which can, if pushed too hard, suffer over-expansion. A main strength of these cartridges are in their ability to produce optimal performance in long actions which lack generous magazine lengths. The Ruger, has both a rim and base diameter of .534", making the body somewhat narrower than the former cartridges, yet still much wider than the .375 H&H. The .416 Ruger is a beltless, rimless, bottle-necked cartridge designed as a joint venture by Hornady and Ruger in 2008. My girlfriend, Donna (who is also left-handed), tried it and wasn't too sure about it. Wounding is severe however if used in this manner. Mossberg & Sons", SAAMI Drawing 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge (300 PRC), "It's Official SAAMI Approves Hornady 6.5 PRC and 300 PRC", "C.I.P. The .375 Ruger has passed the test of time for me in all aspects and I do believe it's popularity will increase as other manufactures add models chambered for it. But, it eventually rose to the top, and not just among African hunters. The reason I abandoned Wayne Holt and Ken Jorgensen in the wilds of Mozambique was because I had a short turnaround before a long-awaited safari in Tanzania. We're going to a new area, and I have no idea exactly what we'll find, but I'm certain the .375 Ruger will be up to the challenge--just as certain as I am that Hornady and Ruger have a winner of a .375 cartridge, a cartridge that may well redefine, for the first time since 1912, our concept of the world's best all-around cartridge. Discuss this article or ask a question on the forum here As with most medium bores the .375 Ruger produces best results across all bullet weights with powders in the IMR / H 4350 range, though the faster Varget burn rate can work very well with light weight bullets. Except that the engineers didn't factor in the bonus delivered by the shorter, fatter case. Any petals lost during penetration can be treated as being acceptable under the conditions. Good luck with Dorian on Monday. For more information on this subject please read The Practical Guide To Long Range Hunting Cartridges. From a very mild muzzle velocity of 2750fps, its soft front core ensures full energy transfer out to a range of around 200 yards or 2200fps. Those hunting the wilds of India, Australia, Canada and the United States all were well-served by the .375 H&H. The full velocity increase can be had from a slightly shorter barrel--as in 22 or 23 inches--and a short 20-inch barrel at least equals and will generally exceed .375 H&H velocity. Certainly, they were good enough to go hunting with, and that's exactly what we did. It is designed to provide an increase in performance over the .375 H&H cartridge, yet to be chambered in a standard-length action rifle. With deep penetration and high weight retention, the DGX Bonded has earned a great reputationbonding the core to the jacket solved some jacket/core separation issuesand the DGS remains a fantastic choice for backup on buffalo, or for hunting elephant. They pulled up short, and, luckily, the bull they wanted turned and gave them a clear frontal shot. Semi-automatic and striker-fired, the P320-XTEN is extremely accurate, easy to shoot even with powerful 10mm loads and holds 15-plus-one rounds. Personally, I don't give much of a hoot about the extra velocity. We checked zero on the runway--hardly a perfect range setup, but it had seemed to me that Steve Hornady's .375 Ruger shot very well, and it seemed to me that both of these did also. Unfortunately, while these authors may well have had successful results, such information tends to create unrealistic expectations and overconfidence in this projectile design. Strong, simple, compact falling-block breech mechanism with artillery-style breechblock and under-lever is ideally suited for today's powerful cartridges. Too, none of the barrels have been shot enough to have been properly broken in, so at this stage good enough is definitely good enough. The combination of full bullet expansion plus around 30% weight loss help the 300 grain partition to produce massive internal wounding across a wide range of impact velocities. With an Accu-Fit stock and left hand adjustable bolt, this rifle is a perfect choice for anyone! 4 boxes available. This is the third iteration of this projectile design. This projectile is most useful where lower impact velocities are to be expected or where game weights are between 300 and 600kg (660 to 1300lb), though 600kg should be considered the upper limit. This allows the cartridge to have a greater case capacity than a belted magnum case given cases of equal length. Now if it does go away I have brass! This is the primary consideration. Hornady 's new Superformance loads produce a bit more velocity, and the rifle refinements made by Hill Country Rifle make it more accurate and user-friendly. Accuracy in this particular left-hand rifle is good, but in my opinion it's not as good as Steve Hornady's rifle was. All RifleShooter subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. As an aside, this is a very good bullet weight with regards to the actual construction of this bullet. Any human or rifle error will invariably result in slow killing. In 2007, it was released commercially and chambered in the Ruger Hawkeye African and the Ruger Hawkeye Alaskan rifles.[2]. Those who wish to body shoot heavy game with this bullet must understand that wounding will be limited. By utilizing a round nosed form this bullet penetrated in a relatively straight line after expansion though when used on heavy bone, the hard steel jacket could prevent the bullet from obtaining a fully even mushroom form. The trouble is that the larger the animal (or further the range) the more we may find ourselves simply under gunned when taking shoulder shots with a .375 caliber rifle. But for someone who wants a no-nonsense cartridge in an affordable rifle, the .375 Ruger in the Hawkeye rifle makes a great choice. In the Dangerous Game Series, Hornady loads their 270-grain InterLock spitzer at a muzzle velocity of 2840 fps, yielding a trajectory identical to the lighter 250-grain bullet and making it a perfect choice for bear, elk, moose, African plains game and the big cats as well. How the .375 Ruger is capable of taking the largest game: Slightly greater capacity than the .375 H&H Magnum. His first trophy was a 40 inch buffalo. To put either animal down on the spot requires both a tough bullet and careful shot placement. Such was my attitude in early June 2006 when Steve Hornady and I went to Zimbabwe. A poorly selected .375 caliber bullet will always be vastly more forgiving than a poorly chosen .30 caliber bullet when facing the likes of Alaskan Brown bear. All of these subjects (including Ruger accurizing) are covered in great detail within my book series. The .375 Ruger cartridge and Ruger Hawkeye African bolt rifle are not flashes in the pan, but the author thought they could stand a little improvement. Made to work in Ruger actions, which couldn't fit full-length magnum cartridges. The cartridge is a bit "snappier" than the 375 H&H and I believe can achieve about 200 fps more velocity if fired from the same length barrels. The Woodleigh is a fast killer of light framed game at bush / woods ranges but is somewhat underutilized in this role. The .375 H&H is a pussycat for its power level, but when you go up from .375 H&H velocity you are going to go up fast in recoil. Hornady on the other hand, have placed some focus on smooth feeding. Between 2200 and 2000fps (280 yards), killing is clean but can be somewhat delayed. In rifles which yield full velocities of 2850fps, the 260 grain Partition breaks 2200fps at around 235 yards and 1800fps at around 400 yards. 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