I spend a lot of time hunting in grizzly country and really like the added confidence the 375 gives me in the thick stuff,,, and yes I really do like big boomers!
My wife shot her moose with a .375H&H @2550fps with a 300gr. Sierra at ~ 60yds he went ~20 yds. into the brush and the bullet never exited. His insides were like watery jelly. I used a 30-06 firing a 190gr. Hornady bullet @ 2840fps double lunger as well, he went down at the shot then staggered back up despite both front shoulders being hit and went ~150 yds down into the keg . That is when I bought my 9.3x62.
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Trades I would interested in:
- Sightron rifle scopes, 4.5x14x42mm or 4x16x42mm
especially! with the HHR reticle. (no duplex pls.)
- older 6x fixed scopes with fine X or target dot.
Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
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Originally Posted by 6.5 shooter
My wife shot her moose with a .375H&H @2550fps with a 300gr. Sierra at ~ 60yds he went ~20 yds. into the brush and the bullet never exited. His insides were like watery jelly. I used a 30-06 firing a 190gr. Hornady bullet @ 2840fps double lunger as well, he went down at the shot then staggered back up despite both front shoulders being hit and went ~150 yds down into the keg . That is when I bought my 9.3x62.
Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
Posts: 24,593
Sexy rig
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Originally Posted by MattSako
I have a sako 85 in 375h&h .. as you can see the pad is thick... the recoil is pretty good but tolerable.. i shoot it without my limbsaver pad... have a good shooting position at the bench and you will be fine... hold it at the wrong place and within 3-4 shots you will feel that the shoulder had enough... get a good scope with a long eye relief like a leupold.. but yea.. hold it tight.. dont hold it with 1 hand or some superstar move like that.. it dosent kick like a 308.. the 270gr round nose have way less felt recoil than shooting the 300gr rn... i tried federal amo with 260 nosler accubond.. its very cool shooting that when its dark.. you have a funny 8 inch of fire at the muzzle every shot.
Nice...almost too pretty for the woods
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Be careful when you follow the masses, sometimes the "M" is silent...
Back in the day I tamed a 7lb ouch-and-ouch with mag-na-porting, a mercury stock piston, and a decelerate pad...could shoot it half a day... I went to a 9.3 x 62 that I can shoot all day
I enjoy my Ruger #1 375 H&H but not so much on the bench.
Old 2x7 Bausch & Lomb sits on top. Seems to be the perfect scope for me with prairie elk and Camp Wainwright moose.
270 original Barnes X for hunts and 270 hornady spires for the range.
. That is when I bought my 9.3x62. 
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