I'm booked with Charlton Mccallum for tuskless in Oct/Nov and plan on taking my Model 70 in 375. I'm looking for bullet recommendations. I am leaning towards the 300 gr banded triple shock, but am open for other suggestions. Any thoughts on the Hornady DGS?

The cross sectioned ones I have seenm looked good to me.

Buy a box and load them up and try'em out/test'em. \

Keith

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Originally posted by mrfudd:
I'm booked with Charlton Mccallum for tuskless in Oct/Nov and plan on taking my Model 70 in 375. I'm looking for bullet recommendations. I am leaning towards the 300 gr banded triple shock, but am open for other suggestions. Any thoughts on the Hornady DGS?

Are you talking about the Barnes banded solid or the Triple-Shock expanding bullet?

While a TSX might work on a tuskless in a pinch I wouldn't take an expanding bullet for elephant, based on my limited experience.

Banded solid.

Or Woodleigh, North Fork, GS Custom.

Whatever provides confidence, they will all work well.

JPK

Woodleigh, GS, Northfork, or Hornady's DGS.
My son shot an ele and a buff last year while hunting with Buzz with his 375 Ruger the solids worked flawlessly. One of the solids went through the zygomatic arch of a charging ele angling through the skull bisecting the skull-spine junction through some of the most dense bone on the skull (where the skull articulates with the 1st vertebrae, the ivory sockets are same density) severing the spinal chord through the shoulder blade making a straight traverse leaving an exit wound the same size as the entrance wound. Even Buzz was impressed since my son was the first client he had that used the Hornady DGS bullets. The other two DGS bullets (2nd and 3rd shots) he shot on a mortally wounded buff (1st shot through the heart with a 300 grain Swift) that was running away from him traversed the entire buff from lt. hip through rt. front chest.

i have shot about a dozen elephants with speer tugston 300gr, they work great. sometimes just one shot with no insurance shot-thats when you hitem real good. mike tyson style. when you hit them like that you know it.

350grn Woodleigh FMJs.

I've only shot one elephant bull with Barnes banded solids and that was a 400 Gr. from my 416 Rigby, but the penetration was very good. A finishing shot in the brisket through the heart while he was laying on his side exited his back near the spine. My PH was quite impressed by the penetration.

They are very accurate in my rifle.

Whatever comes out the muzzle, doesn't deform (too much) and is readily available!

Guys, the .375 has such great penetration that any of the reputable brands will suffice!

JW

If I had to use a 375 I would use Woodleigh Solid 350s.

Rhino Bullets 380 grain solids will do the trick

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Originally posted by ozhunter:
350grn Woodleigh FMJs.

Oz Hunter and Brett have the answer. Overlooked them myself. OOPS.

JPK

Haven't shot an elephant (yet) but if I were going to, I'd use the 300 Speer tungsten solid, if you could find some. I'll be backing a buddy up this summer and that's what I have loaded.

Larry at Superior in Sturges knows a couple of guys who are making them again for five bucks apiece.

FYI, I have shot 300gr Woodleigh solids into the head of an elephant buu I killed (with another rifle.) More than sufficient penetration for a frontal brain shot on a bull.

But the 350's will give more impact. This is the best recomendation, I think, especially given that the hunt will be for tuskless.

JPK

Thanks for the responses. Loooks like I will order some Woodleigh 350s, 300 gr banded solids, and Hornady DGS and see which ones fly the best. I would imagine that they will all be sufficiently accurate at 100 yards and less.

TB Sledgehammers work well. I do not know if they are available as just bullets though? I know Federal loads them.

If I have a 375 on a hunt, I have 10 or so sledgehammers as well. Never had an occasion to use them, as I usually use a bigger gun, but I did let a guy have one for a Dik-Dik once.

Ever seen a Dik-dik in a full on charge? Frightening.

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sufficiently accurate at 100 yards and less.

Should just sight it in at 25 yards.

Don't get carried away with using the most accurate bullet at 100 yards. To use a bullet because it gives sub-minute of angle accuracy at 100 yards and not use another because it only gives 2" groups is silly. Your PH is unlikely to let you shoot at more than 25 yards. Even a 2" rifle will give 1/2" groups at that range. Much more important is whether the bullet will stabilize in your rifle esp. when considering the 350 grain Woodleigh. Make sure it does. The added penetration and knock down power of this bullet is worth the effort, IMHO.

465H&H

As a side note, I took the North Fork solids for my .375 when I hunted tuskless, but used my .458 and so did not see how they would do in the field in .375.

We are lucky to have many good choices today.

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Ever seen a Dik-dik in a full on charge? Frightening.

Wounded, they're a real problem...