Hello everyone,
My 9,3 in nearly finished and looks and feel great, but one gunshop has a ruger in 375 H&H that's very nice also.
My question is: it makes sense owning these two calibers or they are very similar?
Keep in mind that my budget is "normal", maybe a couple of dangerous game hunting in the future but not more

What do you think?
It has been fired 40 times and has a "normal" scope, the owner is asking $1,900 maybe I can get it for less.

I want it!!!!......but for what????
Thanks for your comments
LG

1. $1900 for a Ruger 375 is very high. I would expect to pay $600 for a used on here, plus the scope.

2. In many countries the .375 is minimum for dangerous game, so the 9.3 may not get you by except in Zimbabwe.

3. In my personal opinion, a better combination would be a 9.3 and a .416 or .458, since the 9.3 and .375 are nearly twins of each other ballistically.

The MSRP for the Ruger Safari Magnum is at $1600 plus change. They can however be bought new for much less. I paid $1100 for mine. Seems you could buy a new one and scope it with a better than "normal" scope for the same money or less.

P.S. - I love mine!

Thanks guys.
So it's possible to change the .375 barrel for a .416 without too much (and expensive) work in the rest of the rifle?? Do this action lenght hold a 416 rigby??
Thanks
LG

Lorenzo,

Make certain that the Ruger is the newer version of the RSM, not a regular M77 or the old RSM. There were some improvements made in the new model.

How tough is it to import a gun into your country?

George

It must make sense, because I have two of each!



Here's a look at my CZ LUX Safari in .375:







I spent less on it, getting it to what (I think) is a first class custom gun than the $1900 you would pay for the Ruger... but that's just my opinion.



Why don't you just start off with a CZ or Model 70 in one of the .416's or even go to a Lott. They cost a heck of a lot less than a Ruger, and with only minimum tuning, they are quite reliable and, as with my CZ, sometimes there is a wonderful stock hidden under the finish. www.gunbroker.com usually offers CZ's in .416 Rigby for less than $700. I think "dealer" price on the American's will be about $640 or so. The Americans should be available now (or later this week, according to www.CZ-USA.com! Gun & Ammo had an article on them this week. I'd take a look at one before I bought anything else. Mine (in .458 Lott) is supposed to ship on Thursday, BTW.



Opps, I just discovered that you are for other places than the U.S. The Ruger may be a great deal, there!!

Hi,
We cannot speak of prices in Uruguay as it might be a good price by national standards...
But $ issues aside, what will you appreciate more in your old age? An extra set of buffalo horns or a rifle that was barely used?

guns aren't about sense!!!!

truthfully, I'd comliment that 9.3 with something really potent like a 416 rigby or 458 lott, both chamberings are loaded with character and will make short work of anything properly struck.

however... I have in my "arsenal" a 25-06, 30-06, 35 Whelen, and 375H&H... so, "reason" is obviously not my strong point!

if I was "reasonable" I'd have a 243, a 300mag and a 375H&H. alas, I do not... nor do I desire it to be as such.

in fact, there is another 30-06 in the works and a 257wby on order!

Lorenzo,

Yes, I do think you can get good use out of both rifles. I think the point that they are similar is a bit off. The 375 will handle longer range, and hit harder on all counts compared to the 9.3x62. Compare both loaded with 270 grain bullets, the 375 will push that bullet a good 300 fps faster.

The 9.3x62 is more of a gentlemens gun, get closer to the game type rifle and I am also assuming that we are talking about large antelope beasts. If cape buff is on the list then the 375 is the way to go, but if you're hunting a general plains game hunt, without DG, then the 9.3x62 is about perfect.

I don't believe they fill the same slot in the gun cabinet, there enough difference to warrent having them both IMO. By the way, I do!

BigBullet

No

Buy them both, that's the spirit of shooters everywhere. If I only had the guns I need, I could carry them all at once, one in each hand. By the way, I do have a 9.3x62, and 2 .375's. Owning a .375 H&H always makes sense, I shoot mine a lot and have so much confidence in it, I have to force myself not to take it for whitetails in the fall.

Lorenzo

Mate, $1900 will buy you a cape buffalo trophy fee.

A new rifle will cost you that plus additional $$$.

That's the simple answer from me.

I own a mod.70 in 375 & a CZ 9.3 and kill game with both. I love medium bores-- also have a Remington in 350 Rem mag which is similar to the 9.3 ballistics. For diversity ,I agree with the other guys that a .40 caliber or larger would make sense. I use a 458Lott.

No.

But God forbid that any decision to buy anything, including rifles, should ever have to be justified or "make sense" to anyone but the buyer.

Hell, man, do it if you want to. That's the only recompense for being saddled with adulthood.

Besides, by your "has to make sense" logic, I'd have to sell some combination of my .308 and one or the other of my .30-06s, and that just ain't gonna happen.