Anybody here use a 375 H&H on hogs? Got a ruger no.1, in 375 H&H, for an upcoming trip across the pond. I think it would be awesome to use it on some piggies. For those of you who use one, what's your favorite pig load?


Mad Dog

220 grain Hornady flat points, over 46 grains of 5744. Awesome accurate in my Whitworth and smacks hogs down. Bob

Lets see,

375 H&H



I've loaded 250 gr. Sierra Spitzers over 72.2 gr. RL 15, Fed 215 M primers, 3.595" OAL
and
260 gr Nosler Accubonds over 17 gr RL-15, WLRM Primers @3.600" OAL, which is my current "go to" load.


Here is a hog I nailed with the accubond load out of my Sako AV in 375 H&H. As MV is +/- 2,700 fps, and accubonds are not a particularly frangible bullet, it kills hogs dead but does not tear up too much meat.



GWB

I shot the first two hogs I ever killed with my .375 H&H, using Hornady 270-gr factory loads. This is funny - I heard my whole life about how tough wild hogs are, bullets bounce off them when they charge and all that rot, so five years ago when I got the chance to go hog hunting for the first time, I wasn't playing around, I took the biggest rifle I owned. I'd bought the .375 for a "someday" trip to Africa, which is now in the works. Anyway, I'm sitting there in a stand and out come these three good-sized sows, with about a dozen piglets, about 85 yds away. I shot one, and the rest kind of milled around for a few seconds, so I got another one before the remaining sow and the piglets ran back into the woods. The .375 blew them off their feet, and as they lay there twitching, I thought they might be about to get up (Son, them hogs are tough!), and almost shot again! Each sow had an exit wound through the shoulder I could put my fist in, and the hide around it was blasted away in a stellate pattern at least twice as big around as the wound. My buddy shot the other sow about ten minutes later when it tried to take the piglets back across the pipeline cut 400 yds down the line, they came out right in front of him. We stopped at an acquaintance's house to show off our hogs, and he insisted that we clean them there. There were several Itawamba County locals hanging around when we arrived. None of them had ever seen a .375 H&H and they were duly impressed. Now I'm the fella with that rifle that shoots 'em, guts 'em, and skins 'em.
My my, I'm sorry to "run on" a bit. I guess my point is, I can vouch for the Hornady 270-grainers! Best regards, MMM.

I've tried 270 gr TSX over 70.0 gr of Rel 15. This gave an avg of 2584 fps out of my CZ 550. A very easy load to shoot.

I've taken one hog and one mediom size bison with it.

The hog, which I shot a little far back, had a silver dollar size whole missing from his back.

Use either the 220gr Hornady FP, the 250gr Sierra, or the, oops not the 270 Speer, but the 235 Speer. I use the 270 Speer in my 9,3x74R.

Start with 60gr and work up to 65 gr of IMR 3031, what ever shoots best in your gun.

All of those bullets have done well on deer and or pigs.

And they do not kick too bad. They aproximate 35 Whelen/350 Rem Mag ballistics.

Well, I'm of another ilk ..... I've always loaded heavy bullets in the 375H&H - 300 grain Hornady Round Noses.

79.5 grains of VV N-160 w/Lee Factory Crimp Die to the upper edge of the cannelure.

I've used this "Go-To" load for years in Africa, Stateside, throughout Continetal Europe and on local Drive Hunts for Wild Boar, too. Originally some raised eyebrows but now when I receive an invite it's normally with the caveat to bring "My Boomer".

Tough decision as to if I'll take one of the two 9.3x62's (250 gr. Nosler Accubonds) or either of the pair of 375H&H's (300 gr. Hornady RN's). All 4 get the Job Done with aplomb.

With the 375's I refer to this as my "Furrow Pig" load as Piggies normally leave a 12"-15" furrow in the ground when their snout hits as they do their Chest-Jaw-Bounce-Flop-Thing when attempting a hurried escape through the Line ..... Pretty convincing and doesn't tear 'em up, either.



My English Buddy also has a .375H&H Ruger #1. While not exactly the quickest re-load rifle for a Drive Hunt I've now got him convinced that the .375H&H is perfect for The Job. He brings his along for Piggies, too although with Sierra 250 grainers & (Yes, Martha!) open sights.

+1 for the 270 gr. TSX's. My .375 H&H likes 73.0 grs. of RL-15.

Good Hunting,

Bob

I have killed 3 pigs with my .375H&H. The first with a 300gr solid Federal factory sledgehammer in one end picked her up and slammed her down dead as a door nail. The next two with...again a factory load PMC 270gr BarnesXLC. Just infront of left shoulder on the one closest to me and through the lungs of the one behind bang-flop-flop! PMC no longer loads this ammo so I gotta find something else.

A bit off track, but it is mostly what shoots good in your rifle and how well you can shot it. I do not have a 375 but I have shot a number of hogs with everything from a 223 up to hot 45-70's and once you screw a decent bullet in their ear, they just roll over. But then I generally do not take running shots and shoot with eating pork in mind and stay away from all the good eating stuff which is everything behind the neck. Take an accurate load and enjoy your hunt.

I used to shoot a lot of wild hogs when I was stationed in Northern California. I got a good deal on Remington factory ammo loaded with a 270 gr Core-Lokt bullet. That particular load was really accurate in my rifle and it never failed to untrack any hog I hit in the right place.

I really don't think there would be a bad bullet for the 375 H&H for hogs. Anything from the lightest bullet to the heaviest bullet should work well.

I loaded 300 gr TSXs for Africa ... chrono'd at 2604 fps from a 24" bbl M70 SS Classic.

I use the left over practice ammo and ammo I brought back for piggies. Works fine

Were I going to load new ammo for that purpose I'd try the 220 gr Hornady that was designed for the .376 Steyr. Good bullet that is cheap.

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+1 for the 270 gr. TSX's. My .375 H&H likes 73.0 grs. of RL-15.

Same for mine. It's an excellent whitetail load too!

LWD

what about 225 gr pointed hornady@2600-2700 fps?
does anyone tried these bullets on hogs?

Get creative with it!

One thing I like about hogs is you can test new loads, new calibers, all sorts of hunting tools from knives to pistols to muzzleloaders, archery, etc!

They should all knock a hog on its bum. I had a lot of fun hunting with my .458 win mag Belgium Browning Safari w/ 510gr Soft Points.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2SsP7ThPHE

Just curious about the method that you will be hunting them by. If dogs are involved, be mindful of the bullet passing through the hog.
I've seen several dogs hit it this manner, it's a tricky shot to take when they are around. Good luck.

I'm going to go out on a limb here as say that ANY bullet from a 375 H&H will kill ANY hog that walks the earth DRT.....even Hogzilla.

What he just said!

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I'm going to go out on a limb here as say that ANY bullet from a 375 H&H will kill ANY hog that walks the earth DRT.....even Hogzilla.

Sierra and Hornady both make a .375 Winchester bullet. They're lighter and might not hold up at H&H velocities.

LWD

Have shot several with my 375 H&H using a 300gr Sierra SP. Works great for me. Will probably try some 300gr Accubonds next. Just really getting started hunting with my 375 H&H.

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Originally posted by LWD:

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I'm going to go out on a limb here as say that ANY bullet from a 375 H&H will kill ANY hog that walks the earth DRT.....even Hogzilla.

Sierra and Hornady both make a .375 Winchester bullet. They're lighter and might not hold up at H&H velocities.

LWD

I'm quite certain this is very true. If these bullets are used in the H&H at high velocity they are very apt to fail. I haven't used them in my .375, but I have used thin jacketed bullets in .30 cal. and .44 cal. that did not perform well at all.

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Originally posted by LWD:

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I'm going to go out on a limb here as say that ANY bullet from a 375 H&H will kill ANY hog that walks the earth DRT.....even Hogzilla.

Sierra and Hornady both make a .375 Winchester bullet. They're lighter and might not hold up at H&H velocities.

LWD

I'm going to go out on a limb here as say that ANY bullet over 220 grains from a 375 H&H will kill ANY hog that walks the earth DRT.....even Hogzilla.

Better? Now i've excluded bullets designed for the 375 Win.

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I'm going to go out on a limb here as say that ANY bullet over 220 grains from a 375 H&H will kill ANY hog that walks the earth DRT.....even Hogzilla.

Better? Now i've excluded bullets designed for the 375 Win.


Regards,

Scott

Scott-

In the interest of avoiding another Hog Bullet thread (though I am kinda having fun with it), I didn't mean to insult you. I was trying to make an informative comment for those who might not have known some bullets weren't designed for the H&H.

LWD

I have shot about a dozen with the Barnes 235 TSX at about 2850 fps in the 375 H&H. All were boars in the 200-350 pound range. Longest was 150 yds and closest was 50 yards. None have gone more than a few feet.

Just use 1 load for everything in my 375 H&H. Just to keep it simple.
300 TSX; 73 gr RL 15; Fed 215; Hornady brass

Chrono's 2570 of of my 24" Kimber 89.
Sneaking down to the farm here in about 5 hours and seeing if I might catch a pig at a feeder at dawn. I am taking this puppy with me!

The point is you just do not need full power 375 H&H ammo to kill a hog. I have killed several with full power factory H&H ammo, no problem, lighter loads are easier on you shoulder, your rifle and your brass.

First amimal I ever killed with my CZ .375 H&H was a boar that weighed 225 lbs or so. It was just before my first trip to Africa and I wanted to "blood" my rifle before I went.
Anyway, I shot the hog with a Sledgehammer Solid, thru the heart at about 20 yards. He ran about 40 yds and flopped over dead.
Now that I handload, I shoot 300gr TSX's exclusively. They really perform!

If you do not reload then the load MAC mentions, the 270 Remington is a good choice.

I have sht that factory load in 4 different 375 H&H rifles and it was very accurate in all of them.

I have killed a couple of pigs with it and it worked great.

Federal Premium 300gr Nosler Partitions helped me to win primers at the Hoot&Shoot this past weekend. I would have had 4 shots touching but jerked the second round. In my Win 70 this ammo shoots great. I would not hesitate to shoot any pig, any where, any time with this ammo.

Andy

260 Accubond in a 375 Ruger along with 71-72 gr of RL-15. Shot thru the heart around 70 yards. Classic bang, flop.

Here my 375 H&H Pig Load I will use this year.

260 Grain Nosler Accubond over 40 grains of Accurate 5744 Fed215M primer. Target is 100 yards 3x9 Lupy on my Mauser M03.