Dear Sirs:

I want to reload my 375 H&H to hunt deers and boars in driven hunting. I want to get a bullet performance, that with 2600-2700 impact velocities, open easily to stop in the spot the running animal, What are your experiences with those bullets in this caliber? What bullet of them open easily?

Thank you in advance for your interest

The .375" Speer 235 grain is softer than the .375" Hornady 225 grain. The jacket on the Hornady is the same thickness from the shank through the ogive to the tip as their 270 grain. Hence the Speer opens more easily than the Hornady.

The Speer 235 grain bullet is the favorite of many 9.5x57mm reloaders, and in that ancient and slow moving number you need a soft .375 bullet. The Speer has been filling that market for nearly 40 years to my knowledge. Should be just right in your .375 H&H. I know I've used them in my .375 for target practice loads, and they were certainly accurate at 100 yards

LLS

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Originally posted by jackfish:
The .375" Speer 235 grain is softer than the .375" Hornady 225 grain. The jacket on the Hornady is the same thickness from the shank through the ogive to the tip as their 270 grain. Hence the Speer opens more easily than the Hornady.

Jackfish is dead nuts on the money here...

Another vote for the Speer. Very accurate and effective at the velocities your looking at in my rifle.

I shot a bunch of Speers at paper. Great practice bullets.

Shot ONE at a deer. Velocity was down to 2600 fps. Bullet track bent dramatically (almost 80 degrees) and the bullet left huge chucks of itself in the wound canal. Did the bullet work? Yes. Will I ever shoot one on an animal again ... NO!

(BTW had exactly the same luck with the 270 gr Speer 9,3mm bullet and I won't use those on game again either!)

My .375 H&H performs extremely well with 225 Hornadys on lighter game, with 270 gr Barnes Xs, and 300 gr TSXs on any sized game.