.375 H&H HANDLOAD RECOMMENDATION

07 March 2011, 03:18

HAVING A .375 HH BUILT BY AHR...LOOKING AT A HANDLOAD FOR BARNES 300 gr TSX BULLETS. THIS WEAPON WILL HAVE 22.5" BBL. NEED SOME DOPE FOR THIS SET UP AT LEAST AS A STARTING POINT.

IF ANYONE HAS A BITCH ABOUT MY CHOICE OF CALIBER THEN SMOKE A POLE.

THANKS FOR THE HELP.
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bradking1
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Posted 07 March 2011 01:57 Hide Post
Yo dog...best caliber ever...not too big, not to small...does it all!!!!
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lee440
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Posted 07 March 2011 01:59 Hide Post
You sure have a funny way of asking for help!

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kingbria
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Posted 07 March 2011 02:04 Hide Post
JUST TRYING TO BE NEIGHBORLY...JUST LOOKING FOR SOME INFO WITHOUT CONJECTURE ON WHOSE SHIT IS LARGER/BEST. THIS IS THE CALIBER...THANKS.

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Mike

Legistine actu quod scripsi?

Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.

What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.

Mike

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07 March 2011, 22:33

Doc224/375

My .375H&H shoots well with several weights of bullets .I keep my loading simple one powder for my .375 , as I don't ram hundreds of shells through it H4350 works well enough for me.

H4350 for 250 something slightly over 80.5 I normally don't load 250's in it . Now 260 Partitions I do , H4350 74.5-76.5 for a 300 solid I use 78.5-80.5 grains . I prefer velocity's in the 2550-2650 range an out of my rig those loads seem to do it .

I'm sure there are better powders for faster even more accurate loads but my .375 isn't a target rifle, an I'm happy with 1-1.5". While hunting the farthest I've ever shot it was 135yd ,123m , My guide measured it (pre range finder days ).