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Re: 2800 fps with a 375H&H???
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I would suspect that it can be done if you don't mind being in the warm area. My 375 will do 2750 with a 21 inch barrel with 76 gr of Re 15. That is max in the Barnes manual. I am of the understanding that it is a bit on the warm side. I get some pressure signs at this load. My hunting load I backed off a grain. That puts me at about 2700 -2690. I can't imagine that any animal that you hit will know the difference in 2750 and 2800. Much of our discussion and endeavor is just a chasing of our tail.
 
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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone in this forum has been able to push (safely!!!) a 270gr Barnes X or XLC at 2800fps out of a 375H&H with a 24 inch barrel? I would be interested in your load data if you did...

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Well, my Barnes manual says 2802 w/the 270-grain X bullet from the .375 H&H using 75 grains of IMR 4320. BUT, I have never been able to even get the 3121 FPS they claim from 77 grains of IMR 4064 with their 210-grain X - mine only makes 2880 with that load. I have NOT tried to increase it either! I doubt a lot of recently published velocities listed in current manuals. And not just for the .375 H&H either.....
 
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You should be able to get it with a highly compressed load of H 4350. I got 2770+ f.p.s. using 81.5 gr of H 4350 and 300 gr. Sierra boattail bullets. Winchester brass, WLR primer, Remington 700 Classic rifle with 24 in. barrel.

83 gr. of H 4350 gave me 2811 to 2822 with a 270 gr Speer bullet. But I had loaded to 3.72" o.a.l., which may be too long to feed through the magazine.

These loads gave me good accuracy.
 
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I get pretty darn close (2790 avg.) with 76gr. RL15 with Fed. 215's and Hornaday 270gr. RN in my M70 (classic) that has a 24 in. barrel. It seems just a bit hot (approx. 50 fps over fact. load) but it shoots well. I'm thinking of backing off half a grain or so to bring it into line with factory specs. just in case I ever need to shoot "store bought" ammo so my sights would be close.
 
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I have a 26" barrel H&H and while I have not shot the 270X's I have shot several 260AB's and used the 270X reloading data for them. I loaded barnes max load for the 270's using R15 with the 260AB substituted which was a little warmer than I like but they were doing slighly over 3000fps. I also tried a half grain under max with H4895 and the 260AB's to get a average around 2875fps. If your looking for velocity I would try the R15 first. My gun shot the 4895 load quite a bit better than the R15 loads though.
 
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