Starting to reload .375HH
I would like to know yr recomendations...
Hunting bullet...for moose and bear...
Which weight is most versatile. 250,270gr or 300gr ??
and which bullet you think works best ??
distances will be less than 150yds.
I develop only one hunting load for myself and will use that then only
Specially the weight interests me lot..what weights y use??

Elias

Elias: 270 grains Speer spitzer loaded to 2700 fps. That combo kills everything swiftly. I�ve never needed to use the premium bullets, by the way.

Except for some of the nearly obsolete 235 grain bullets and bullets made for the .375 Winchester or .38-55 Winchester, any .375 bullet you pick will do fine for your purposes and ranges. Everybody has their favorites. My suggestion would be to try a few and see what shoots best in your particular rifle. You can't go wrong with a Nosler Partition or Accubond, and the Speers, Hornady's, and Sierras will work fine. The 260's and 270 grain bullets will give you just a bit less recoil, but the 300's are just fine, too.

I would probably disregard the "super-premium" deep-penetrating bullets as they are more suited for something like Cape Buffalo than moose and will just cost you much more. Good luck!

What Stonecreek said, it would be hard to beat the 260grNP for an allround NA hunting bullet.

Elias,

I have shot almost as many animals with the 375 as I have with all other calibers put together. I don't agree with the other contributors on their chose of the lighter bullets perticularly since you say the rifle will be used at moderate range and on big animals. Any premium 300 gr. bullet that shoots in your rifle will work wonders in your 375. You mentioned only wanting 1 load and the 300gr. bullet is the do all. I like a premium 270gr. if I'm trying to stretch the range a little but in the real world it only flattens the trajectory about 3" at most over 300yd.

Have fun with 3-7-5 it is a great round.

Regards,

Mark

Elias,

Since you are shooting a big boomer keep it big and max it with a 300gr.spitzer or a 300gr round nose..It will be devastating...You will crush them..
I used 300gr spitzer Hornady's in Africa and crushed all with the big bullet Ph liked it preformance lots of damage to the boiler room...

Mike

300 gr. Nosler Partition would be my first choice, My 602 shoots those real well, better that well as a matter of fact. they work on Moose and what have you too. Any good .375 bullet will do on Moose, Hornaday's are pretty good. Since bullets are the cheap part of a hunt, and I mean real cheap. Find one that shoots well out of your barrel and let it be. As for the 270 grain bullets, I know that the Swift A Frame is a good one, I have friends that shoot that one. I'm sort of lazy, I sighted in the 602 with 300 gr Noslers, and for the last 10 years that I have had that rifle, its still been zeroed and and I still have enough loads for a few more years. When I run out, I may give that 270 gr Swift a try. Then again, nothing is broken with the Nosler.

Elias,

Have not had great results with bullets less that 270gr. We use Woodleighs cause they are an Aussie product & excellent bonded construction. Hence considered a premium bullet. Its as cheap here as Hornadies.

I use Woodleighs for paper punching in my Sako .375 H&H. We don't get Reloader 15 easily here so I use Win 760 which gives me excellent velocity & accuracy. But it is rather temp sensitive.

I use the Woodleigh 270gn & 300gn PP's & they give me excellent accuracy as well as a premium bullet. I also us the 270gn Win Supreme factory loads & they are also quite accurate although the velocity is somewhat down from what they claim. So you can try that bullet too.

Take a good look at the downrange performance and trajectory of the 300gr Nosler Partition compared to the 260gr Nosler Partition and you will see the better choice.

The winner is the 300gr!

I shoot nothing but 300 gr bullets in mine and have found that the Woodleigh Protected Points and solids work best for me. By only loading one weight, I don't have to worry about different sight in points or trajectory changes. It just keeps everything simpler.

Mac

Personally I like the 300 gr bullets and I reckon you could do worse than load a woodleigh 300 gr RN or SP. They expand and also hang together. I reckon they would be ideal for the game you mention.

I've used 250's, 270's, 285's, and 300's. I've used bullets from Trophy Bonded, Barnes, Swift, Speer, Nosler and Sierra. Out of my rifle, they're all accurate and work well for moose or bear.

Guess I'm the only one loading the 250 Barnes X. My chrono at 2820 fps. I've shot nine animals with the combination. The largest was a Yak, with about 30 inches of penetration and the smallest was a Jackal. The bullet holds together very well. I have recently obtained 300 gr. Barnes X bullets for the bigger stuff but have not used them yet.

Boise is right. The 250X works better than it should (it works great).

The 270X retains big power and velocity down range and will nearly shoot thru a big moose length wise.

The 260 Nosler is another bullet that penetrates better than its S.D. says it should.

The 300 X, Nosler, Swift, etc. are the right stuff for the biggies. Some of the 300�s can be a bit hard and wouldn't be my first choice for deer.

Good luck! It�s pretty hard to pick a bad one these days!

Jamie

Thanks fellas,lots of replies...
I was on the right trak,Im going with the 300gr
as I want penetration and power,and save the meat
I hunt moose usually with 3006,sometimes with 45-70.
.375 I will use only on sundays for moose.I have it as a bear rifle and just for fun,range shooting etc.I want to keep the bigger cals living here in Finland.

I was thinking to buy a box on 300gr Noslers for hunt,and for practise and mooving target some cheap 270gr bullets.

Thanks

Elias

235 Speers are good for informal shooting to get familiar with the rifle. In an un-scientific comparison, I've shot about 10 African critters with the 300 grain 300 grain Nosler Partition and about 20 with the Winchester 300 grain Fail-Safe. The Fail-Safe produced noticeably faster kills.

Thanks fellas
If y compare the 300gr NoslerP and 300gr BarnesX
Which one would y choose ???
Iv heard that Barnes leaves lots of copper in the barrel?
Are there differencies in meat damages,have y compared theese two in hunting??
I think I will select the NoslerP300gr,but give yr experiences with BarnesX...
Critters are here not so big, 200-1200 pounds
When(if)I have a bear infront of me..I take it wery seriously,and want to be sure that I have exellent loads in the chamber

Shooting is a great hobby

Elias

I shoot 250 Barnes, works for me, RL-15. Only recovered on bullet and that was on a Kudu. One pedel was sticking through the skin on the off side.

Just got a .375 recently, I'm going with the Northforks.

I sometimes wonder if the 270GR X bullets aren't the best of both worlds..

X bullets seem to penetrate more than other bullets, NP
s included..

And with thie lighter bullet, you will get a bit more velocity.

But I am not sure that the velocity gain really willmkae more than a inchor 2 differnece at 300..

I have only used the 300gr NP in my 375, and it has abolutely THUMPED the bears I hve shot with it. It is now my gunof choice for bears, because they have an annoying habit of running off and dying in a nasty place, and they are unweildy to drag...No horns to grab

When you are dragging a bear out of a nasty place, you get an idea about what it would be like to dispose of a fat Italian ala Tony Sporano

I like the 285 Speer Grand Slam loaded to 2725 FPS from my 375.