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.376 Steyr or .425 Express; which one?

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23 April 2004, 16:11
recoilpad
.376 Steyr or .425 Express; which one?
If you could only have one of the above calibers to do all of your deer and larger North American game hunting and all game including dangerous around the world, which would it be and why. Reloading for the choice of game is a given.
23 April 2004, 16:14
Dave James
I think just for grins and giggles I would go with the 425 Express, 300 win mag brass will always be around, and I already throw cast slugs any way so whats one more
23 April 2004, 16:43
500grains
I would get a 9.3 x 62 which beats the hell out of the .376 because it will push heavy bullets.
24 April 2004, 02:40
jeffeosso
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I would get a 9.3 x 62 which beats the hell out of the .376 because it will push heavy bullets.



what's this?

the 376, in a 24" barrel, will break 2500 fps with a 300 grain pill.

of course, since I have a 376 and I am building another, it would get my nodd

jeffe
24 April 2004, 05:36
LoneEagle
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I would get a 9.3 x 62 which beats the hell out of the .376 because it will push heavy bullets.



The 9.3 will push heavy bullets, and the .376 and .425 won't. What planet does that make sense on? Sean
24 April 2004, 05:44
500grains
Quote:

Quote:

I would get a 9.3 x 62 which beats the hell out of the .376 because it will push heavy bullets.



The 9.3 will push heavy bullets, and the .376 and .425 won't. What planet does that make sense on? Sean



I said nothing about the .425. Please take a reading comprehension course.

The heavy (long) bullets protrude far down into the .376 case when the .376 is on a short action that it was designed for, thus eating up powder capacity needed to push 320 grain bullets at respectable velocities.

But I am probably trying to teach a pig to sing...
24 April 2004, 05:53
jeffeosso
500,
my 376 is on a mexican mauser... the definition of a short action... i get over 2500 with a 300 grain bullet, at 3.15" or so...

btw, the mag has NOT been lengthened... just the rails touched.

sure, if you stuff a bullet too far down the case, it'll be a problem... look at the 350 remmag and 284 winchester.

there aint not "real" short action being made into a 376... the factory hornady, with 225s, crimps at 3.1....

jeffe
24 April 2004, 05:58
HunterJim
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The heavy (long) bullets protrude far down into the .376 case when the .376 is on a short action that it was designed for, thus eating up powder capacity needed to push 320 grain bullets at respectable velocities.

But I am probably trying to teach a pig to sing...



500grains,

The .376 Steyr was designed to fit the Steyr SBS 96 action --which is an intermediate length action -- so it has a 60 mm case and not a 51 mm case length. The maximum seating depth though is set by the length of the magazine box.

I have been using the SBS since '98, and I have interviewed the S-M design engineer when preparing two articles for African Hunter.

I still have my .376 Steyr ProHunter, it is a great cartridge and I like to claim it is a modernized 9.3X63 -- it is a 9.5X60.

jim
24 April 2004, 06:17
fla3006
404 Dakota or 416 Howell, standard length rounds based on the Jeffery case. Or the 10.75x68.
24 April 2004, 07:07
mbogo375
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404 Dakota or 416 Howell, standard length rounds based on the Jeffery case. Or the 10.75x68.



Ditto

Jim
24 April 2004, 17:25
LoneEagle
Aaahh, more intelligence from 500. From Hogdon's site I see a 9,3x62 will push a 286 gr to 2400. A 300 to almost 2300, and Jeffe is getting 2500 w/ 300's in a 376.

Let's hear you squeal, pig. Sean
24 April 2004, 17:41
500grains
Some people seem intent to prove that ignorance is bliss, and having fired neither caliber they are an expert on both.

Sing little piggie!
24 April 2004, 17:51
LoneEagle
Hmm, never said I had fired either. Gave my sources for both.

BTW, by stating a preference for the 9.3 because it would push heavy bullets, you implied that neither of the actual choices inquired about would. Enough said. Sean

RecoilPad, I appologize for the foul air I contributed to in your thread. Sean