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has anyone taken any game with this cart.? i shot mine today 270 gr horn. the recoil isnt bad at all. | ||
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I think I'll be using mine this September for moose. | |||
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My dad has had deer damage permits, and through that I have shot 9 deer with the cartridge. I also shot a woodchuck and a squirrel. Ha. On deer, even a big one, I am shooting 225 gr. at 2700 and it is leaving a two inch exit hole and in a couple of them the damage was horrifying. But I shot four of them around 250 yards, and one was a running shot at 200 yards and it was perfect. I think it was the best shot I had ever done, obviously luck was pry the biggest factor. But I have had great luck with the cartridge. "Pray not for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs." T. Roosevelt | |||
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My son shot a cape buff at 60yds with his Ruger 375 African six weeks ago with a down loaded reload 300 grain Swift bullet @ 2450 fps broke shoulder-two ribs and ended under the skin on the other side 92% weight retention on bullet. He will be elk hunting with 270 grain Swift bullets in Oct. Dirk "An individual with experience is never at the mercies of an individual with an argument" | |||
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I've used mine for wild boar (300 gr) , bear (300 gr), deer (225 gr) and a couple of raccoons and coyote (200 gr). I have no problems with the caliber, but the rifles sold by Ruger, on the other hand, are horrible. | |||
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Horrifying? What did you expect that buffalo gun to do to your 100 pound whitetail? | |||
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I doubt that it has seen much use as yet as its a new round, but I assure you that it is the full equal to the 375 H&H, and that is no slight praise, as that old girl has been killing big mean animals for several decades. Strawman, Use the .270 or 300 gr. bullets and you will get good kills and much less damage to meat..I have fed camps on Impala shot with the 300 gr Woodliehs, Noslers and various other makes. Big old hole and very little bloodshot meat, leaves a good blood trail and they don't go much over 50 yards if that. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I beleave either cartrigde could do the job. The 458 Win mag or the 458 Lott. But the 458 Lott could reach ferther. | |||
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Is the .375 Ruger still in production?  Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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I've got some 270 grain loads I will try, they are moving the same speed though. I knew the damage would be bad, but I've seen shotgun slug holes, much bigger in diameter but obviously less velocity and less meat damage. I guess I just didn't view 2700 fps as that fast. "Pray not for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs." T. Roosevelt | |||
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