I will be going to Alaska this fall for caribou and I am thinking of using my 375 browning, I have always zeroed this rifle for 150 yards but I was curious what other shooters are zeroing their 375's for long shots perhaps out to 400 yards or a little bit more??? I will be using 270 SP either hornady or Fail Safe bullets

[ 06-17-2003, 05:10: Message edited by: raamw ]

I sight in 2" high at 100 yards with big bores...and most calibers as a matter of fact...

Most of the shots I have missed over the years were high, very few were under...

It does not apply for your situation, but my PH in Zimbabwe had me sight in my .375H&H and .458 Win Mag to ge dead on at 75 meters. The shots there seem to be close and I ended up shooting everything with my .375H&H without any problem. A few shots were 125 to 150 yards, but I held dead on without any problem.

Tim

I second what Ray said. I have all my rifles from 30/06 upwards 2" high at 100 yards, except for my 45/70 and .44 rem mag.

I have my .375 H&H sighted-in for an exact 200 yard zero, and this works well with either 270 gr. or 300 gr. loads. Good for any hunt you'd carry the Three-Seven-Five on, from here to Africa.

AD

I like 2.75" high, but I have to consciously aim low at 150 yards.

I zero all my medium and big game rifles for 200 yards, which puts them between 2" and 2.75" high at 100 yards, depending on velocity and bullet. That gives me a point blank range of around 230-240 yards.

There seems to be a consensus forming here on the standard .375 H&H sighting:

Dead on at 200 yards means about 2" high at 100 yards with the 300 grain load I shoot in my 375 H&H also. And that is point and shoot out to 250 yards with no fuss. Also, somewhere around 50 yards or less, you are going to be dead on as the bullet first crosses the line of sight, depending on the sight height, of course. Then back on, dead on, at 200 yards again.

Yep, works for me too, with my scoped .375 H&H.

My preference is, using a 300gr Nosler at 2525 fps, to sight in 1" high at 100 yards. I don't need to worry about over-shooting animals up close and I can still hold on "hair" at any range I feel comfortable shooting.

I'll throw my 2cents worth in and agree that 2" high at 100 yards is a good start. With ballistically efficient 300 grainers this means that it should be spot-on at 200 yards and about 8" low at 300 yards.

This is how I have my Brno .375H&H sighted and on each of my trips to Zimbabwe I have used this rifle to shoot all of my plains game (and my heavy double for the big stuff) and never felt the need for a plains-game calibre rifle.

My 375 is sighted in 2 inches high at 100 yards. I've never had a problem with this.

2 inches high at 100 yards! Works for my Ruger #1 w/scope.

Since I only own two hunting rifles I have them both zeroed for 250 yards. Not exactly sure where the 100 yard zero is but it's definately between 2 and 3 inches at 100 yards. My two rifles are a 30/06 and the 375HH. I don't shoot small game with them so a 2-3" high 100 yards zero is not a problem. My 375HH was used by four hunters this past 2 months. 26 animals were shot with one bullet each and all were under 200 yards. Not a single miss or a single animal which needed a second shot. I doubt this could be a much better set up.

Now I'm worried, since I always sight mine in 2 in. high at 100- dead on at 200. I hate to follow along with the crowd, but nothing else makes sense. I don't want it any higher, or you shoot over the small antelope at 150 yards, but a top of back hold will kill at 300 and that's far enough with a .375.

300 yd. zero with a handloaded 270 Fail Safe. Gives one the ability to reach out. For years I've done 300 yd. zeros. If not used to it you may overshoot at 1/200 yds.

200 yards.

200 yard zero with 300 gr Swift A Frames. Right around 2"@ 100 yards. jorge