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Well, I bought a 20" 375 ruger barrel on classified and figured to swap out a 338 hawkeye to 375 ruger. Then I shoved 2 rounds of 375 ruger in a standard(30-06) Ruger 77mkII and they fed as if designed for the round so I can use any m77 mkII and just open the bolt face. My question is if you have a 20" 375 Ruger what are the real velocities and loads used? Thanks, Lynn | ||
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Lynn I think another thread exists on here which has been through the loads of the Ruger 375. Did you do a search ? Previously 500N with many thousands of posts ! | |||
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Lynn: I have the Hornady Manuel, 8th Edition. Hornady shows a couple of loads at 2700 fps out of a 20 inch barrel with their 270 grain bullet. They also show a number of loads with the 300 grain bullet at 2500 fps. The recommend Varget, Winchester 760, and VIHT-160. Let know if you need a specific load. I would expect 75-100 more velocity from a 24 inch barrel. I also have a new Barnes manual with .375 Ruger data. There is one thing that really troubles me. I have two 9,3X62s. With my little CZ, I can easily get over 2400 fps with a 286 grain bullet out of it's 23.6 inch barrel. It's so close to a .375 that no cape buffalo would ever know the difference and the 9,3s have taken all manner of dangerous game but but in most places in not legal. Go figure. 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 did a search and very little load data here on site. I also have a 9.3x62 and a 370 sako but cannot bring myself to chop the barrels as they shoot so well as is. I am figuring this 20" 375 Ruger as a great knockabout and in the ruger boatpaddle I dont have to worry about the dings hunting brings about. My two go to bullets in 375 are the Nosler 260 accubond and the 300 Partition, any loads? | |||
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I shoot the 260 and the 300 Partitions pushed by RL15 out of my .375 Ruger. | |||
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Lynn, Hornady's 270gr load chrono'd at just over 2700 fps out of my 20 inch Ruger barrel. Nosler 260 AB with 74gr of RL15 runs at 2675, 75gr was 2715. Outside temp was in the low 40s. Nosler 300 Partition gave 2430 with 69gr of RL15 and 2510 with 77gr of RL17. All of these loads are well below max in published data and in my rifle (LH stainless/laminate Ruger Hawkeye). I expected this rifle to belch fire and kick like a mule with the 20" tube. It does neither. Very easy to manage with any of the above loads. Good luck, Steve | |||
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Steve, A bit off topic, but what chronograph do you use? I have ProChrony, and it gives consistent velocities, but all of them seem about 200FPS slow. Do you like yours or is there one you wish you had? Dave | |||
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Steve, thanks for the data If this works out should make a great pack around rifle. Lynn | |||
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A7Dave, I currently use a Pact XP1. I think it is pretty accurate although does vary a little from day to day due to lighting and cloud cover differences. About the only way to check yours is to compare it to other chronos. I've done this several times over the years and they were always close to each other. One time we set my original mid 1980s vintage Pact inline with an Oehler 35 and they agreed within 20 fps or so. One thing I quickly learned with my first chrono almost 30 years ago, almost all rifles and ammo shoot slower than advertised. If you really have doubts about yours, send it in to the maker and I'm sure they have ways to check it's accuracy for you. Also off topic, I'm assuming A7 refers to the Navy aircraft. Back in the 70s when I was in, these were still very much in use. Seemed like a real bread and butter type aircraft. Not so loud and sleek like the Phantoms and Tomcats but a real workhorse none the less. Back to the original topic, Nosler has reloading data online for the 375R. Good luck, Steve | |||
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While waiting for brass of correct size(375 Ruger) I made 4 rounds from 338 ultramag, I know it is a bit bigger around, and tried feeding thru my donor Ruger mkII with 30-06 action I can not believe how well these rifles work with a totally different case feeds as if designed for it. Wonder about a 416 Rigby case will have to check it out, barrel should be here tomorrow Thanks, Lynn | |||
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Have the barrel in the action will be putting in stock this afternoon. Have not found brass but found loaded ammo for 60 a box so will begin with loaded stuff. Will post results when I get to the range later this week. Lynn | |||
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There is a left-handed .375 Ruger "Alaskan" stainless and gray laminate with 20" barrel at Bud's Gun Shop in Lexington, KY for $872: https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/login.php http://www.thegunwarehouse.com/ BudsGunShop.Com 1105 Industry Road Lexington, KY 40505 Fax: (800) 804-5569 | |||
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Fireformed 1 box of brass today just busting stumps and rocks, will reload with Nosler accuracy load of RL15 and 260 Accubonds. Will chrono these and post the results. So far this seems to be a keeper. Really like this rifle, even if it is in a ruger plastic stock. thanks, Lynn | |||
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The 375 Ruger caught my fancy quite some time ago, but I just couldn't warm up to the Ruger Hawkeye is came chambered in (or the Howa, and later the Savage). So I began accumulating parts/pieces to build one on a M70 action. Due to other acquisitions this project became somewhat unnecessary. If anyone is interested, I have pretty close to all the parts necessary to put together a .375 Ruger based on a M70 action - Rock Creek #4 SS barrel, reamer & head-space gauge, unpainted McMillan Hunter Mag fill stock, and Williams 1pc steel floor-plate in the white. All that's needed is the M70 magnum action and some 'smithing. No hijack intended. | |||
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Well, made it to range today but left the chrono on the bench on way out of shop, so no data. I had loaded 260 accubonds over Noslers accuracy load with RL15- 72gr and WLRM primers to say the least I am impressed final 3 shot group with a HOT barrel measured .560" WoW. I also had some 300 gr cast loaded with varget just for plinking and they shot well even though I did not wait for barrel to cool just shot. This rifle is a keeper. Thanks, Lynn | |||
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I believe that it is somewhat intentional by the big gun manufacturers. All "modern" case designs follow the pattern started by the 30-06/.308 in having very little body taper. You see that in all the newest case designs from rem winchester and ruger - all straight walled designs. Obstensively they all say it is to maximize powder capacity and deliver more velocity to feed the american shooters percived need for more power. Personally I think all the "new" cartridges use straight walled cases as an intentional aspect of the design so that the rifle manufacturers only have to make one mag box shape for eveything from the .308 to whatever ultramag - and just fiddle with a few small details to make the new cartiridges feed. Saves a lot of pennies in the massed produced rifle market... | |||
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I use Norma URP powder in my 375 Ruger. Have tried several powders incl Norma 203B (about same as Re-15) - but URP is better than everything else.. Get 2650-2750 fps with all 300 grainers.. and more than 10 reloads with no loose primer pockets... | |||
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Yes, just open up any standard Ruger M77 Hawkeye bolt face and the Ruger 375 shells should feed well I've done it two times no issues. My 375's like 270 and 300g bullets with R-15. Getting 2570fps with 270g bullets and 2450fps with 300 grainers "An individual with experience is never at the mercies of an individual with an argument" | |||
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[QUOTE] My 375's like 270 and 300g bullets with R-15. Getting 2570fps with 270g bullets and 2450fps with 300 grainers[/QUOTE Thats slow indeed for the 375 R, but of course accuracy is most important of all and maybe you dont get good accuracy with higher velocity? As I wrote I find Normas URP better than everything else.. Rel 15 is too fast.. With URP I get 2650-2750 fps with all 300 grainers. And 0,5 - 1" accuracy... | |||
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Buffalo you are correct it is slow for the 375 and accuracy does not get worse with higher velocities just that IMO these velocities are sufficient for anything on planet earth. My son has taken both cape buffalo through shoulder (300g swift aframe) and elephant quartering brain shot (300 grain NF solid) with these loads and complete straight line penetration. "An individual with experience is never at the mercies of an individual with an argument" | |||
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As with any large caliber you can figure a loss of about 25 FPS average per inch from 24 to 20 inches..I have chrongraphed many carbine comparisons to rifles, and that has been the case..you will lose more by cutting a barrell below 20 inches as a rule. Also the choice of powders can can make a difference.. Also every gun bore or barrel is different or as someone said they are an "inity unto themselves" so 25 FPS is not written in stone, but its damn close... The way to know is to have a chronograph, and today with good $100 chronographs out there, any handloader is doing himself a disservice not to have one.. Furthermore keep in mind what Dirklawyer says in his above post. In calibers like the .375 100 or so FPS means zilch, and in fact the .375 is better when a 300 gr. bullet is slowed down to 2400 to 2500 FPS and even 2300 FPS is sufficient for DG like buffalo and elephant. Many PHs prefer slower bullets that kill well yet do not over penetrate and injure another animal when herd shooting, Doctari for one who is a vet and has studied such things is an advocate of useing 2300 to 2400 FPS.. Most Americans have been brain washed into high velocity, right or wrong is up to the individual, but experience from those that hunt for a liveing seem to agree that slowing down a bullet is a good idea for the big stuff.. IMO, for African DG slowing a bullet down works fine, but I believe that for elk and deer in Idaho I prefer a lighter bullet at higher velocity such as a 250 or 270 gr. .375 at 2600 to 2800 FPS or better in that it flattens out the trajectory a bit. The one thing I'm sure of and that is a 375 works wherever you are in 20 to 26 inch barrels. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I'm a factory-ammo-trash guy...I've wondered before- - Why aren't other cartridge mfrs. offering GOOD ready-to-shoot .375 Ruger ammo?!? | |||
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DoubleTap offers 235 and 270 grain TSX loads in the 375Ruger. I have used their 270gr load and was very pleased with the accuracy, and the end result with a moose from a 20" barrel. I have not chronographed the load. But, if I do not make time to load my own 270gr TSXs, I will be using it again this year in a 23.5" barrel. -----------------------------------------------
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Interesting question, why not? OK: 1. Perhaps major producers have not noticed a fall in 375HH sales, so they may assume that things are fine without the 375Ruger. 2. Perhaps 375Ruger owners haven't put in enough requests in writing. 3. Perhaps some of the companies are jealous that Hornaday and Ruger could pull off a cartridge innovation that makes sense and found a niche. Anyway, the 375 Ruger is a great cartridge whose only drawback is that it did not come out back in 58 when the 338 WinMag came out. If it had, I would probably have been a 375Ruger guy instead of a 338 Win Mag guy. +-+-+-+-+-+-+ "A well-rounded hunting battery might include: 500 AccRel Nyati, 416 Rigby or 416 Ruger, 375Ruger or 338WM, 308 or 270, 243, 223" -- Conserving creation, hunting the harvest. | |||
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Of course, we're still waiting for the 338 Ruger Full Magnum. +-+-+-+-+-+-+ "A well-rounded hunting battery might include: 500 AccRel Nyati, 416 Rigby or 416 Ruger, 375Ruger or 338WM, 308 or 270, 243, 223" -- Conserving creation, hunting the harvest. | |||
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