I get 2520 with a 286 Nosler, 2600 plus with a 250 Swift or Nos. Bal. Tip; 2450 with a 320 gr. woodleigh..out of a 26" barrel, 210 Fed primers and RL-15 powder...

brass and bullets are plentifull and Norma, RWS, Lapua make loaded ammo. Actually Winchester makes loaded ammo but only for the European market for some reason.......
It is becomming quite popular on this side of the pond an CZ is making rifles in that caliber.

I see the Styr as neither fish nor fowl...I would 100 times prefer a 375 H&H or a 9.3x62.

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Not trying to disrespect Mr. Atkinson in any way. I just want to see if anyone else has a different opinion. Sean

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[This message has been edited by Andr� Mertens (edited 03-27-2002).]

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The 9.3 x 62 is a good choice because the ballistics are good, brass is readily available, you can use 30-06 brass if you need to, and all you have to do is rebarrel a model 70, model 98 or model 03 to get a fine rifle.

I have been away at SCI and a shooting school, so I just now read your question.

I seem to be the only poster on AR who actually owns and has hunted with a .376 Steyr -- my rifle is the Steyr ProHunter with 20" barrel. With sling, scope and ammunition it is 40" long and weighs 9 pounds and a bit. The rifle and cartridge is an excellent *hunting* combination. It would also be especially good for a smaller hunter or a woman, for example.

My opinion:

The .376 Steyr is a modern version of the 9.3X62 that shoots all the great .375" bullets.

Hornady makes factory ammunition in two weights, and dies and brass are available. The case is made from the 9.3X64 case shortened to 60 mm, and necked up to 9.5 mm -- a 9.5X60 as it were. Manlicher tried a 9.5 before, but it had too poor ballistics and too poor bullets to do well on big game.

For the reloader, ammo will not be a worry.

I have been doing some correspondence with the factory, and I would not be surprised to see more marketing and perhaps a smaller caliber on this case. You have to market to show the buying public a reason to buy, not just announce the item and hope.

Steyr has changed hands, and the new owner is moving to a new distributor in North America -- Dynamit Nobe/RWS. So we will see. Meanwhile I will be hunting with my rifle.

If every new cartridge needed a hole in the cartridge picket fence to justify its existence, we would have quit adding them long ago. Or as the Chinese proverb says "The excellent is the enemy of the good".

jim dodd

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Originally posted by LoneEagle:
MacD37,
Explain to me why it doesn't "hold a light for the 1912 .375 H&H" Velocities don't appear any different on Hogdon's website. And as far as a 9.5 that is no better than a 9.3x62 it seems to me that people hear seem to like that round so that can't be too bad a thing to be as effective as the 9.3x62. The advantage I see when looking at this is American made brass, American made loaded ammo and a whole lot more American made bullets. Sean

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The 376 Steyr, and the 375 H&H ARE 9.5 diameter bullets, the 9.3 is .366 dia. All I was saying is the two 9.5s (.375") are the same in dia, but not the same cartridge! The numbers in any balistics graph is not all that is involved in makeing a cartridge good or better. There are a number of things that are corperated into the old 1912 cartridge that are absent in the 376 Steyr.
One is the long slopeing case that feeds like quick silver, more case capacity, to develop the same, or higher velocity while generateing less chamber pressure. A short fat dencely filled case causes a very SHARP snap in the recoil, and muzzle blast. But none of this will effect your opinion of this cartridge, and it shouldn't, it is simply fact nothing more.
The charge that the 376 STEYR is American made brass, well so is the old 375 H&H, and not only that the 375 brass, and loaded ammo, is available in every country in the world that allows firearms, or hunting. You can pick it up in any gunstore, or sporting goods store in the world, where are you going to find 376 STEYR on a country store shelf? The thing that will kill this cartridge is the slot it is placed in is FULL, and the rounds it competes with, are solidly entrenched in the world's HUNTING community. This is a place where something has to be VERY unique to cause a flurry of interest, the 376 STEYR simply will not gain that kind of following, IMO! As i said, believe it or not, I like this cartridge, and rifle, but the reality is, IMO, it will be dead in 5 years!

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I also own a Steyr ProHunter with 20" barrel. I also opted for the 9 round magazine, of which I own several. They are not cheap, but if I ever have to follow up something in the thick stuff, I don?t know where you are going to find a bolt action with a better magazine capacity in a serious cartridge.

Now mind you, I own an old 375 H&H, and even have one in an Encore handgun, and love the old bruiser. But the Steyr rifle is light, modern, ultra reliable, and with that extended magazine, you have excellent firepower. I guess I?m not as good a shot as the rest of you guys, so I?ve never owned a rifle with too large a magazine.

I don? know if a left hander is offered, I assume not. But I can highly recommend the cartridge and rifle. It reloads easily, bullet selection is great for both (H&H and 376), and recoil from the Steyr ProHunter is negligible.

Now, I'm through with this string!

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