For some reason I've the bug for a rifle chambered for the 376 Steyr.

I now have four Steyr rifles and purchased right, IMHO, they are one of the best values out there.

Any of youse guys have a rifle chambered for the 376 Steyr.

Luv to get your input as far as pros and cons.

Seems like it would make a dandy Porker Perforator @ 200 yds. and under.




and Lord know's I luv perforatin' hoglets.


JAPPFT,


GWB

I've given it serious thought, but I've got a .375 H&H, a .375 Improved and a .378, and used to have another 9.3x62 and another .375 H&H. At the end of the day, I guess that I've lost my patience with obscure or unpopular cartridges that don't really do anything differently than half a dozen other more convenient cartridges ...

I agree with you about the Steyr Pro Hunter though; I like them a great deal.

I had a 376 Steyr and it just did not impress me at all. For what it is and what can compare in its size range there is just no sense in it's existence anymore. I now have a 375 Ruger and it will more than trump the Steyr in performance or can easily be downloaded. If you really want a hog killer supreme in a small light action I would suggest a 9.3x62. The Europeans got this right over a century ago but we Americans are to damn stubborn or stupid to have taken notice until lately.

If you want the hassles and difficulty of acquiring ammo and trying to sell an obscure caliber then by all means this is the cartridge for you. It may be that you are fond of the Steyr rifle design and that is perfectly ok. Unfortunately I had a very unpleasant experience with the caliber and acquiring brass was virtually impossible at the time. I should have shaved my head before embarking on that adventure. Pulling ones hair out hurts like hell.

Sid,
I've owned several rifles chambered for 375 H&H as well as 9.3 x 62. Folks kept offering me more than what I'd paid, so down the road they went. I've a Merkel K1 in the 9.3 x 74R that will be in my coffin when I head to the barn.

Dies are $62 in stock at Midway, brass on Gunbroker is going from 40 to $60 per fifty. Being a low volume shooter, 100 pieces would last a lifetime. I've a number of 260 grain Noslers that are just waiting to porforate a porker.

However, I do appreciate your input. Perhaps this chambering is like the difference between the 358 Winchester and 35 Whelen in regards to the difference between it and the 375 H&H, which I do luv. My only triple to date is with the 375 H&H.

Quien Sabe,

GWB

i currently have one, built several -- it is a neato round -- a near 375hh that fits in a 308 length action --

it's NOT a 375hh - and either is a 9,3x74/64/62
if you load hornady 225 sp at 2600, the brass and rifle can live forever, and will slay anything in Texas, easily.

i think its a great round, in it own merits --

http://forums.accuratereloadin...1078981/m/6951046012

Pretty good deal on one...

I had one of the Steyr Scout rifles in 376; a rare one with a camo stock. I shot a Whitetail with it that went end-to-end. A bit overpowered for Deer, but it would be hell on Hogs.

I had one in a Prohunter and one in a short action Montana 1999...I found it a delightful cartridge, a lot like the 9.3x62 with a wider range, and more available bullet selection. I say go for it.

Ed

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Originally posted by 505ED:
I had one in a Prohunter and one in a short action Montana 1999...I found it a delightful cartridge, a lot like the 9.3x62 with a wider range, and more available bullet selection. I say go for it.

Ed

I did!

I have a Steyr pro in stainless coming in from Euro-optic. Should be here Thursday. Got dies and Brass from Midway. Should be here Monday.
Will load a few combos betwen now and then and It should be ready for porker perforatin' by the time I head to my lease on the 18th.

JAPPFT,

GWB

Good deal :-)

quote:

and one in a short action Montana 1999

This or the 9.3x70mm will be my next...If I build on the m1999 i can duplicate my 6.5x55 in every part including barrel profile...only shorter this time

I have been thinking about doing another on a short action ruger 77 I have laying around, but other projects have taken a front seat...

Ed

Well,

I don't typically purchase rifles, new. However I decided to pull the trigger on the Steyr Pro Hunter in 376 Steyr. It came in last night. I got brass and dies from Midway earlier in the week and found some 235 Gr. Barnes flat base TSX bullets. I had originally planned to either load 260 Gr. Sierra Spitzers or 270 gr Hornady's. However Mike Dettorre informed me that he had excellent luck with the 235 grain Barnes over 67 Gr. of H-4895. My local gunshop just happened to have several boxes of that very bullet, so I picked up a box.

Topped the rifle with a 3-10 x 50 Zeiss Conquest mounted in Warne fixed rings. Figured since the rifle didn't have irons, no sense in QR rings. Won't be shooting past 200 yds., and although I prefer a 36-42 mm objective, the 50mm will be good for hunting at first and last light as well as at night with a light.





I'm more of a fan of blue steel and wood, but this has been the wettest spring I can remember in the hill country. Last trip it rained off and on for four days straight. I don't mind dust and scratches but as I don't hunt in an enclosed blind, soaking good wood in not my favorite type of entertainment.

Anywho, my son is into black rifles, had built a 50 Beowulf and wanted to try it out. I took the Steyr along this morning to see how it would shoot.

I normally shoot over a chronograph but did not do that this morning.

I loaded up 9 rounds with the 260 gr. Sierra's over 62 gr. of H-4895, Federal 210 primers and an OAL of +/- 3.080”.

My barrel break in procedure on a stainless barrel is to run several patches smeared with a JB Bore Paste/Kroil mix through the barrel and then patch till clean and dry. Did that prior to shooting this AM.





Two to get on paper at 25 yds.


Shot #3 at 100 yds was dead on, left and right, but about 6.5” high.





So I made elevation adjustments. I typically zero a non-magnum about 2” high at 100. Shots 4,5 & 6 were made after the adjustments with the aforementioned load.

Next I tried the 235 Gr. Barnes TSX using 63 grains of H-4895.





Shots 7,8 and 9 were a just over 2” high and to the left. Decent group, but I had a feeling this rifle could do better.
Mike had said his load was 67 grains. When filling the cases 65 grains was the beginning of a compressed load. Sixty-seven grains of H-4895 completely filled the case. Don't much care for compressed loads,so I backed off and used 63 and 65 grains respectively.





What’s the old saying about the third time is the charm? Shot 10, good. Shot 11, I thought to myself, surely I didn’t miss the whole target. No, believe it or not, both in the same hole. Shot twelve impacted just below shots 10 and 11. Was I jazzed. Decided to stop before I ruined my braggin’ rights with a 5 shot group. I’ll load up some more rounds with the 65 grain load density, and go back to shoot over a chronograph and make sure of POI out of a cold barrel, but at first glance, it appears I have a good load and that this Steyr, like my others, is a shooter.




Steyr Pro, 7Mag
Steyr Mountain Rifle, 308 Win
Steyr Pro, 376 Steyr


JAPPFT,


GWB

Notice to Texas Hogs: as Earp said in Tombstone " you tell them I'm coming, and Hell's coming with me...".

Steyrs are an largely unknown brand, but most shoot just like this rifle.

GW, that ought to work.

Biebs,

One of my greatest regrets is back in the summer of 1986. Abercrombie & Fitch was a real hunting store back then, wasn't run by a faggot and still sold rifles. I was clerking for a law firm in Dallas. I was married, still not earning any money and flat broke.

A&F had a Steyr .375 H&H that I drooled over for weeks. The manager kept cutting the price because he knew I wanted it and they were trying to close out their rifles at the time.

It got down to $1,500 and I could pay for it over time. I didn't take it. I was that broke.

Geedubya,
Congratulations on the rifle. I've got a .376 in the Scout configuration and it can, providing I'm doing my job, shoot groups like yours.
The pluses of the rifle are the short action and short overall length make the rifle easy to carry yet the recoil is very manageable. The only downsides I see are that the round is proprietary and not readily available (but I squirreled away a bunch of ammo over the years), and as someone else said, it is not a .375 H&H (but this may be my next acquisition).
Good shooting.

The 376 steyr is a very fine cartridge and kinda on the bubble for energy requirements for large african DG but it makes the grade in a very efficient package as steyr had hoped for. Mine is a rebarreled ruger 25/06. In my 22 inch barrel 61 grains of varget(one and a half grains below max) produces 2,403.6 ft./sec. with a 300 grain partition. Yes, the 375 ruger is stouter but if bigger is better then the 378 weatherby is what everyone should want. Once you have shot some 270 grain hornady ammo or 300 grain reloads and then try the 225 grain hornady(same velocity as 270 grainers) you will realize it could make a nice but potent deer caliber. Get it if you want it!

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
Notice to Texas Hogs: as Earp said in Tombstone " you tell them I'm coming, and Hell's coming with me...".

LMAO

Last Friday when I shot the Steyr for zero and load choice I was not able to shoot over a chronograph which is my standard practice.
I took the Steyr back this morning to chrono the 65 grain load pictured above.

Looks like average velocity is 2,750 fps. acccording to my chrony.

This was the 3 shot group that I shot at 200 yds.



Gotta be a fluke. I can't shoot that good. LOL

JAPPFT,


GWB

Nice work!!!!!!!

nice shooting, GW

Wow, that is good shooting. Nothing better than knowing the rifle is dialed in when you go hunting.

I just realized that was a 200 yard group. That is amazing.

Always thought the 376 Steyr had a place but lost interest. The Steyr rifles though are great bits of kit. I have a Prohunter in 270win and currently looking at a Scout in 308.