How does the recoil on a 375 Weatherby compare to that of a 404 Jeffery on rifles of similar weights.

A cousin of mine has found an old 375 Weatherby that he wants to buy for his Alaska hunt next fall. Over the weekend he shot my 404 Jeffery and handled the recoil very well.

He is curious how the recoil compares on these rounds.

Thanks!!

A 375 Weatherby is nothing more than a 375H&H AI with rounded shoulders. Basically same capacity as the 404 Don't know what gr he was shooting in your 404 but a 300gr 375 will be about 75-80% of the recoil of a 400gr 404.

We were shooting 400 grain Hornady factory loads in my 404 Jeffery. It weighs about 10 pounds with scope.

recoil is an individual thing and the rifles fit and so fourth make a lot of differnce, so it would depend on who you ask as your quesiton is terribly open ended.

Personally I find the recoil of the 404 to be one of the mildest recoiling big bores out there and defineatly milder than the "snap" of a 375 Wby.. It also depends on how hot you load it..You can load the 404 to an easy 2600 FPS and it will kick the living snot out of you, just like a 416 Rigby loaded to 2750 FPS..but both are normally loaded to 2400 FPS as they should be and both are mild enough...Some prefer to load the 404 to its original balistics to match the 450-400 with a 400 gr. bullet at 2100 to 2250 FPS. and then recoil is extremely mild and it kills quite well at those slow velocities...that said, I like 2400 as the magical figure of 40 calibers.

Do you want a shove or a punch? Those fast rounds have a snappy harsh kick compared to a slower round that may have more recoil energy but shoves you easier then the hard swift kick with less total energy of a high velocity round.

TwicePipes,

I shoot the 375 WBY and loaded to its potential with a 300 gr bullet it will recoil sharply. The 404 with Hornady factory loads is pretty mild. If I was choosing one or the other I would go with the WBY as you can down load it if the recoil is too stiff or shoot factory H&H ammo. The 375 Weatherby is an excellent choice for Alaska or Africa. It hits hard and shoots flat. It is a heck of a lot more versatile than the 404.

Mark

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the "snap" of a 375 Wby

The times I shot a 375Wby I didn't find that much of a snap. Now the 378Wby THAT IS SNAP AND RECOIL.

My 375 Weatherby only weighs 7 1/2 lbs with scope. It definitely has a faster recoil than the 375 H&H, but you can shoot 375 H&H factory through it just fine. I did on my bear hunt since I didn't get time to work up a good 375 Weatherby load. In a 9 lb rifle, I don't think I would even notice the difference between the two in recoil. My son's 9 lb 416 Rem kicks more than my 7 1/2 lb 375 Weatherby.