Howdy!

I recently bought my first .375H&H Mag and i am really happy with it.

It's a Sako Hunter, 100rds fired max, got it for almost no money at all.

So now, give me your opinions on what bullet/ammo to use for hunting moose and brown bears.
Stopping power is prioritized but no meatbombs...

I am also planning on mounting a silencer in the future, have one on my .308 that works super. Yeah i know it's a bit unmanly but still..

Cheers,

Snugge

My favorite bullet for the .375H&H is the 300gr. Swift A-Frame; if that's too much for your small moose and bears, the 270gr. A-Frame will do.

George
P.S. There's nothing 'unmanly' about a silencer; I wish we could hunt with them.

Snugge, I just love the North Fork 300 gr soft, it was made for cape buffalo, it is one really tough bullet that will do what it was made to do.
My PH likes Swift a frame but was really impressed with the performance of North Fork. I am very fortunate, my 275 shoots the softs, cup point solids and the solids to the same point of impact at 100 yards, can shoot 3 of each into one very small ragged hole at 100 yards. 2600 fps + with 71 gr RX 15, you must work up to that if you handload.

North Fork develops less pressure then conventional bullets because of their design, they also have less bore fouling. Check them out on the internet.

Thanks for your reply George,

I think the 300gr will do the trick, a bit slower but with nice impact energy. I will give it a try.

gi, i haven't seen the North Fork bullets around in Sweden, any tips on where to buy them?
Think importing bullets is no problems, after all it's just a lump of copper and lead.

The silencer is really neat to hunt with. Sure it adds a little weight but i get more muscle...

Takes away 75% of the recoil and gives a bang eqiv. of a 22WMR, same killing power.

/Lennart

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Originally posted by GeorgeS:
My favorite bullet for the .375H&H is the 300gr. Swift A-Frame; if that's too much for your small moose and bears, the 270gr. A-Frame will do.

George
P.S. There's nothing 'unmanly' about a silencer; I wish we could hunt with them.

Either A-Frames or North Forks are my choice.

Hello Snugge,

Congrats on your new 375! I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I enjoy mine. I would like to suggest any Premium 270gr bullet like A-Frame, NorthFork, Barnes TSX or the 250gr Bear Claw, and my favorite one up to now, the 260gr Nosler Accubond... basically, any bonded or monometal bullet will work well in that caliber. Moose and black bears are not hard to kill. More moose are shot with 30-30 and 303 British in Canada then any other caliber!!! My all around bullet for this years hunt will be the Accubond!

Have fun,

Maurice

P.S. I would also suggest some Reloader-15 as the powder of choice for the H&H...

I would choose the heavier bullets for Moose and Brown Bear..The 285 gr. Northfork or 300 and 350 gr.Woodleighs are always my choice.

I particularly like the RN 350 gr. Woodleigh, it really expands and tears hell out of everything in its path, leaves a big exit hole on broadside shots on the softer animals you mention..I have shot several Eland and Kudu with excellent results with both bullets, not a single complaint. The 350 gr. simi pointed Woodleigh is a bit tougher and might be a bit better all around on big Bears?, don't know, but either would do I'm betting.

Like Mr. Atkinson said, the heavier bullets will work great. My question was: what type of bears are you hunting? If you are hunting black bears and shiraz moose, anyone of the bullets listed will work well. I shoot Accubonds now because they group well on paper out of my tube! I doubt that Nosler created the 260gr Accubonds for paper punching or deer hunting Shoot what groups well out of your rifle and go hunting.

300 gr Partition, 300 gr trophy bonded bear claw, or 300 gr TSX all do the job on thin skinned critters Lg and Sm.

John

Hard to go wrong with anything smaller than an elephant with a 300 grain North Fork and enough RL15 to go 2500-2550. That's just my opinion.

My only experience has been in Africa with 300 gr. Trophy Bonded Bearclaws, but it has been so good that I see no reason to use anything else.

Try the 270gr TSX over 74.0gr RL-15 for an honest 2,700 fps. It's hell on moose or anything else that gets in its way and shoots into a MOA or less with low pressure in most rifles. Great load.

Cheers,
Andy

Since you are here in Sweden: Köp Oryx och ladda den till 700-750 m/s!
You will not find a better combo of price/what you get!

I've used both 270 and 300 grain TSX in Africa, one killed and penetrated about as well as the other.I really don't see why they wouldn't be effective for brown bear, & moose aren't very tough at all.

The bears are the fuzzy brown ones, weight up to around 5-600 pounds.

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Originally posted by Enigma:
Like Mr. Atkinson said, the heavier bullets will work great. My question was: what type of bears are you hunting? If you are hunting black bears and shiraz moose, anyone of the bullets listed will work well. I shoot Accubonds now because they group well on paper out of my tube! I doubt that Nosler created the 260gr Accubonds for paper punching or deer hunting Shoot what groups well out of your rifle and go hunting.

Asti,

I am not too found of Oryx, part because Norma charges too much for factory loads and in my experience it breaks up even though its bonded.
Also my shots on paper spread more with it.

I have used Oryx in my .308 in the past but switched to Sakos hammerhead. Shots within 1 inch @100 meters. The Oryx were usually up to 3 inches apart...
I know it does little difference on the moose, it will die regardless of 1 or 3 inches center, but it feels better to know exactly where it will strike.

Tjing,

Snugge

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Originally posted by asti:
Since you are here in Sweden: Köp Oryx och ladda den till 700-750 m/s!
You will not find a better combo of price/what you get!

Strange...
I`ve shot a couple of moose, but only recovered one bullet. The remaining weight on that bullet was 293 of 300 grs. V0 was approximately 750 m/s and the moose was standing about50 metres away. The bullet penetrated both shoulders and was recovred in the skin on the opposite side.
I thought that was pretty good...

Oh, I agree with you about Norma!
The solution is to reload...

Could be i was just unlucky or something, both bullets i recovered had almost half the copper mantle gone... maybe a bad batch.

I noticed Remington makes factory loads for about $56 (SEK385) for 20 cartridges. Wonder if they are any good. Coreloct or something like that. For US residents it could be fun to know that Norma charges about $175 for 20 Oryx factory loads.... just redicilous.

So... i will take on some of the ideas i've recieved here and hopefully find myself a bear or moose to try it on... :-)

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Originally posted by asti:
Oh, I agree with you about Norma!
The solution is to reload...

And the best cartridge 375 H & H Magnum to hunt buffalo with relative safety?

Thank you,

Oscar