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375 H&H with 300gr Barnes-X
375 H&H with 300gr Barnes-X
Anybody have sweet load they can share. I have tried RL15, varget, 4064, & H414 and none groups well with the 300gr Barnes bullet. I don't think it's the gun because 300gr Hornady's group well under 1".
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28 May 2005, 22:08
Paladinhave you played with the loading depth? Barnes bullets need a bit more running room before hittng the lands to be happy.
Rick R
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Yes I have, it doesn't seem to get much better. I can get about a 2-3" group but cannot consistantly get under that.
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try w-760 powder I found this powder to be very effective in the 375,also the TXS is cosistently a more accurate bullet than the plain X- bullet
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29 May 2005, 23:04
blaser93Brain1
Did you try RELOADERNEST.COM they have many loads for the 375 or anything.
01 June 2005, 01:37
butchloc4350 is probably the classic powder for 375
01 June 2005, 05:04
Bo-regardBrian,
Try 77gr 760 w/a CCI250 mag primer. Gives right at 2550 in a Win Mod 70 Safari grade. Last Oct it went thru about 4ft of buffalo in Mozambique and the TSX was picture perfect on recovery.
Bill
02 June 2005, 09:57
500grainsBarnes X are often inaccurate. I would start by varying seating depth. If that does not work, then I would switch over to North Forks.
http://www.northforkbullets.comfavorite .375 load:
68 grains Reloader 15
F215 primer
WW brass
300 grain bullet
500grains:
You may be right about the standard Barnes "X" but my experience with the TSX is much different. Been using the TSX in 308win, 30-378 and 338-378 wthby., 375 H&H, 416Rigby, 458 Lott and they as accurate as one could hope for in a hunting bullet. While the groove TSX design may not be a true driving band bullet...they are very accurate and work well.
I am with you on North Fork...great bullets!
02 June 2005, 18:58
Brain1Thank guys for the help, I finally found one my rifle likes.
61 gr. Varget
I seated the bullet back until I got the results I wanted. I am getting about 5/8" off the sled.
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28 August 2005, 04:42
George WoodI also like Varget, I shot a Buff. in Zimbabwe last july with a 300 gr. Barnes TXS ahead of 69 gr. of Varget it does an honest 2500 F.P.S. chronographed from a 24" barrel. This is a pretty stout load so work up to it carefuly. I wasn't able to get the velocity out of the other recomended powders. My rifle will shoot the TXS into an inch, but doesn't do well with the regular X bullets. I'd like to hear more comments on Varget in the .375 it works for me
13 October 2005, 02:57
lshopperThis may be a little late, but all loads in my .375 shot significantly tighter groups when I switched to standard primers. Specifically, I swithed to Fed. 210M's. These even worked better than Fed. 215M's. Also, my groups got better with the tripple shocks too. Hope this helps.
23 October 2005, 03:34
rslusIshopper:
I recently posted on another forum about the use of regular LR primers versus mag primers. Interested in hearing more about your findings. email me direct at rslus@hotmail.com