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Pyrro,
So how does the .375 compare to a your basic 870 slug gun recoil?
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pyro6999
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dont know, ive never shot a slug out of a 870, come to think of it i havent shot any slug out of any shot guns, i may have once, but im not sure. a buddy of mine had a mossburg marine 500ultimag with slugs and buckshots staggered, but i dont know where i was in the sequence of his shells when i shot it.i ran a recoil calc on a 12ga slug but i dont know how much powder they use, so i used the 385gr slug that remington uses and used there published velocity 1900 fps and used a 7lb shot gun and the guess 30 gr of powder that was 32 ftlbs 40 gr of powder makes it like 35ftlbs, so if im close they are pretty comparable.
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13/8 oz Rem Buckhammer loads in an 870 will get your attention. To me, they feel considerably stouter than 338 loads from my Savage.
If you like punishment 13/4 oz, 3.5" Federals in my son's Browning 10 BPS can supply it. Not much different to the 375 RUM. Neither are for sustained target practice or plinking.
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Relentless Pursuit
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The 375H&H makes alotta sense in Coastal Alaska. It's pedestrian speeds are easy upon venison steaks(save the 235Speer) and 270X's in the belly of a rifle are comforting.
I prefer the 338Ultra for that utility role,but there's no flies on the six-bits...............
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Relentless Pursuit
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Pyro asks:....
"So how does the .375 compare to a your basic 870 slug gun recoil?"
Typical riflestock design/ergo's,trump those of a scattergun and such things go a long way towards making the ride more enjoyable. Most six-bits are pussycats due to fair stock design and their inherent mass.
My lightest weight 375H&H Ackley Improved was far from obusive,despite it's scant weight and the McMillan handle garners much of that accomplishment...................
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John Barsness
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I have shot a number of .375's, including an iron-sighted Ruger No. 1 that I used for a whil with an NECG aperture sight. It weighed 8-1/4 pounds and its favorite 300-grain handloads got right at 2600 fps. It was probably the hardest-kicking .375 I have owned, but it was a pussycat compared to one of those #$%& 3-1/2" 12 gauges with anything from a slug to turkey loads.
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tahqua
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1 7/8 oz turkey loads in my 870 are more obnoxious than the .375 H&H loads in my M700 Classic. I shoot those loads of #6 shot even less, though.
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John,
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Pass-thru, I think it is a .375 would be fine for deer. Look at all the deer that are killed with slugs that are larger in size. Most .375 bullets don't blow up. Like anything location, location, location.
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pyro6999
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thats the truth!! maybe one day when my kids are in school i can sneak down to your neck of the woods and we can destroy some prairie magotts with the ole .375?? |
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You will have to tell me when. I'm sitting here laughing at the thought of p-rats getting smucked by a .375
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pyro6999
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They call me "Boots"
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Let me know too I want to see this.
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pyro6999
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maybe we can do a video or at least take some pictures.
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I have a .375 H&H Encore barrel --- (who says they are heavier mine is quite portable). When I had my GAP gun built I discussed the possibility of using .375 but was told that it isn't as good of choice for long range because of the balistic coeffecient of the bullets. I've been running some fairly fast .50 cal musket Barnes Sabbots on deer and have recovered two fully expanded ones shooting them lengthwise, but we have heavy deer. I have some Barnes 270 gr .375 that should do nicely on a deer. Probably the most impressive thing about .375 H&H is how they work on balistic Kelvar I shot one of the old vests with it and it took the whole vest completely through the target frame.
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Elmer was ok.. a bit of a blowhard.....not quite as bad Charlie Askins......it was a tie.
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pyro6999
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you do realize that with the 260gr nosler accubond the b.c is .473 and with the 300gr version its .485?? i hardly call that poor. |
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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you would lose a lot of meat, a friend of mine used his 375 ultra mag one year on a very large doe and the whole front half of the deer was blown away.the only part he could use was the hind quarters.
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