Is the 375 H&H?
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moose338
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The "Holy Grail" for doing what? Target shooting, certainly not. Dangerous and or very big game, arguably. Long range, not really.
Idk if it's the holy grail but I like my .375 Ruger for up close and personal big game blasting. I've killed stuff out of my boat with it and I've killed in the alders with it. I enjoy it for what it does. It fits a useful niche for places like Africa or Alaska.
Doug in Alaska
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I shoot a .375 Ruger and love it. I seriously doubt you've shot chit. You rant and go on and on and I'm personally tired of your BS.
I assume that this is directed at me, though I don't know what got your hackles up. I am a big fan of the 375 h&h. I have 2 of them. I have guided coastal brown bear hunts from yakutat to cold bay for 40 years. I do not consider myself an expert on firearms, but I really feel confident in my .375 doing the job. Sorry if I got you riled up Doug. Happy new year.
Not trying to speak for Doug, but I am pretty sure it isn’t you he was referring to.
moose338
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Plus one on that. I think he's talking to the OP.
Thanks ak bee and moose 338.. Haven't been following this. Glad I wasn't the target
Doug in Alaska
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Gunner,
No sir, my comment wasn't directed at you and you surely didn't get me riled up. Sorry if you thought it was directed at you.
Happy New Year!
Doug
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Wouldn't be my first choice for meat hunting. It's a great Alaska Dangerous game round though, and not a one off wild cat so you can find it on the shelves (if you can find anything now days) which is a plus.
With Barnes X bullets there is no wasted meat on the ones I take. Of course I don't take shoulder shots or gut shots though. Almost always in the neck. Sometimes the head or spine.
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Yes...but
375 H&H right now is $70-125/box
300 WM is $30-90/box
.308 win is 25-70/box
Yes I reload, and yes it's cheaper but it's still more to load big bullets than it is to load small ones
I have so much ammo I don't need to reload ever again. But I do have all the components. Any time I get a new caliber, I acquire all the necessary items for loading. Dies, bullets, brass, powder, and primers.Yes...but
375 H&H right now is $70-125/box
300 WM is $30-90/box
.308 win is 25-70/box
Yes I reload, and yes it's cheaper but it's still more to load big bullets than it is to load small ones
cdubbin
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I used to think neck shots were ok on moose...about 15 years ago, my dad put two .300 mag rounds through center neck of a big bull from his tree stand. It went down, but got up and ran off...we spent several days looking for it, then his best friend ran into it chasing a cow through a swamp a couple miles away, put it down with a shoulder shot from a .338....we didn't even realize it was the same animal until we got it back to camp and started butchering. It was a monster bull, neck shot to burger but still charging around the hills...
4merguide
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I'm pretty sure he means a neck shot up by the head, so it hits bone. It ain't going anywhere with that shot. Personally, I like right behind the ear.
You gotta know where the spine is. Oh, and use the right bullets. No full metal jacket stuff. That said, I have hit 2 different moose in the neck with my bow and got them both in the rifle season with a firearm. I was surprised to not hit the spine or jugular on either one with the bow. One I later shot with the three hundred and seventy five. The other with the four hundred and fifty eight. Never even wiggled either time. Since I always go for the lungs (not shoulder) on moose with my bow. Deadly.
cdubbin
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I'm pretty sure he meant that, too...but still that's a tiny, tiny spot, compared to the lungs...a moose lung is like the size of a pillow LOL...
4merguide
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Yes, it's a small spot to hit, so I usually only take it if it's a calm animal, at relatively short range, and if I have a rest. It's so very nice to open up a moose with no damage to the body.
