Groups From my browning A-bolt2 in 7mm have started to open up enough im ready to rebarrel, well start the planning anyway....
Ive always wanted a .375 H&H, but the ruger seems to have caught on well enough now that Im considering it as well.
The action is long enough for the H&H, but i would need to replace the magazine as well as the barrel, so that adds another 100 bucks. The Ruger should feed fine thru my 7mm magazine..if not i can likely get an ultramag magazine to work, and those are 70bucks.
Performance of the two is pretty similar from what ive read, but again with the longer action i can seat bullets out a bit more to get some capacity back on the Ruger. Theory being it would have a balistic advantage....theory anyway....
There are more case options for the H&H, but price is right around what hornady charges for the Ruger.
The H&H is cooler looking, and has better history, and the major design feature of the Ruger (being short enough to fit in an 06 length action) is negated in my case by the full length action of the Abolt. At the same time, the Ruger is beltless, a more modern design, with a sharper shoulder angle which i like.
This is the rifle itself.
The barrel is currently 26" which looks a little too long for the stock, so ill be having the new barrel made at 20-23". The shorter length should theoretically favor the shorter fatter ruger. Tho again having never worked with either cartridge i dunno.
Currently the rifle weights around 11lbs, with the shorter tube and a scope/mount change im expecting it to end up around 9.5-10lbs if i keep the same barrel profile, which i may it looks good imo.
So the question at hand, with this specific build which .375 would you chose?
Ive always wanted a .375 H&H, but the ruger seems to have caught on well enough now that Im considering it as well.
The action is long enough for the H&H, but i would need to replace the magazine as well as the barrel, so that adds another 100 bucks. The Ruger should feed fine thru my 7mm magazine..if not i can likely get an ultramag magazine to work, and those are 70bucks.
Performance of the two is pretty similar from what ive read, but again with the longer action i can seat bullets out a bit more to get some capacity back on the Ruger. Theory being it would have a balistic advantage....theory anyway....
There are more case options for the H&H, but price is right around what hornady charges for the Ruger.
The H&H is cooler looking, and has better history, and the major design feature of the Ruger (being short enough to fit in an 06 length action) is negated in my case by the full length action of the Abolt. At the same time, the Ruger is beltless, a more modern design, with a sharper shoulder angle which i like.
This is the rifle itself.
The barrel is currently 26" which looks a little too long for the stock, so ill be having the new barrel made at 20-23". The shorter length should theoretically favor the shorter fatter ruger. Tho again having never worked with either cartridge i dunno.
Currently the rifle weights around 11lbs, with the shorter tube and a scope/mount change im expecting it to end up around 9.5-10lbs if i keep the same barrel profile, which i may it looks good imo.
So the question at hand, with this specific build which .375 would you chose?