.375 ruger or .375 H&H.....

hq, are you from the United States? If not, your English is incredibly good.

cdb1 said:

hq, are you from the United States? If not, your English is incredibly good.

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Thanks. I'm a native Finn but bilingual, Finnish / English.

Cool beans.

H&Hhunter said:

You know I’m all about throwing good money after bad on rifle projects...

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My policy in life is why pay someone to do something when you can spend twice as much money and all your free time to do it yourself. And then redo it. And redo it. And redo it. And then it will be perfect.

someguy2800 said:

My policy in life is why pay someone to do something when you can spend twice as much money and all your free time to do it yourself.

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That quote needs to be in your signature!

hq said:

Here's one. It doesn't do justice to the grain at all but it still gives an idea what it is. Essentially a slightly lighter colored, all matte equivalent of normally polished Deluxe/Custom, with some Accurete Innovations' magic (alloy frame, mercury recoil reducer etc.) hidden inside the externally OEM-shaped stock.
The smoothness of the action is great, it even works in fast-paced driven hunts and the only "complaint" I have is that the action is LONG. You have to move your head to chamber a round in order not to knock your teeth out. It might be a combination of the slightly tapered casing and well-polished chamber but extraction is easier than with any of my other bolt action rifles, including Mark V in .460WbyMag and even short action Sakos.

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Your rifle looks incredible and we have a similar/same taste in optics. Is that a 24" barrel? I asked about extraction since it's not unusual to see harder extraction (effort) when the bolt throw is reduced due to geometric limitations. My AI rifles have a 60 degree bolt throw but there's a spring and plunger in the cocking piece housing that assists with opening the bolt so extraction is incredibly easy, smooth and fast.

LoonWulf said:

Yeah, that would work....tho it would have to be the .375 Ultra after the Ruger......

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Still gives you plenty of reason, "in the name of science" and sharing your "findings" for the enlightenment of all.

H&Hhunter said:

Dude! Are we related? That sounds like something I would do. But in the end I’d wind up selling it for a loss to finance my next project.

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Hahahahaha! But think of what you'd GAIN in knowledge

My only brother (who's lived in Alaska now for almost as long as I've been in Florida...) is a subsistence type hunter (caribou, moose, small bears for roasts and stews, large bears - only in self defense...) and his idea of a decent rifle is still a 375 H&H... When I asked him about it he advised that it was the queen of big game rifles - and more than enough for his needs..... Since he has three of them I'm pretty sure he's right... The caribou are open tundra critters and taken out to 500m - the moose are entirely different since he hunts them on foot at close range in timbered hillside areas where a lot of shots are very close... Yes, he handloads and is particular about Nosler partition projectiles...

Where he is (interior - off the Glenn highway north of Palmer...) the grizzlies have learned to associate a rifle shot as a feeding opportunity... so hunting can be more exciting than you planned.

Something to consider, apart from the logistics of the action, would be if the stock would handle the recoil of either cartridge. It may be best to epoxy in some crossbolts and add an extra recoil lug, similar to the M70 and CZ/Brno actions.

H&H Hunter : I got the idea from seeing how remarkable the .375 Cheytac performed so decided to build my self a "light" version using ammo components I had. I have had a Hannibal .358 Norma with a big long barrel for years and back then high BC .358 bullets were not to be had . I son't have a 1000 yard range to test either but at 600 yards the 260 Accubonds hit hard, notiecable harder than 250 grain .358 Norma bullets at 2900 FPS.

When you get the build done it would be cool to see a video of you taking a feral bull with it.

good choice
Good luck

I hear cows are good eatin’

LoonWulf said:

Thanks!

Ill use it for the next feral cattle hunt if its done and we get to go again. Getting one of my buddies to shoot with a camera and not a gun maybe challenging lol.

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Go pro dude, GoPro. you can always Bubba it up with a camera duct taped to the scope or something good luck with the ruger, I look forward to hearing about this as it progresses!

I suggest a softer bullet 300 grain load on feral range cattle or the 260 Accubond .
. They are big but they are not that hard compared to buffaloe . About 20 years ago we culled sick cattle on a ranch with my .375H&H and the .358 Norma on the long shots. The cattle were scooped up by a 4 in 1 Cat bucket and taken to a lime pit on the ranch. The lime pit offer great coyote hunting .
The .358 Norma Mag

just to add another one...have you looked at the 375 Taylor? Same fella that created my 416 Taylor did the work on the 375. Take a 338 WinMag and run it into a 375 sizing die. also seen it as a 375/338 WinMag and the dims are about the same.

LoonWulf said:

Taste like chicken!


We already have one go pro hero. He never manages to get any good videos.

Later today Ill post some pictures of the barrel taped off in 1 inch increments, and you guys can help me figgure out what barrel length looks good.

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Atn makes a scope that records....