.375 chamberings for ELR hunting and shooting

[budlight]

I was a .458 person with 26 inch barrel to get all I could out of 510 gr soft points and solids. Plains game and lion rounds were 405 gr Barnes X. The big 5 rifle and big Alaskan bears. When I was young I could shoot it about 20 times bench rest shooting doing chrono and sighting in. Now after about 5 shots and I feel like I need a chiropractor LOL

Later on my friend had an extensive collection. With two rifles that really interested me. 416 Rigby and 416 rem. Just a wonderful cal. His were Sako's

 

[AC300RUM]

375 Weatherby will absolutely get the job done on anything you need a 375 for. Big stuff that bites and wants to run you over is shot almost always within 300 yards, and the 375WBY is hell on wheels inside 300 yards with a 300gr bullet. You will need to be able to run solids too. Bullet sponges like hippos aren't all that impressed by soft point bullets. Last trip to Africa I took a 375 RUM, and it added nothing to the hunt but recoil and muzzle blast. Shots on that trip ranged from Nyala at 275 yards to a lion at 27 yards. I wished for my shorter, handier 375WBY every day. Just something to consider since Africa is on your menu. Do anything you can to get there, you will never regret it.

 

[gyrfalcon]

Within a few years, I'm looking to travel the world and hunt game of every size. Including Kodiak bear, Cape buffalo, and maybe a giraffe if I can. To be able to safely take these game and abide by whatever laws that are set in their area I need a cartridge with a caliber of at least .375. I've been looking at four cartridges to push the new heavier bullets fast: 375 Cheytac, 375 Snipetac, 375 Mercenary, and the 375 Mjolnir. I am not an expert on any of these chambering's but from my limited knowledge the 375 Cheytac requires a cheytac length action of course and can push 350 grain bullets at around 3100 ft./s, it seems that the snipetac is an improved version of the Cheytac which gains velocity and im assuming trys to mitigate case growth however I am unsure of how much velocity it gains. The 375 mercenary seems to be a wildcat created by swamplord based on the Cheytac action and bolt face however it has a longer overall length and sharper shoulders allowing the same bullet to be pushed faster. The Mjolnir on the other hand looks to be the derivative of an improved 500 Jeffrey therefore not on the Cheytac action but I do not know if It can be mag fed with a 350 match king, this looks the safest of the options barrel life wise However I have zero knowledge on any of the ballistics for how fast It can push anything. I would like to know more about the three Wildcats and each of their benefits upon the 375 Cheytac. If anyone has first-hand knowledge with these I would like to know brass availability if possible or any other knowledge you would be willing to share.

-Coercionist

 

[gyrfalcon]

Read "Africa's most dangerous game" by Kevin Robertson, a wildlife vet with experience on thousands game animals.
He rates the .375 H&H very high, the hyped versions not so much, Due to excessive speed with resulting unpredictable bullet behaviour. Give it a read from the guy with the experience.

 

[Coercionist]

Read "Africa's most dangerous game" by Kevin Robertson, a wildlife vet with experience on thousands game animals.
He rates the .375 H&H very high, the hyped versions not so much, Due to excessive speed with resulting unpredictable bullet behaviour. Give it a read from the guy with the experience.

Will do. Never thought about velocity compromising the bullets

 

[Bravo 4]

This started out as an ELR hunting & shooting thread and morphed into short range…

 

[Joe Bishop]

That 375 HH is just works great on African game, the all time Classic. It shoots the Barnes TSX 210-235 grain bullets quite well @300 yards as well as the 250-270 Barnes TSX. If your ammo gets lost on transport you will find it on the shelf at the ammo store. Works great on elk too.

 

[backwoodsshooter]

my vote is for the 37XC.

i've been digging around for a 37 cal for roughly a year and everything i've read and seen comes full circle back to David Tubb's XC line up.

plus his brass is reasonably priced…. or was.

plus for me if i ever decided to make the switch to a 33 cal i can use the same brass

 

[Coercionist]

This started out as an ELR hunting & shooting thread and morphed into short range…

Yeah, but i want at least one of each rifle so its fine with me LOL
But anyways thanks for input with the ELR stuff that helped alot

 

[Coercionist]

my vote is for the 37XC.

i've been digging around for a 37 cal for roughly a year and everything i've read and seen comes full circle back to David Tubb's XC line up.

plus his brass is reasonably priced…. or was.

plus for me if i ever decided to make the switch to a 33 cal i can use the same brass

I have come to the same consensus it looks like the XC line is reasonable priced, has peterson brass and still impressive ballistics whilst being able to have a switch barrel rig with a 338 375 and a 416 barrel. Looks certainly intriguing

 

[backwoodsshooter]

I have come to the same consensus it looks like the XC line is reasonable priced, has peterson brass and still impressive ballistics whilst being able to have a switch barrel rig with a 338 375 and a 416 barrel. Looks certainly intriguing

yeppers, though for me, my plan is to get his 33xc first then down the road get his 37xc for the reason above about the barrel switching lol

 

[Coercionist]

On the original subject of ELR rifles, can any of y'all identify this chassis? If so then does it come in a left version?

 

[HunterMann]

Not trying to be ascerbic, but have you ever even shot any cartridge in the class that you are talking about? From prone/modified prone where you can shoot 1000 yards and beyond the 37XC is incredible however it comes at the cost of pretty absurd muzzle blast etc. Just my opinion but I wouldn't even consider it for 800-1000 yards and in. Furthermore, it's single shot all the way unless you use a Cheytac action…and then you should just build a Cheytac Improved (375 Gibbs).

For all the game animals you just listed a 375 H&H or 375 RUM shooting something like a the Badlands 300gr SBII will smoke them and allow you to run a repeater in something less than 20-30lbs. It has G7 BC of .317. The 375 H&H will push it ~2650 and the 375 RUM will push it ~ 2950. However, to each his own.

How about pushing a a really good bullet in a 375 Ruger? How much do you need to shoot how far ???

 

[HunterMann]

This is a topic I debated for some time before finally deciding on a 375 Lapua Improved, mine should be done in the next few months. It is true the larger case capacity cartridges look better on paper- but are the really any better for hunting? Unless you are shooting much further than a mile I would submit not. You only have to kill something dead and a 350 grain bullet at 2750-2800 will reliably kill anything that has walked the planet for at least the last 1 million years.

Of note is the new sniper cartridge the Europeans are using called the .375 Swiss P, it is essentially a .375 Lapua improved.

My build:
Defiance Anti / DBM
26 in Bartlein (do not want a 30 in barrel on a hunting rifle)
Carbon fiber M40 stock
Leupold Mk 5 HD 3.6 x 18
Neopod (.25 lb) bipod- 500 bucks! ug....
Ti brake

I have a very similar 338 Lapua improved that weighs less than 11 lbs. scoped with bipod. The 338 is a little better than a .5 MOA rifle (on average) with 252 MTH Cutting edge bullets in field conditions.

Btw; I also plan on taking mine to Africa.

We all get caught up on paper ballistics, but you gotta ask yourself when is enough- enough?

I have not seen much info on the 375 Swiss P.