375 h&h
#21
here ya go....
http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpage.asp?CaliberID=82
I once read another article on basically how any dream hunt was not out of reach....sure this economy isn't helping, but basically it just stated such things like, are you willing to drive an old truck vs. the brand new 150? etc...?
I have heard about quite a few "cheap" south african hunts, high fence of course...
Also btw I believe you can buy .375H&H ammo anywhere, african, US....etc...vs. some other big game ammo etc...
http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpage.asp?CaliberID=82
I once read another article on basically how any dream hunt was not out of reach....sure this economy isn't helping, but basically it just stated such things like, are you willing to drive an old truck vs. the brand new 150? etc...?
I have heard about quite a few "cheap" south african hunts, high fence of course...
Also btw I believe you can buy .375H&H ammo anywhere, african, US....etc...vs. some other big game ammo etc...
#22
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You can use a sledge hammer to crack open a walnut, but there are better tools for the job. Get it?
Plus one really needs 3,500 foot pounds of energy for whitetail deer. They might make a charge.
Last edited by vabyrd; 01-13-2010 at 04:31 AM.
#26
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: central NY
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yup we can all have different opinions on things ,doesn't mean the next guy is any better or worse? i also have an extensive firearms collection and have many people ask me what should i use for this,whats better for this? i tell them you are getting my opinion...it may be different then what you have heard from someone else.but you should respect other opinions.i also get questions that to me (my opinion) are so foolish its hard to answer without laughing..for example i often get whats better for deer the 308,or the 3006 or the 270??? to me that is a foolish question , like asking whats better for holding ice cream a blue bowl ,red bowl or a white bowl but i respectfully give my opinions on the rounds. is the 375 overkill? probably but in that theory the 30/06 is overkill also?as a matter of fact anything over a 243 or 25/06 would be.last year i walked the woods here in northern NY with a cz 550 chambered in the 458lott, only one day.was it overkill hell yes was it fun...kinda. couple of the guys at the hunting camp asked why i said there was reports of spikes charging LOL
Last edited by snuffynra; 01-13-2010 at 08:26 AM.
#29
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I understand that you have yet another contrary opinion, but it is not helping anything. Yes, it is a bit silly to use a DGR for light game, but using your DGR and becoming familiar with it has a purpose. The negative comments are also silly. Offensive and insulting comments don't really benefit anyone. The subject of was the great old .375 H&H, something with which I have fairly extensive first hand knowledge.
Once again, some fear a contrary opinion to anything gun.
The 375 H&H has its place, and it's not for whitetail deer and crows. Kinda like some of the PH opinions when told the 375 Ruger "does the same thing as the 375 H&H".
"So what?"
So one can shoot deer with a 375 H&H......so what?
#30
I could see some guys testing out some big bores in prep for alaska/africa, I mean aside from the range, what else are you going to test one of these big boys out on before a trip like that?
Aside from that I'd probably not have a .375, 458 as my goto deer rifle...course I'd take a .375 here in IL anyday over a slug.....but we're stuck with slugs...
my cousin, who's been to africa etc...., the 375 was the gun he bought for his safari, fell in love with that particular rifle, and now uses it on just about everything, used it on a mtn.lion! He says how well the gun fits etc....so if the gun fits? haha. He's also lost a giant black bear with a good shot from a .300WSM he said, after that he's kinda fine with overkill.
Aside from that I'd probably not have a .375, 458 as my goto deer rifle...course I'd take a .375 here in IL anyday over a slug.....but we're stuck with slugs...
my cousin, who's been to africa etc...., the 375 was the gun he bought for his safari, fell in love with that particular rifle, and now uses it on just about everything, used it on a mtn.lion! He says how well the gun fits etc....so if the gun fits? haha. He's also lost a giant black bear with a good shot from a .300WSM he said, after that he's kinda fine with overkill.