ORIGINAL: James B
The recoil of the old H&H is mild in comparison but I once put a bunch of rounds through a 6.5 lb 375 H&H and the recoil was substancial.
I bought a Savage Alaska Guide Gun in .375 H&H. It's a lightweight, stainless, synthetic rifle. I doubt it weighs much more than 6-1/2 pounds, and you're absolutely correct - it THUMPS you! I put a Limbsaver recoil pad on it and a Nikon 2-7x scope with Warne QR mounts, and it's MUCH more tolerable to shoot now. The little extra weight with the scope and the much improved recoil pad really made quite a difference.
ORIGINAL: DM
What does it do that the others don't already do? (that actually amounts to anything)
You won't find ammo around like you do an H&H
No used guns around like the H&H
You're correct. The new .375 Ruger doesn't do anything new. It just gets the job done in a slightly different manner.
The reality is that most everything concerning rifle balistics has been done for quite a few decades now. Bullet design continues to improve, but bullets themselves don't sell new rifles.....unless they are loaded in new cartridge designs.
