ORIGINAL: johnwayne
I am going to get a ruger no1 rifle and I have narrowed it down to either the 300H&H or the 375H&H. I am from canada and I will be using this rifle for everything from deer up to moose, bear and possibly woodland buffalo but the majority of the time it will be deer.
I will be hunting in all terrains including heavy bush, open fields and mountains.
The 300 will be better for deer and longer ranges but mightnot beas effective on moose or buffalo.
The 375 will be better for the bigger animals and in the brush butit will have more weight and recoil.
I will be handloading both calibers.
For those of you that haveexperience with these caliberswhich would you recomend?
The 300H&H "properly loaded" will flatten any animial in NA... and will do so with less recoil than a 338 or 375...
I just don't understand the idea of buying a 375 and then shooting light weight bullets in it for less recoil... A 300 H&H with 200NP's in it will out perform (on big game) a 375 with any std. 260 grain bullet at any range...
I would have no fear of any bear with the 300H&H loaded with the 200 NP's, and a moose or a bison wouldn't stand a chance either...
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