375_H&H_Mag
Bearcat
Thanks everyone for the replies. Whitetail are tough animals. I take most with a scoped 30-06 vintage 721 remington, circa 1952 8) but I have shot a couple with my 375 H&H Mag. with 270 gr bullets traveling @ about 2800 fps. Shot a doe with said load broadside at 35 yards. Square pass-through the lungs. The deer ran about 45 yards before she fell. They are tough animals. To the credit of my shoulder fired cannon, it looked as though a fire hose was pumping blood behind her :wink:
After shooting that big rifle for years, most other guns feel like plinkers, even the 44 mag revolver. Unless of course you move into the 416 Rigby, 458 win mag, 460 weatherby, et al.
Take it to the range here where most are shooting 300 mags, 7 mm mags, 270, 06' and the like, and you can get most folks attention VERY quick when you touch off a HOT, and I mean HOT 375 H&H round. :shock:
It's a long way from being the KING but it is the QUEEN of the medium bore long gun and much further ahead than what many shoot. I know, I know this is a Ruger forum, so I'll stop singing its praises.
Anyway, I think I will hang around the 240 gr class in this beast 44 mag and keep shots less than 50 yards for now.
Thanks so much for the input. It has been helpful. Now, if I can just learn to shoot this thing more accurately. I can put six shots in a tea cup at 20 yards with my 357 mag 686 smith offhand, but I did good to put 6 shots into a 5 gallon bucket at that range with my new to me SBH. I know it is not the gun, I just got to get the nack of shooting this revolver.
After shooting that big rifle for years, most other guns feel like plinkers, even the 44 mag revolver. Unless of course you move into the 416 Rigby, 458 win mag, 460 weatherby, et al.
Take it to the range here where most are shooting 300 mags, 7 mm mags, 270, 06' and the like, and you can get most folks attention VERY quick when you touch off a HOT, and I mean HOT 375 H&H round. :shock:
It's a long way from being the KING but it is the QUEEN of the medium bore long gun and much further ahead than what many shoot. I know, I know this is a Ruger forum, so I'll stop singing its praises.
Anyway, I think I will hang around the 240 gr class in this beast 44 mag and keep shots less than 50 yards for now.
Thanks so much for the input. It has been helpful. Now, if I can just learn to shoot this thing more accurately. I can put six shots in a tea cup at 20 yards with my 357 mag 686 smith offhand, but I did good to put 6 shots into a 5 gallon bucket at that range with my new to me SBH. I know it is not the gun, I just got to get the nack of shooting this revolver.