RUGER #1 375 H&H

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linoww posted this 12 January 2009

I just purchased a Ruger #1 375 with a 4X Weaver.Using Ed Harris's advice of 12.0 of Bullseye with the Lyman 375248 it shot 2” average for five  5 shot groups at 100 and this was in  quite a bit of wind.I doubt it was sonic and  was a very pleasant blooper load.Many groups had 4 of the 5 into 1.5” or less.I also shot the RCBS 270FN GC with 30 of 5744 and it shot into 1.5-1.75” @ 100 for three 5 shot groups and seemed pretty darn hot.

Any other advice on 375 loads??

George

"if it was easy we'd let women do it" don't tell my wife I said that!

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PETE posted this 19 November 2011

TRK,

Aside from what 6pt says I've had some success with my .375 H&H Mag. this past Summer.

Possibly my buddy with a Ruger #1 will pipe in but until then I'll give you what my Win. Mod. 70 does.

I use the 250 gr. SAECO #738 PB bullet cast 1-25 Tin/Lead and sized .377. I use Javelina (NRA formula) as my lube and Rem. LR mag. primers. OAL is 3.550. My favorite load is 25 grs. of IMR 4198 which gives a MV of 1353 fps with an SD of 12 fps. Groups run around 1 1/2” at 100 yds.

Another good load I didn't chronograph is 20 grs. of SR4759. All else being the same as above groups run the same as the load above also.

Both loads should have the powder oriented for consistent results.

Neither load is what you'd call a powder puff load, as 6pt suggests you use, but is a long ways from a full house load too. :) They might not be accurate enuf for Prairie Dogs but you should be able to “bark” them. Throwing them up in the air a ways you'll also dig a nice hole for them to fall into and when the dirt comes down you'll effectively bury them. Nice and neat! No fuss! No bother!

Pete

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6pt-sika posted this 18 November 2011

TRK wrote: I have a R#1 Tropical in .375 Ouch and Ouch. Any recommendations on prairie dog CAST bullet loads?

Sure !

Get a Ruger 10-22 and shoot CCI Mini Mags ;)

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TRKakaCatWhisperer posted this 18 November 2011

I have a R#1 Tropical in .375 Ouch and Ouch. Any recommendations on prairie dog CAST bullet loads?

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LWesthoff posted this 16 November 2011

6pt-sika;

Actually, quite often all I'd have to do here to whack a deer is open the back door, and we have a small herd of Roosevelt elk with a dandy bull (who must have seen one of those “Hartford” ads somewhere - he spends a lot of time posing) that seems to like the 40 acre hayfield across the road.

Last few years before I quit, I really enjoyed some horse pack hunts up in the Washington wilderness areas and 'way up in Northern British Columbia. Maybe I got spoiled.

Wes

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6pt-sika posted this 16 November 2011

LWesthoff wrote: I don't hunt any more 'cause at 84, the hills are getting pretty steep.

Get yourself a nice 300 cc class ATV thats 4x4 and you should be able to get around enough to wack a deer . Or rather get your self in the general area so you only need to walk a couple hundred yards ;)

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LWesthoff posted this 16 November 2011

I don't hunt any more 'cause at 84, the hills are getting pretty steep, so I haven't fired my Rem. 700 .375 H&H for some time. However, I'm looking at a target on the wall of my loading room with a 1.5 inch 5-shot group (100 yds), fired June 8, 1983 with 63 gr. H4350 (no filler wad) behind Lyman 375449 (lino). That's not exactly a squib load, and I never used it hunting, but I'm pretty sure it would work for mule deer, with a bullet made of a little softer alloy.

One thing I'm very sure of - that old .375 firing Nosler partitions makes moose fall down very quickly.

Wes

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cptuap posted this 16 November 2011

Recently aquired a Ruger#1 in .375 H&H so I find this discussion interesting. Will be trying some cast loads using bullets from Hunters Supply, and others, at first to get an idea what it likes as to weight. Would like to have a good squib load as well as a hunting load for muledeer. Thanks to all previous posters on this subject. Cp

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6pt-sika posted this 30 May 2011

w-d-s wrote: Hi,375s in bolt guns can be good cast bullet shooters. you should try them in the #1. jacket bullets are very high priced now for plinking. wayne

I don't plink (I may however shot a few groups from time to time), so no need for me to worry about the price .

I check sights and hunt with my 375 H&H MAG when I feel the desire .

 

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w-d-s posted this 30 May 2011

Hi,375s in bolt guns can be good cast bullet shooters. you should try them in the #1. jacket bullets are very high priced now for plinking. wayne

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6pt-sika posted this 29 May 2011

w-d-s wrote: Hi, has anyone sluged or measured the throat diameter on there ruger #1 in 375 H-H? anyone tried heavy bullets over 300 gr. in 375? thanks wayne I have  Ruger #1H in 375 H&H MAG . Actually had this rifle twice . Anyway it isn't a cast shooter for me I just use the no longer produced Nosler 260 grain Ballistictip !

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w-d-s posted this 28 May 2011

Hi, has anyone sluged or measured the throat diameter on there ruger #1 in 375 H-H? anyone tried heavy bullets over 300 gr. in 375? thanks wayne

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CB posted this 01 June 2010

Ed,

It is amazing how fast we can go thru what appears to be a life time supply. Of all the powders totaled, I go thru probably 24 pounds a year. I shoot daily, so it does get used up fast.

Jerry

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CB posted this 01 June 2010

George,

I am looking in to buying a #1 in 375 Ruger, but an H&H would be nice also.

Jerry

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raytear posted this 30 May 2010

> We were all a lot younger in 1974. <

1974 !!   I was only about half as old then as I am now!

  :thinking:      To my fellow “Old Dogs" 

One day the old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old German Shepherd thinks, 'Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!' Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the old German Shepherd exclaims loudly, 'Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder, if there are any more around here?'

Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. 'Whew!' says the leopard, 'That was close! That old German Shepherd nearly had me!'

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So, off he goes, but the old German Shepherd sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up.

The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.

The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, 'Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!

Now, the old German Shepherd sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, 'What am I going to do now?', but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old German Shepherd says... 'Where's that monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!

Moral of this story...

Don't mess with the old dogs... age, skill, and treachery will always overcome youth and exuberance. Cool-headedness and brilliance only come with age and experience.

If you don't send this to five 'old' friends right away, there will be five fewer people laughing in the world.

Of course, I am in no way insinuating that any of you are old, some are just more 'youth challenged'.    :nawnawnaw:

You did notice the size of the print, didn't you?   (The original was in 30 pt type)

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galenaholic posted this 29 May 2010

Daryl S wrote: 23.0gr. SR7625 with the 270gr. GC Lyman bullet was my match load in a BRNO for a while. It ran MOA, prone with a sling and using the rifle's flip-up peep sight. (I was a lot younger in 1974)

Hell! We were all a lot younger in 1974. :D

Paul B.

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Daryl S posted this 29 May 2010

23.0gr. SR7625 with the 270gr. GC Lyman bullet was my match load in a BRNO for a while. It ran MOA, prone with a sling and using the rifle's flip-up peep sight. (I was a lot younger in 1974)

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galenaholic posted this 05 July 2009

 they are accurate.jhrosier wrote: Smokie joe wrote: I had one , Ruger #1 Tropica, 375 H&H, Last year I took it to Wind Hill and shot about 90 rds. Monday I felt so beat up I sold it for $400.00 on Monday. Joe Holy cow! I sure wish that I had been there to pick that one up. ( And I already have one.:))

I load mine up with 30-some-odd grains of 4198 and a 265 gr cast bullet over a pinch of dacron. I'm getting 38-55 balistics and not enough recoil to bother anyone. I have gotten many one ragged hole groups at 50 yards with this combo. I don't hunt big game so this is just a fun target load.

I paid a bunch of money for a single box of factory fodder the day that I picked up the gun because I just couldn't wait for my dies to come in. The factory ammo is a little more than a shade snappy, both to the shoulder and the wallet. I was ready to quit after fifteen rounds but I couldn't find anyone else will to touch off the last five. It was well worth the price of admission though. I had heard for years about how important the bullet construction was for hunting with the big boomers, but had no first hand experience. The bullets from the Remington 270 gr SP load only penetrated four or five inches in dry sand at 25 yards and completely disintigrated! I sure would have hated to botch a hunt with that sort of performance.

I'm more than a little curious to see what sort of results I might get with a cast bullet and a case full of black powder. I bought a couple of boxes of once fired nickled cases to give it a try this summer. Don't know if I will use real black or Triple-7.

Jack

Shoot my Ruger #1 in either .404 Jeffery or .416 Rigby with factory ammo and you'll think the .375 Ouch & Ouch is a pussycat. .>A lot cheaper too. The last time I bout ammo for th Rigby is was $125 a box. :shock:

My preference in jacketed bullets for the .375 is a 300 gr. bullet with common cup and core construction. If I were to go with a 270 gr. bullet, I'm thinking one of the premium bullets like the Nosler or Barnes TXS. I've tried a couple of the latter and I'm very impressed with their accuracy. My Mauser custom in .35 Whelen is a half minute gun with the Barnes 225 gr. TSX and a hot load of RL-15. The 100 gr. Barnes is the best groupng bullet in my M70 Featheweight in .257 Bob. They are pricey as all get out but doggonit they are accurate. :dude:

Paul B.

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Ed Harris posted this 02 July 2009

Ramsgate wrote: Hercules - it appears that 8 lbs of Bullseye is a lifetime supply... I used to think so, but now know better.  Since I started using Bullseye with plainbased bullets in my rifle ammunition too, as well as handgun ammo, the case of four 8-pound caddies I bought four years ago is down to the last caddy!  Of course I have loaded and hoarded a goodly supply of loaded ammo in my favorite calbers, but I have shot alot more with great enjoyment.

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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Ramsgate posted this 01 July 2009

Ed Harris wrote: Were you using current production Alliant product or older Hercules?

Hercules - it appears that 8 lbs of Bullseye is a lifetime supply. The 375 H&H is a delight to reload. I can only assume that people have tried the caliber in its full house mode and have been dismayed. It's an incredibly versatile round and if you run out of driveway markers or tent pegs, it's a useful substitute. Of course you have to take care whilst driving them in the ground.

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Ed Harris posted this 01 July 2009

Ramsgate,

This is good minimum bore-exit info to have. I never tried a .375 load that light with Bullseye, but anywhere in the range of 10-13 grs. has always been wonderful, depending on what it takes to stabilize the cast bullet of choice. Were you using current production Alliant product or older Hercules?

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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