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luv2safari
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375 Weatherby Resurgence?
      #57426 - 20/05/06 01:02 PM

So...what is wrong with the 375 Wby? I can't find anything wrong with it. It will launch a 350gr bullet at the same velocity that is maximum for a 300gr in the standard 375 H&H.

If shooting PG or elk over a clear cut, it can sail a 235gr out at 3000+ FPS.

AND...in a pinch one can shoot 375 H&H ammo. I think that all the noses get out of joint or head skyward simply because of the moniker, Weatherby, attached to it. I am sure that if it were named the 375 H&H Super or 375 Jeffrys Express the whole shooting world would wax nostalgic over it, just as they do the wonderful old original. The Weatherby loading is now getting old enough that many of it's original detractors have died off.

I've shot a 375 H&H for a long time now, but have recently tried a 375 Wby in a nice older FN action Sako; the H&H is a pre-64 Win Mdl 70. I must admit that I like the added flexibility of the Wby round, and the Sako drives tacks.

It seems that I am not alone. The 375 Weatherby is once again being factory loaded. Is it on it's way back??

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Re: 375 Weatherby Resurgence? [Re: luv2safari]
      #57427 - 20/05/06 01:05 PM

I like it head and shoulders over the .378 Wby. and I wouldn't mind owning one. I never have, though, and doubt I will. Not a DR cartridge.

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Re: 375 Weatherby Resurgence? [Re: luv2safari]
      #57435 - 20/05/06 07:12 PM

I like the 375 Wby but do not see a clear need for it.The H&H covers the bases well. The question arises whether it is worth the extra 100fps it provides.I doubt if the animals shot could tell the difference. There is less than an inch diifference in the trajectory of a 300 gr bullet from an H&H vs a 375 WBY at 300yds.

If I am going to step up from the 375 H&H, ballistically I would look at the 378 Wby round for a 300fps increase and a flattened trajectory.That would allow easier shots on large non dangerous game at a distance.Obviously no DG should be shot from a distance and risk wounded lost DG. At shorter hunting distances any difference over the 375 H&H dwindles.The 378's major drawback would be the viscious recoil.THAT is the 378's rep I recall.

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Edited by hoppdoc (20/05/06 07:23 PM)

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Re: 375 Weatherby Resurgence? [Re: luv2safari]
      #57444 - 20/05/06 11:00 PM

The 375 Weatherby is a great cartridge in its own right, and well-worth building a rifle around. If you can find a copy of Warren Page's classic book, "One Man's Wilderness", Page's old and much-used 375 Weatherby was prominently used in many of the stories.

What's great about the 375 Wby. is that it bridges the gap very nicely between 375 H&H and 378 Wby., with recoil being MUCH less than the 378, plus you can have it built on any action that can be used for a 375 H&H; you don't need a 416 Rigby-size action, as is the case with the 378 Wby. Not only that, but if your ammo becomes separated from you in Africa, you can safely fired garden variety 375 H&H ammo in your rifle to get by very nicely. You can't do that with the 378......

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Re: 375 Weatherby Resurgence? [Re: allenday]
      #57468 - 21/05/06 09:23 AM



In reply to:

Not only that, but if your ammo becomes separated from you in Africa, you can safely fired garden variety 375 H&H ammo in your rifle to get by very nicely. You can't do that with the 378......



Allen , that is the truth and you don't have to buy Weatherby brass at their price, simply shoot H&H ammo to fireform. However, one can shoot the GARDEN VERIETY H&H ammo much more effeiently in a 375 H&H chamber.



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Re: 375 Weatherby Resurgence? [Re: luv2safari]
      #57653 - 23/05/06 01:01 PM

I've long wanted a .375 Wby and would love to have the Weatherby DGR but it's way beyond my budget. I recently bought a set of RCBS .375 Wby dies for a whopping $10 so now I'm commited. I've got to get one now! I'll probably get a Ruger #1 H&H and rechamber it and have the barrel remarked {I'm just anal that way}.

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Re: 375 Weatherby Resurgence? [Re: hoppdoc]
      #57708 - 24/05/06 02:13 PM

hoppdoc,

The rationalization for the 375 Wby is it makes for a real good excuse to buy another rifle. Have you learned NOTHING here...

SCGN...Go for it...!

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Re: 375 Weatherby Resurgence? [Re: luv2safari]
      #57724 - 24/05/06 08:09 PM

If I can lay my hands on a desirable and sharp looking rifle I agree

I love my 375 H&H for bear hunting. Its a blast!

I have been known to have up to four! 7 mm Mag in the past( I now have one!) cause I liked the guns or traded (the worst disease a rifleman can have).I have special purpose long range scopes and wood blanks but no rifle action due to this particular disease!!

At one point I considered a long range elk round from a 378 WBY. Having no large bolt action available I was going to rebarrel and redo a Winchester action to a 375 ultra shooting a 270 gr bullet at 2900 fps.Still may do that as I limit shooting 338 mag is to about 350 yards and then game is always on a ridge 450 yds away.With the large kill zone of a bull elk you can do it.

Is this true hunting? NO, but the shooting is a technical challenge to do it right.

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Edited by hoppdoc (24/05/06 08:11 PM)

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