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While my son is away in California fighting fire, I thought I'd get the .375 ready for him before he returns. He's been wanting to use it for deer/elk but it was wearing a muzzle brake and he HATES the brake. I had it stuck on some years ago when I had the rifle reblued and more or less rebuilt as it was in sad shape, beat-up and all the bluing gone. The brake got me thru a time of some physical ailments effecting my neck and shoulder, but those are improving and with the kid's demand for removal of the Cheese Grater, I pulled it.

Rifle is a SAKO left hand in .375 Holland and Holland Magnum caliber, with Leupold 4X M8 scope in EAW mounts.

With the brake removed, the rifle needed to be completely resighted, as when the brake is removed, my standby Hornady 300's at 2450 fps print about 12 inches low at 100 meters.

Resighting the rifle, I put them 1 inch high at 100 meters from sitting.

Incidently, I played around with that Lead Sled and that thing had them about 2 inches lower than I shoot them from sitting on the ground. I guess the sled would be OK for rough sighting, but on this gun it does not match my zero using a field position {sitting, elbows on knees}.

I also worked up what I think is an interesting companion load, the Hornady 220 grain Flat Point running along at and equal 2450, this using AA5744 powder. It prints a bit high as you can see in the groups accompanying. Such a load is equal to a heavy-bullet .30-06 and is much cheaper to shoot and for deer and elk, sufficient.

You guys that actually know how to shoot will have to excuse my shooting, but here it is:

These were groups I fired from sitting position, elbows resting on knees, no other rest, first from 100 meters:

Then from 200 yards, also from sitting, elbows on knees. I figured the 300's would fall low so to keep them in the chest I held for the point of the Facing Deer's nose. The 220's appear to be about dead on at this range, from the field shooting position anyhow. Holding for the hairline on a deer's back would make a dead dear with the 300's and holding dead-on ditto with the 220's.

Well, there it is, ready for the kid to settle it in for himself.

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Edited by 9ThreeXFifty7 (04/07/08 02:37 AM)

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