Effective range for a .375 H & H

[bruce moulds]

it would be effective on a kudu bull at 300 yds.
the cartridge is not marginal, and a well zeroed rifle would be capable of good hits in the hands of a good shot.
it would however me more emphatic at 100 yds.
the big problem starts from 300 and out.
bruce.

 

[Forrest Halley]

My Win 70 with Barnes 235gr TSX is dead on out to 300 yds sighted 2" high at 100 yds. I have shot steel at FTW Ranch out to 700 yds with a spotter. That's a real rainbow trajectory and not something I would try elsewhere. I try to keep all my shots at 300 or less with all calibers in the field.

Respectfully the BC on the 235's is terrible. I submit that with the 300 grain Nosler Accubond you've have more fun. There are even better bullets than that and if I were shooting that far I'd be using them.

 

[Summerfelt0351]

I’ve never used anything other than 300gr bullets in my dads 375 and honestly don’t think I ever will. I took a hartebeest at 325yards off the sticks with his 375 using Hornady 300gr BTSP hand loads at 2600FPS via RL15 and the hartebeest dropped in his tracks. We’ve always been heavy for caliber guys and that personally solidified it all the more. I have read that the 300gr Hornady BTSP were not reliable but I haven’t had an issue yet. I wish they still made them. I took a blue wildebeest at 80yds with the same load and it was a clean through and through with him only running 40yds before dropping.

 

[charlieB12345]

Your 350g Woodleighs will do just fine at 300 yards. I shoot them as well for elk in Colorado. Sight them in 3" high at 100 yards, they're dead on at 25 yards and at 200 yards. 12" low at 300, 24" low at 350 yards and 36" low at 400 yards still packing over 2000 ft lbs of energy. Those Woodleighs will open up at 400 yards and penetrate an elk lengthwise at 25 yards.

Dang!!!!

 

[Mountaineer]

260 grain nosler partitions opened up nicely for me at 500 yards in a ream of paper.

 

[Paul Homsy]

I had a long conversation with the late John Nosler in 1991. I had just bought ten boxes of 300 grain partition bullets which had come back on the market around 1990 after a long absence and many requests from hunters, and suggested an intermediate weight. John mentioned that there were already several 270s on the market. I suggested a 260 grain bullet, worked out the sectional density of these bullets over the phone with him and soon after the 260 grain came on the market.

I only shot the 260 grains partition in my own design improved 375 H&H. Chronographed at 3050 fps. A bit hot but superbly accurate load. Their ballistic coefficient is a bit on the lower end. The other offerings such as the E-tip and Accubond offer substantially superior BCs.

Nosler is truly an excellent company, turning out outstanding products and listening to their customers which speaks volumes. For that very reason, they're always at the forefront with quality offerings.

I'm not paid or rewarded in any way to promote their products. I didn't receive a box of 260s in exchange for a good suggestion nor did I receive any promotional material. I just used their products in many different calibers very successfully over the years.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

With 300Gr bullets, I’ve made up to 170 yard shots with .375 Holland & Holland Magnums. With a lighter bullet (say, in the 250-270Gr range), I have absolutely no doubt that you could go all the way out to 300 yards.

 

[colorado]

Well if an 1880s Sharps was effective out to 1000 yards with iron sights I think the only limitation of the 375 H&H would be the shooter

 

[Rafiki]

Well, I read on this forum that some gal killed an elk at over 600 yards (or was it meters) with a 243, it's gotta be better than that.

 

[PARA45]

I made my longest shot on a Kudu this year with my AHR CZ-550 in 375 H&H, hunting the Eastern Cape with Game-4-Africa Safaris. I used factory Barnes 300 grs TSX and shot from the quad Rudolph Sticks. It was towards the end of the day, no wind and the weather was prob in the low 50s. The distance was 317 yds, ranged by PH. I placed the dot of my Trijicon scope on the hump of the quartering away Kudu and took the shot. The Kudu went maybe 10 yds and dropped.

 

[Datchew]

Well, I read on this forum that some gal killed an elk at over 600 yards (or was it meters) with a 243, it's gotta be better than that.

had to be meters or yards.
Unless it was a 6.5 creedmore. Then it would have been miles.

 

[Racer00]

I took this blesbok at 291 yards off the sticks with a 300 A-Frame back in June.

 

[colorado]

I made my longest shot on a Kudu this year with my AHR CZ-550 in 375 H&H, hunting the Eastern Cape with Game-4-Africa Safaris. I used factory Barnes 300 grs TSX and shot from the quad Rudolph Sticks. It was towards the end of the day, no wind and the weather was prob in the low 50s. The distance was 317 yds, ranged by PH. I placed the dot of my Trijicon scope on the hump of the quartering away Kudu and took the shot. The Kudu went maybe 10 yds and dropped.

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Beautiful animal awesome shot!

 

[rdog]

Sorry meant to say that in the UK we are only allowed Solids and not expanding ammunition for that calibre.

Regards

DavieH

Why ?

 

[375er]

300 yds is easily doable with the .375.