New .375 has arrived!!

[Marshall T Farr]

What a beautiful rifle!!!!!!! From my understanding in regards to loads it is common to load 1 or 2 soft points on top followed by solids if they are needed to anchor the animal. However, i'm sure it is just a matter of preference

 

[Bruce]

GREAT looking rifle by the way... wish you all the success and happiness hunting with it.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

It would be factory ammo for me

Reedy: I'm like Bruce and really like the Swift A-Frame. However, it's become difficult to find in factory ammo as the Remington Premier line of ammo that featured the Swift A Frame is no longer available. Not sure what happened there. A good source of custom ammo that I use, since I don't currently reload, is Hendershots. Check out their large line of custom loaded ammo: https://hendershots.net/custom-ammo/

fyi, Hendershots is based in Maryland and is supposedly the largest seller of Dakota rifles in the US. Nice guns, but a bit out of my price range. I have bought and used their ammo for my 338 WM and 375 Ruger. Very accurate.

 

[Bruce]

NORMA do Swift A Frame in various calibres... including 375.
I have just bought a whole bunch in 458 WM for my elephant hunt next month. My son will be hunting buff as well with these!

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

 

[Petrus Geldenhuys]

Awesome! May you have on target bullets for many years to come.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

It would be factory ammo for me

What Bruce said.

 

[cpr0312]

Thanks guys for all the input!

 

[cpr0312]

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375 Ruger, what grains(s) do you shoot? From most of what I've seen its pretty standard to go after Buff with 300 grain, and at least 270 grain

 

[Custom]

Reedy: I have the wood stocked version, the Caprivi, in 375 H & H. That's it in my avatar with my buffalo taken last July. I don't reload, so it is factory ammo for me. I used Barnes ammo with 300 gr tsx bullets. They performed perfectly on the buffalo; broadside heart shot - he ran 50 yards and tipped over stone dead. We recovered the bullet against the skin on the far side - perfect mushroom!

 

[cpr0312]

Thank you Custom!

 

[BRICKBURN]

Good luck getting the new toy set up and ready to go.
Nothing like a Buffalo to motivate good shooting!

 

[cpr0312]

Thanks Brickburn! I agree on the motivation!!

 

[larry4831]

I love my talkeetna, very accurate has a great feel to it.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

375 Ruger, what grains(s) do you shoot? From most of what I've seen its pretty standard to go after Buff with 300 grain, and at least 270 grain

I mainly shoot 300 gr, but have also played with the 270 gr on the range. I originally bought my 375 Ruger for an Alaskan brown bear hunt a few years ago. With the 375 Ruger, your choice of factory ammo is Hornady and Hornady. The the GMX is a good bullet, but I also got some custom stuff from Hendershots. I went with the 300 gr Swift A Aframe and it gives me about 2600 fps out of a 23 inch barrel.

Reedy, I am curious on how you plan to break in the barrel of your new rifle. I know people's opinions vary widely on the need or technique for doing this. I usually clean the barrel between each of the first 5 shots, then go to shooting 2 shots and cleaning for the next 10 rounds and then shoot a 5 shot group with the last 5 rounds in the box.

 

[bassasdaindia]

lovely rifles , I regret not buying one a few years ago , it was on the shelf of my local gun shop for so long .

congrats and enjoy , my choice of scope would be :

Leupold VX3 2.5-8X36

 

[cpr0312]

Thank you gents for all the input, this site is an amazing place to gain lots of knowledge about these things!

 

[cpr0312]

375 Ruger,

I guess I havn't given it much thought yet other than shooting a few rounds then cleaning, then trying to get it dialed in, too excited about finally getting it in my hands!

 

[larry4831]

Another nice thing about the talkeetna is that it holds four in the magazine and one up the spout, instead of three and one.

 

[cpr0312]

Larry4831,

Agreed, another nice feature about this gun!