Tamed down 375

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Thanks Bob, I feel the same. 308 and 30-06 seem to be adequate for all PG, so why not a 375 235gr at the same energy?

@Kevin Peacocke
I like your thinking plus the 375 puts a bigger hole in them to start with. I would prefer broadside shots tho

 

[Newboomer]

I was thinking PG up to about the size of wildebeest. Not including eland or giraffe, but all else should be fine. Not sure about zebra, they may need the full 375 300 grain treatment.

Not necessarily. I took my zebra with a 7RM and a 160gr Barnes TSX. 80 yds broadside. She did a 180, ran about 50yds, did a drunken pirouette and flopped. Same rifle and bullet for black and blue wildebeest, waterbuck, nyala, hartebeest, impala, blesbok and several springbok. Ranges from 50 to 268 yds, all one shot kills through and through with good wound channel. None ran more tha about 60-75 yds.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

The integrity of the Speer bullet would be my only concern. The 235 Barnes or 250 swift would be my choice.

 

[Tom Leoni]

Yes. Slower equals holding together. Any .375 bullet traveling a little over 2000 fps will hold together and penetrate to the vitals of any plains game in the world. As a .375 devotee--and as someone who has killed 90% of my animals in my long career as a hunter with that caliber--I think you will be perfectly secure with that combination.

 

[rookhawk]

Hoping we get the story from @Kevin Peacocke about the gun. He’s over pressure and it’s causing some symptom of which I do not know. I would be surprised if the solution is downloading and trying to regulate for a 235gr to cure that problem. I think adjusting dies and shoulder bump will solve it.