DoubleTap and Buffalo Bore also load for the 375 & 416 Rugers.In the lower 48, which is why I started reloading. Now Swift has some choices besides Hornady when it can be found.
I probably wills stick to the 375 H&H as well, and I don't necessarily need another 375...Maybe the 416 Ruger...The .375 Ruger is a well-designed and extremely well marketed cartridge. It brought together two giants in the American firearms industry: the synergy of the Ruger rifles in which it was offered and the Hornady-engineered cartridge itself was nothing short of magical. Most of all, I'm happy that it lit so many people's fire. We all need to want a new rifle.
Personally, I'll stick to the .375 H&H. The deliberately-moderate velocities I get from my handloads make it wonderful to shoot and have never lost me an animal. Also, I have never been able to appreciate cartridge efficiency--actually preferring the much more prosperous and Rubenesque nitro express rounds of the good old days. And lastly, I am quite agnostic on an additional .3" of bolt throw, while I positively dislike the looks of short barrels other than on Mannlicher-stocked rifles.
But I reiterate that this cartridge, from a purely objective standpoint, is right on target and it deserves to continue being a success. Long live the .375 Ruger.
I agree that the standard, nominal MV of most 300-grain factory ammo is too fast except for perhaps all-copper expanding bullets. For the Swift A-Frame, which is composed of pure copper & pure lead I load them to 2,450 fps MV. That MV will gain you entrance to any country that cares a whit about MV/ME on DG.The 375 H&H is a bit too fast as it is the 375 Flanged Magnum NE is perfect with a 300gr. If you load a 375 H&H with 340gr bullets it becomes perfect and not marginal for DG....
2200fps to 2400fps is perfect speed for bullets with sd of over .300 getting to sd of .330 or about again is perfect for dg......
@IvWThe 375 H&H is a bit too fast as it is the 375 Flanged Magnum NE is perfect with a 300gr. If you load a 375 H&H with 340gr bullets it becomes perfect and not marginal for DG....
2200fps to 2400fps is perfect speed for bullets with sd of over .300 getting to sd of .330 or about again is perfect for dg......
What about the 380 gr peregrine's?@IvW
That's why the 9.3x62 takes big game so well with a 300 or 320gn bullet. High SD of .341 and 2,200fps.
It may not have the fpe of the 375H&H but it has the penetration.
As you said the 375H&H speeds need a 350gn.
Bob