328 gr Hammer Hunters 375 H&H?

[TaperPin]

I’ve always accepted the 375 is a short range gun only good for timber hunting or carrying while salmon fishing with Partitions, but a Partition runs out of speed after 300 yards and it seems a shame to have to leave it home when longer shots might be a possibility, or to shoot lighter bullets

Anyone shooting the 328 Hammer Hunter?

260 gr Accubonds make it to 500, sort of.



328 gr Hammer Hunters also make it to 500 with a lot more lead in it’s britches.

 

[Schmo]

I’ve always accepted the 375 is a short range gun only good for timber hunting or carrying while salmon fishing with Partitions, but a Partition runs out of speed after 300 yards and it seems a shame to have to leave it home when longer shots might be a possibility, or to shoot lighter bullets

Anyone shooting the 328 Hammer Hunter?

260 gr Accubonds make it to 500, sort of.

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328 gr Hammer Hunters also make it to 500 with a lot more lead in it’s britches.

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Are you going off of Hammer’s posted BC, or a tested BC? If you’re going off of Hammer’s posted BC, it’ll probably fall far short

 

[TaperPin]

Are you going off of Hammer’s posted BC, or a tested BC? If you’re going off of Hammer’s posted BC, it’ll probably fall far short

I know very little about Hammer in general, and only what they have posted for BC. That’s good to know.

 

[Schmo]

I know very little about Hammer in general, and only what they have posted for BC. That’s good to know.

They make a good mono bullet, but for the most part, their estimated BC’s are exaggerated, so just be careful about picking one of their options based on stated BC.

 

[Schmo]

AB has shot some of their stuff, but nothing in .375. On the bullets they do have, I’d do estimations with the CDM

 

[Snowwolfe]

Better choices out there if longer ranges are in your vision. I own both a 375 H&H and a Ruger 375.
If my hunting scenario was for longer ranges my 340 Weatherby would be in my hands.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

The 281g hammers work well.

 

[TaperPin]

Better choices out there if longer ranges are in your vision. I own both a 375 H&H and a Ruger 375.
If my hunting scenario was for longer ranges my 340 Weatherby would be in my hands.

This is just a fun project to breath a little extra range into the H&H. Now it’s a fishing companion, but way back, younger me carried one elk, deer and antelope hunting one year and it seems fun to maybe do that again for old time sake.

I agree with you something like the 340 wby is a far better choice for longer distances.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I hunted with a 375HH for a long time, longest kills with it were on moose right at 300 and a bear at 280. On that 300yd moose, I was using a 250g TTSX and it worked ok but didn't open nearly as much as I'd like. I've posted pics before of TTSX from that gun recovered from 300yds and one from 80yds,

I'd take a look at the 281 hammers if hammers are what you want, I think cutting edge makes a few neat 375 bullets as well.

 

[BUCKELK]

Is a perfectly adequate 300 yard round now considered short range? A .340 Weatherby with 250 grain partitions at 500 yards has 150lb/ft more energy and 9 inches less drop than the .375 with 260 accubonds referenced. At 300 yards they are absolutely in the same league. The line between what people universally accept as a short range vs long range caliber is comically insignificant.

 

[TaperPin]

I hunted with a 375HH for a long time, longest kills with it were on moose right at 300 and a bear at 280. On that 300yd moose, I was using a 250g TTSX and it worked ok but didn't open nearly as much as I'd like. I've posted pics before of TTSX from that gun recovered from 300yds and one from 80yds,

I'd take a look at the 281 hammers if hammers are what you want, I think cutting edge makes a few neat 375 bullets as well.

I remember your 250gr ttsx posts. Barnes must be restricted to smallish expanded diameters to keep recovered bullets looking nice and uniform. Most people seem to wish they expanded more since their bullets first came out.

The 281 Hammers are probably a better choice than the heavier one. It’s been a while since shooting monos in any rifles and it’s about time to try some of the new designs. I’m not locked into any bullet in particular, and will end up trying a few weights and brands in this and smaller calibers. I do like what folks have said about Cutting Edge and the minimum velocity of 1400 fps is really low, which works out well for big slow bullets.

 

[Snowwolfe]

You could try the Speer 235's Hot Cores. I just picked up 8 boxes of these for under $20 a box. If nothing else they make for cheap practice.
At longer ranges they should hold together pretty well as the velocity will be down