375 Ruger a Dying Cartridge?

[SkunkCabbage]

I had a buddy pick up a 375 and a 416 Ruger. He’s been having a hell of a time getting 416 brass. He was told that Ruger and Hornady have had disagreements which is a big reason why it’s hard to find.

H&H guy myself. Let’s be realistic, we didn’t buy H&Hs to shoot long range so this argument on it’s a ballisticsly better cartridge whatever. I bought an H&H because I liked the nostalgia and history of the cartridge itself. I’d still recommend grabbing an H&H if you are on the fence between the two. You can find it easy enough.

 

[Boone13]

A guide gun in 30-06 would be very cool. 30-06 is probably my favorite cartridge out there.

Ditto. All these new whizbang cartridges and I still consistently come back to 30-06.

 

[Boone13]

I had a buddy pick up a 375 and a 416 Ruger. He’s been having a hell of a time getting 416 brass. He was told that Ruger and Hornady have had disagreements which is a big reason why it’s hard to find.

H&H guy myself. Let’s be realistic, we didn’t buy H&Hs to shoot long range so this argument on it’s a ballisticsly better cartridge whatever. I bought an H&H because I liked the nostalgia and history of the cartridge itself. I’d still recommend grabbing an H&H if you are on the fence between the two. You can find it easy enough.

It's so annoying that Ruger and Hornady play this game. They make a new whizbang cartridge or rifle, push it super hard for a few years, and then poof it's gone and they're onto the next whizbang new thing that's allegedly 1% better. They leave behind the users who adopted the last thing who now can't find ammo or reloading support. This crap really makes the case for sticking to old proven everywhere cartridges like 30-06 and 375 H&H. They have staying power.

 

[RockAndSage]

It's so annoying that Ruger and Hornady play this game. They make a new whizbang cartridge or rifle, push it super hard for a few years, and then poof it's gone and they're onto the next whizbang new thing that's allegedly 1% better. They leave behind the users who adopted the last thing who now can't find ammo or reloading support. This crap really makes the case for sticking to old proven everywhere cartridges like 30-06 and 375 H&H. They have staying power.

This, and general supply shortages, are exactly why I always price in a few cases of ammo to the purchase of a new gun, along with mags if applicable. It just insulates you forever from the BS, especially if you reload at all.

As much as I value doing business locally, buying ammo at the local gun store when you need it, a couple of boxes at a time, makes about as much sense as buying gas a couple of gallons at a time, or groceries one bag at a time. For whatever a new gun is chambered in, I just pick up 2 or 3 cases at the same time as the gun purchase (via ammoseek, usually), and never have to worry about it again at all.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Ditto. All these new whizbang cartridges and I still consistently come back to 30-06.

You can always get ammo for it and if you hand load you can make some excellent ammo.

It’s been a few years since I’ve seen a steady supply of 375HH, 375R and 338wm on shelves. I know it’s out there but like 10 years ago you could go to sportsman’s and choose between 7-8 different 375HH rounds, federal blue box was like 45 dollars a box back then. The last box of 375 ammo I bought was some nosler safari grade (that’s all they had) with basic 260g partitions, I think it was like 130 for the box and it was the only box on the shelf.