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.

 

[Choupique]

sticking to old proven everywhere cartridges like 30-06 and 375 H&H. They have staying power.

375 h&h is kinda turning into a bit of a problem. The options are shrinking, it's almost never in stock locally, and the prices are insane. Same for .338 win mag. As little as 10 years ago it was available with options. The old stuff is kinda being killed off.

 

[crobb]

375 Ruger brass listed in stock at Europtic right now for those looking. It has popped up online a couple spots last 2 weeks.

 

[rickyw]

I’ve got the 30-06 guide gun. I like it. I’d like to get the extra round floorplate from Alaska arms and then it would fit 6 down. Currently loading it with the 200 grain eldx

I was interested in picking up a 375 ruger as well, but no ammo around and no brass - and I didn’t care to get into the 300 prc re sizing

 

[_S_R_]

Well... I just picked up a brand new Ruger Guide in 30-06 about an hour ago. To good of a deal to pass up... And while 338 hypothetically would have covered both 30-06 and 375 type duties, I feel like 30-06 overlaps with 338 to much to be worth buying one in that cal now. When I buy another Ruger Guide/Alaskan/African it'll be in 375 Ruger.

This Ruger Guide is soooo nice. Super stoked to have it. I'm about to order 200rnds of Hornady Outfitter 150gr so I can get it to the range asap.

Did you were able to shoot it?

 

[thinhorn_AK]

375 h&h is kinda turning into a bit of a problem. The options are shrinking, it's almost never in stock locally, and the prices are insane. Same for .338 win mag. As little as 10 years ago it was available with options. The old stuff is kinda being killed off.

I have enough supplies on hand to load 5-600 rounds of 375HH, after that I’m down to factory ammo. I can’t imagine ever shooting that rifle that much but I agree, I havnt seen ammo, reloader 15, large rifle magnum primers in a long time.

Sometimes Graffs has brass, I got a box of hornady and a big bog of Norma brass from them awhile back. Last time I saw ammo for it, a small shop had three boxes of Remington corelokt stuff, I grabbed all three. Ten years ago, I could get federal blue box for like 39.00/box.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I’ve got the 30-06 guide gun. I like it. I’d like to get the extra round floorplate from Alaska arms and then it would fit 6 down. Currently loading it with the 200 grain eldx

I was interested in picking up a 375 ruger as well, but no ammo around and no brass - and I didn’t care to get into the 300 prc re sizing

It would be awesome to have six rounds on tap. That is my favorite feature of my m70 extreme weather 30-06, it holds 5 rounds in the box.

 

[Yung6ix]

I have two hawkeyes, a 6.8 and a .358 that have both been just fine and are quite accurate. I think ruger is really the only choice these days for a factory-new working rifle. I've heard of feeding issues with the .375 ruger and hornady ammo, but I don't have any experience with it myself. I dislike the small size of the ruger safety and the fact that you need a small nail or pin to strip the bolt. Other than that they're just fine.