375 H&H vs. The 338 Win Mag.

[mikeinct]

 

[mikeinct]

I'm a 375 fan myself. I've only used 4 or 5 & owned one over the years. Every 338 WM hunting rifle I've played around with a few times. It must be me. The 338 pounds me something awful. Never had one in my hands I enjoyed shooting. The big Ouch n Ouch I like messing around with it. Oh & out to say 150yds The bigger bullet has the edge. Mike in Ct

 

[ben lurkin]

Ive both. Not sure I agree with assessment here. Seems more like a bullet selection/performance issue.

 

[NETim]

I've shot prairie dogs with a 375.

It killed them.

(Rifle was a pre-64 Model 70 which I'm sure weighed in at over 10 lbs. So recoil wasn't too bad.)

 

[whatwind?]

275 swift a frame in the 338wm is way to go

 

[mikeinct]

275 swift a frame in the 338wm is way to go

Wow, That has to be one butt stomping load.

 

[Cbashooter]

Im a huge 375 H&H fan.Its a very flexible cartridge that reacts well with reduced loads in the 38-55 power range with cast bullets.My CZ (Brno 602) is near MOA with such loads quite often.A bonus is I can take 50 rounds to the range and shoot them all up with no pain .

 

[0.1 Aggregate]

Ive both. Not sure I agree with assessment here. Seems more like a bullet selection/performance issue.

Like so many YouTube videos, it’s high on style and very short on critical thinking…



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[TheOtherZilla]

Like so many YouTube videos, it’s high on style and very short on critical thinking…



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I have tried to watch a few of this guy's vids but they always seem lacking somehow..

 

[effendude]

All Ron proved with his video is the difference in the bullet's BC make a difference.

 

[wboggs]

I've used both on game. With bullets of approximately equal sds, not a lot of difference. But it is easier to load a higher sd bullet in the .338. Velocity is higher in the .338 with a little better trajectory. Ammo for the .375 is easier to obtain in Africa. I have not seen a lot of difference in knockdown power for the .375. To see this in the field, you need to jump up to .416 or .458 with a major increase in recoil. I have found the sharpness of recoil is related to high pressure loads with a high velocity gas exit.
Both the .338 and .375 are suberb with well placed shots using bullets constructed for the intended game. This is the most important thing.
I would probably choose the 275 gr in the .338 over the 300 in .375 but comparisons are difficult due to the many factor involved.

 

[AckleymanII]

I shot some deer with a Rem 700 factory 338 WM using 160g Barnes TTSX at 3200, very, very accurate and just slaughtered the deer. A friend's dream was to have a barrel like the 338, so he got dies, barrel, bullets, still shooting it to this day.... was 15 years ago.

 

[wboggs]

Light Barnes triple shock bullets traveling at those speeds are deadly on smaller game. Accuracy is superb in many loads. The 250gr is a good choice for larger game and I've had many loads grouping three shots much less than one
moa.

 

[wboggs]

I thought about another thing that increases the impact effect on large animals and that is increasing the weight of the bullet. Observing buffalo in Africa revealed a difference between a 400 and 450 gr in .416 and a 500 and 550 gr in .458. Recoil really goes up but you can see the animal sag more at the hit. I prefer to go up in caliber.