.375hh

[coachcw]

I ended up with a model 700 .375 hh , Is this enough gun for mule deer ? lol . what loads do you guys like ?

[Bill W]

you could always go the cast bullet route with this gun.

[BULLBLASTER]

  case full of imr4350 and a 260 partition shoots awesome in mine!
One of my favorite guns!

[BULLBLASTER]

You sure your big and manly enough to handle that? 

  don't come after me big man!

[carpsniperg2]

With the right bullet selection it might barely get the job done

[jackelope]

They're good for elk in Norway.
Or moose. Whatever. Same difference.

[carpsniperg2]

  Just make sure you don't hit the shoulder.

[BULLBLASTER]

They're good for elk in Norway.
Or moose. Whatever. Same difference.

Found you a shooter elk coach!

[theleo]

Bullets go to slow out of that thing for anything but ground squirrels. A bullet from that would merely bounce off a deer.

[D-Rock425]

I personally would have got a .416.

[luvmystang67]

I have one... Picked it up used at Cabelas for $399 with a VariX-III on it... old post '64 model 70.  Its heavy and my favorite bear gun now.  I'd love to smack and elk with it just to see.  I'm a little afraid of what it might do to a deer, but not too afraid to give it a shot if I hunt rifle this year.

I run the 300 grain przi rounds.  They're cheapest, pattern well for me, and at 300 grains its hard to go wrong.  Shoots a similar trajectory to a .30-06... but with a cannonball.

[BULLBLASTER]

I have one... Picked it up used at Cabelas for $399 with a VariX-III on it... old post '64 model 70.  Its heavy and my favorite bear gun now.  I'd love to smack and elk with it just to see.  I'm a little afraid of what it might do to a deer, but not too afraid to give it a shot if I hunt rifle this year.

I run the 300 grain przi rounds.  They're cheapest, pattern well for me, and at 300 grains its hard to go wrong.  Shoots a similar trajectory to a .30-06... but with a cannonball.

They are really actually good for deer. Big heavy slower moving bullet... The bullets are tough as well so not a lot of meat damage. I shot a mule deer with mine a couple years ago. But it was a head shot so same results as most rifles. 

[JimmyHoffa]

 
the guys I know that use them like them, say there is very little meat damage...kind of like how little damage from a .45-70 Gov't.  The bullets are usually pretty solid and aren't hyper velocity, so they just kind of plow through and don't have to expand and shatter/liquefy internals.  The one guy said it does less damage than his 7mm Rem Mag.

[b23]

I ended up with a model 700 .375 hh , Is this enough gun for mule deer ? lol . what loads do you guys like ?

When I was in my teens I worked for a wheat farmer that harvested about 10K acres on rotation.  He hunted in places I can't even pronounce and hunted stuff I'd never heard of.  Money was of little concern and he could easily afford any rifle he wanted.  He hunted/shot everything with this old Pre 64 model 70 375 H&H.  I think he practically wore out the mounting screws because he was always putting the latest greatest high dollar German scope on it but from coyotes to African Plains animals all he ever used was a 375 H&H and you better not say a word negative about it one or you'd have been looking for a new job.  It was kind of a running joke that he loved that gun so much he was going to be buried with it but I later learned it wasn't a joke. 

Holland & Holland practically has a cult following and it doesn't seem to matter which cartridge it is, if their barrel is stamped H&H, nothing else matters.

[coachcw]

bullbaster tie that elk up for me . by the time I draw he should be a giant .

[BULLBLASTER]

bullbaster tie that elk up for me . by the time I draw he should be a giant .

[nwwanderer]

Elmer Keith would be proud, harvest away!!

[birddogdad]

Elmer Keith would be proud, harvest away!!

so would Finn Aagaard! I recall many stories from my grandfather about Finn...

[yorketransport]

I ran Varget and 260 Accubonds in mine most of the time with great results. It's an incredibly versatile caliber with the right handloads. A cast bullet and a case full of TrailBoss powder makes a great rabbit load.

[scoutdog346]

I have one and i love it.  B4 i went to the bow it worked well for me as it seems to me the 375 H&H has a similar drop as a 30-06 only hits harder amd it doesn't get pushed by the wind. I started out with the 30-06.  I have a 3.3-10 power scope on it and can shoot out accurately to 600yards and im not a goos shot at all.  It works well for elk.  It was good for black tail too and it made small holes as it appeared the bullet didn't have time to expand or somthing...?