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.375 H&H Magnum
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It can be used for dangerous game at close range, or for antelope at long range; it can be loaded down or loaded up. For some, it is the primary rifle for hunting all around the world; for others, it remains the preeminent backup.
Today, the .375 H&H's reputation rests mainly on its performance with a 300-grain bullet. With a 300-grain softpoint, it is Alaska's premier bear rifle and a first-class lion cartridge; with a 300-grain solid, you can hunt elephant or Cape buffalo. There is, however, far more to the .375 H&H than the 300-grain.
The second most common bullet weight is 270 grains—not a huge reduction in weight, but the 270-grain spitzer changes the .375's long-range performance by flattening its trajectory and giving it extra reach. A 270-grain .375 launched at 2,700 fps has a trajectory remarkably similar to that of a 130-grain bullet from a .270 Winchester—for decades, America's showcase long-range round.
In years past, there was a third factory load for the .375 H&H. The strange 235-grain load was neither fish nor fowl, and it has been abandoned.
In its place, though, we have a host of .375-diameter bullets ranging from 200 grains to 350. Appropriately handloaded, these convert a .375 to a laser-like long-range antelope rifle, to a lightning bolt for bull elk across canyons, or a hammer for Cape buffalo in close thornbush.
