Anyone use a .375H&H or larger on UK species?

[deerstalker.308]

I have had one, AOLQ for years now, various iterations over the years, CZ, Chapuis double, Blaser R8 and now a sako 85 but I feel this one will be for sale soon as just not using it, and no imminent travel plans to get it some action elsewhere, anyone wanting one, watch this space!

 

[Namman]

What is the reason for ranges only allowing FMJ’s or solids for practicing with big bores? Essential for Elephant or backing shots on buffalo.

It possibly goes back to the days when expanding missiles, or ammo were prohibited in the UK unless you had an exemption such as deerstalking or vermin control. I fail to see how expanding missiles damage the range structure more than FMJ's or solids.
Probably based on ignorance hence the term Expanding "MISSILES". I always thought that my rifles shot bullets not launched "Missiles".

 

[8x57]

While not a .375H&H I have a 9.3x74r that I occasionally stalk with. Deals with large fallow nicely and a pleasure to carry.

 

[bowji john]

When trying to find a venue for my DG course I found that some ranges did not want solids but would consider softs

 

[norfolk shooter]

When trying to find a venue for my DG course I found that some ranges did not want solids but would consider softs

I can get that. The solids from my 416 just seem to keep going and going

 

[243varmint]

9.3x62 for deer and AOLQ.

 

[alberta boy]

No, it’s a fast twist (1:24”) pedersoli hawken flintlock. Designed to shoot heavy conical bullets, can achieve the required minimum for large deer in England (not Scotland).

Small world . My hunting partner just picked up the same , or very similiar , rifle about two weeks ago . I let him shoot my Parker Hale , 3 band Enfield replica ( Thanks Muir ) a few times and he got the Black Powder bug . The Pedersoli repros are really well built , and accurate rifles . I almost bought one last Fall , but got a great deal on a Lyman Great Plains .54 cal caplock with a fast twist barrel , so I bought that instead . It's almost as accurate as the .58 PH . I do love the front stuffers lol .

AB

 

[Selous]

When trying to find a venue for my DG course I found that some ranges did not want solids but would consider softs

Have you tried Gardners Guns at Eskdalemuir? They have a moving target system that could possibly be employed in a simulated charge

 

[bowji john]

Have you tried Gardners Guns at Eskdalemuir? They have a moving target system that could possibly be employed in a simulated charge

Thanks for that

I believe I now have a new venue- it just requires some certainty in lock downs etc to enable us to make some definite plans

 

[Selous]

Thanks for that

I believe I now have a new venue- it just requires some certainty in lock downs etc to enable us to make some definite plans

Keep me updated as I would like to participate if possible, I was loading some 458 today in an attempt to mitigate the wanderlust!

 

[Greener Jim]

My .458 is down as AOLQ, soon to be my only deer rifle.

 

[stubear]

I dont have a .375 H&H but I have a few mates who have them, a couple have them approved and a few others dont. It does seem to vary depending on which police force you're under.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Small world . My hunting partner just picked up the same , or very similiar , rifle about two weeks ago . I let him shoot my Parker Hale , 3 band Enfield replica ( Thanks Muir ) a few times and he got the Black Powder bug . The Pedersoli repros are really well built , and accurate rifles . I almost bought one last Fall , but got a great deal on a Lyman Great Plains .54 cal caplock with a fast twist barrel , so I bought that instead . It's almost as accurate as the .58 PH . I do love the front stuffers lol .

AB

My .45 Jonathan Browning Mountain Rifle has a 1-56 twist, with a no patch round ball tightly fitted into the bore, 60 grains of BP Goex it groups at 80 metres always to 3 inches with my now eyes, it was 1.5 inches in 1984 but that's life.
This was shot at 75 long paces at 8am, it at the hit jumped 2 metres vertically then ran 25 metres and fell over dead with a total through shot double lung hit.
This was not in Germany or the UK BTW.

 

[NickJ]

Keep me updated as I would like to participate if possible, I was loading some 458 today in an attempt to mitigate the wanderlust!

I'll share the drive!

 

[NickJ]

My late grandfather dropped his 1960s made .308 Sako Forester and cracked the stock with me on the hill about 30 years ago. He had another week at the end of the stag season on the forest he was a joint tenant on in the Hebrides - so that time he took up his ancient Rigby .375 H&H.

He figured he used the .375 regularly on deer sized antelope when back in Africa (he was born in Uganda) and so swapped the Zeiss 6x scope off the Sako onto it. He would almost never take shots over 100 yards as a rule on that forest and he never went back to the .308! He felt the .375 did just as well but that stags fell twice as quick! I guess he used it for about three seasons before he died aged 85 having been on the hill six months earlier!

I inherited the .308 and Redmist on here re-crowned it and cut the barrel for a mod which improved it's accuracy to give it another ten years service.

Sadly his local gunsmith told me the .375 barrel was very badly pitted and the rifle was in a poor state in general so I (perhaps unwisely) sold it to him for a pittance. I intend to buy a .375 one day (I'd really like a British made rifle) mainly for Africa but would love to shoot a stag on the hill with it, partly in memory of my grandfather who passed his passion for stalking deer and hunting African game on to me.

 

[308tikka]

AOLO

Vhit 540

78

CCI Mag

Barnes TSX-FB

270

2824fps

Anyone else using N540 ?

 

[Magnificent 7]

I don’t have one, but my red deer ground is covered for it!

I’ll have to fetch mine then lol

 

[Magnificent 7]

Have one also for AOLQ hellish cartridge on deer will be takin it this year on the stags on Mull