Well, to be perfectly blunt, I too am a fan of the .35 Whelen. I have three, a Ruger M77 RS, a Remington M700 Classic and someone's custom Mauser that I picked up at a gun show. That Mauser has been my preferred elk rifle ever since. I have a preference for the 225 gr. Barnes TSX which ha shot sub MOA from the Mauser from day one. Powder is RL15. That load which is fine in the Mauser is several grains too hot for the other two rifles. The Ckassic likes the 250 gr. Speer hot core and the Ruger the 250 gr. Hornady. The 225 gr. TSX load shows high pressure early on in the other two rifles but not the Mauser.
I have no experience with the .375 Ruger and seriously doubt I'll ever shoot one. I do have some with the .375 Taylor Wildcat and .375 H&H. The H&H is on a Ruger #1H and is rather pleasant to shoot. The .375 Taylor, also known as the .375 Chatfield-Tayor is nothing more than the .338 Win. Mag necked uo to take .375" bullets and loaded accordingly. I run it with H4350 and 270 and 300 gr. Hornady bullets. Powder that works best in my rifle is H4350. Velocity is the same as the .375 H&H but recoil is a bit stout in that seven pound rifle.
Paul B.
I have no experience with the .375 Ruger and seriously doubt I'll ever shoot one. I do have some with the .375 Taylor Wildcat and .375 H&H. The H&H is on a Ruger #1H and is rather pleasant to shoot. The .375 Taylor, also known as the .375 Chatfield-Tayor is nothing more than the .338 Win. Mag necked uo to take .375" bullets and loaded accordingly. I run it with H4350 and 270 and 300 gr. Hornady bullets. Powder that works best in my rifle is H4350. Velocity is the same as the .375 H&H but recoil is a bit stout in that seven pound rifle.
Paul B.
