Has anybody ever loaded for one?
I took a friend bear hunting this weekend, when he showed up at my house I noticed he had brought two rifles. I thought to myself "I like the way this guy thinks". We havn't known each other for very long, and this was our first hunting trip togeather. I knew his primary rifle was a M700 300 RUM shooting a 168 TTSX, so I asked him what his back up was. He looked at me and told me that it was a 375/338WM (375 Chatfield Taylor) that he had built for his sienor project in high school. He hand carved the wood stock, did the barrel work, blued it, and bedded it. Then he tells me that he is giving it to my 3 month old boy! I protested, but he would not hear any of it. I greatfully excepted it for my boy Barrett, as I'm not sure he could ever pick up a box of shells for it yet.
From what I can tell, it doesn't lack much to a 375 H&H with any bullet under 260 grs. Looking at 3000 fps with a 225, and in the 2600 range with a 270 gr bullet. Should be one hell of a dark timber elk whacker! Didn't know if anybody here had any experience with one, and could point me in a good direction. QL suggests RL-17 as one of the faster powders.
I took a friend bear hunting this weekend, when he showed up at my house I noticed he had brought two rifles. I thought to myself "I like the way this guy thinks". We havn't known each other for very long, and this was our first hunting trip togeather. I knew his primary rifle was a M700 300 RUM shooting a 168 TTSX, so I asked him what his back up was. He looked at me and told me that it was a 375/338WM (375 Chatfield Taylor) that he had built for his sienor project in high school. He hand carved the wood stock, did the barrel work, blued it, and bedded it. Then he tells me that he is giving it to my 3 month old boy! I protested, but he would not hear any of it. I greatfully excepted it for my boy Barrett, as I'm not sure he could ever pick up a box of shells for it yet.
From what I can tell, it doesn't lack much to a 375 H&H with any bullet under 260 grs. Looking at 3000 fps with a 225, and in the 2600 range with a 270 gr bullet. Should be one hell of a dark timber elk whacker! Didn't know if anybody here had any experience with one, and could point me in a good direction. QL suggests RL-17 as one of the faster powders.
