Mossberg .375 Ruger

[svnmag]

Effing plastic. Effing detachable mags in a CF bolt gun: Probably worth 100 grand in 20 yrs:

 

[luvcatchingbass]

It's a Mossberg no thanks, modern Mossberg accuracy and quality has not been very stellar the last few years. If I'm going to shoot an elephant I would not be going 375 anyways and I darn sure am not taking a Mossberg to trust my life with.
The amount of money it cost's and time to secure an elephant hunt the last thing I am skimping on is rifle and ammo and would likely be looking 416 Rigby, 416 Rem Mag or step up to 458 and a control round feed is a MUST.
Now if a person just wanted a 375 maybe not a bad entry level, honestly when you sit down and look at it a 375 H&H vs 338 Win Mag for large animals at 200 and in still with the possibility to stretch to 300 if really needed the 375 makes sense especially if you are a handloader.
Dang you svnmag now I want a 375 again.

 

[svnmag]

It's a Mossberg no thanks, modern Mossberg accuracy and quality has not been very stellar the last few years. If I'm going to shoot an elephant I would not be going 375 anyways and I darn sure am not taking a Mossberg to trust my life with.
The amount of money it cost's and time to secure an elephant hunt the last thing I am skimping on is rifle and ammo and would likely be looking 416 Rigby, 416 Rem Mag or step up to 458 and a control round feed is a MUST.
Now if a person just wanted a 375 maybe not a bad entry level, honestly when you sit down and look at it a 375 H&H vs 338 Win Mag for large animals at 200 and in still with the possibility to stretch to 300 if really needed the 375 makes sense especially if you are a handloader.
Dang you svnmag now I want a 375 again.

H&H or Ruger? Also, he was making fun of the ammo cost vs the rifle.

 

[SDMF]

Dang you svnmag now I want a 375 again.

Lemme know when you’re ready……..

 

[buckhunter24_7]

Save the money for a hunt not a gun. To many people have a room full of stuff and never went anywhere hunting

 

[svnmag]

OT: I approve of the concept. The guns are too "Buck Rogers" for my taste:

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Save the money for a hunt not a gun. To many people have a room full of stuff and never went anywhere hunting

Yes and no. Realistically all I (or anyone) need to hunt 95-98% of animals in the world is a 30-06 and I have 2 of dad's that are Model 1903 Springfields he sporterized years ago himself including cutting, rewelding and shaping the bolt handle to clear the scope. Yet here I am with various calibers that I have acquired because I like to shoot, reload and tinker which I pretty much got from my dad. If I were to get a ND Moose tag it would probably give me the reason to buy a 375 H&H just because I think it would be cool not because a 30-06 or my 7mm RM would not be up to the task.
Then again there is the 35 Whelen build I have in my head that SDMF has been trying to help with or build a modernized 6.5 swede or I could go 22 ARC with 88gr ELD-M like Tyler Freel or bring out the Model 94 Winchester 32 special (or one of the 30-30's) of dad's or I could look at working up different arrow setup for my bow. In 25yrs I have used 5 different centerfire rifle calibers (.264, .284 and 308), 1 50cal muzzleloader and 2 different arrow setups to kill whitetail and they all have worked just fine with zero reason to switch really but this is America and so far we are still free to have as many firearms in any configuration as we wish and that is what I am going to do.