375GNR on 175-300lb hogs
GregG
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Friday, February 21, 2020, 18:05 (2376 days ago)
Any Misfits have experiences using the 375GNR scoped revolver on 175-300lb hogs? I know the effect it has on Sika deer, but I'm thinking about taking it along on my next hog hunt. Thanks in advance for taking the time to share your experiences.
That’s an interesting prospect, of course it will do fine.
WB
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Friday, February 21, 2020, 19:12 (2376 days ago) @ GregG
But .37 is still pretty small for a cast bullet. But a good friend who insisted on using a .357 for hogs was the camp hero among a bunch of bow hunters carrying 9mm and .40’s loaded with light JHP. They couldn’t penetrate into the inner organs. We loaded him hot 180 gr. FPGC at 1350 fps. That did the trick following up all the wounded hogs!
For the revolver you’d want to keep bullet lighter for some speed, 200-250 I’d think. Jacketed should be real good as they are designed for the .375 Win. rifle at the lightest application. I bet they’d be tough jackets and penetrate deep. That’s what you want on a hog.
My favorite .375 GNR load was the Speer 235 gr./ 296 pwd at around 1800 fps from the short Encore pistol. A good 220 JHP should do well too. I remember at the Y-O a guy using the FA2008 prototype took a young Eland with it in .375 Win and factory Power Points, 200 gr. Is all they make. It was still bigger than a horse. Took two shots, one was a finisher.
Depends where you hit them too. I know only how well you know that. Practice from field positions and remember the parallax influence is so much greater on a handgun scope. Keep the X in the center of the field of view! Scopes advertise parallax free at x distance. Fooey, just keep it in the center and it won’t matter anyway! Good luck!
Thanks, Gents.
GregG
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Saturday, February 22, 2020, 08:58 (2376 days ago) @ WB
I appreciate all the guidance. Based on the amount of response, I get the impression that the 375GNR is not a popular round for hogs, though it would be effective under the proper circumstances. I'm a neck shooter on hogs so I'm going to try out the 375GNR and report back the results. I still love the GA and SC swamps at night with night vision and .308, though. I have a 44 mag Redhawk sans Garretts with tritium sights as a back up. Those sights rock. I've had hogs walk by the stand at spitting range more than once. A rifle with a night scope isn't as handy as a revolver with the night sights for quick, CQB with a big boar on the prowl for sows by the feeder. Thanks again for the guidance on ammo choice, Scotty.
in equal length barrels it will equal and in some
gary reeder
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Friday, February 21, 2020, 19:55 (2376 days ago) @ GregG
cases beat the 375 Winchester.
Where are ya Blake?
Howard
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Saturday, February 22, 2020, 10:25 (2376 days ago) @ GregG
He's got a handsome Wyoming Hunter in 375GNR that I'm sure has taken numerous hogs.
No my Wyoming hunter is in 41GNR#2. But John
Blake
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Saturday, February 22, 2020, 11:49 (2376 days ago) @ Howard
Has a 375 GNR pirate Encore. It takes deer and hogs with easy. No reason a revolver wouldn’t do the same.
Great intel. Thanks, guys!
GregG
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Saturday, February 22, 2020, 12:08 (2376 days ago) @ Blake
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Now Erik Stenberg could give good info on the 375GNR
Blake
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Saturday, February 22, 2020, 11:58 (2376 days ago) @ Howard
in a revolver
.375 GNR
Erik Stenberg
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Sunday, February 23, 2020, 12:42 (2375 days ago) @ GregG
.375GNR has been my go-to handgun round for a number of years. Have taken fallow deer, blackbuck, mule deer and a cow elk with absolutely no feeling of being undergunned. My bullet of choice has been the Hornady .375 220 grain FP Interlock, kind of hard to find but I pick them up whenever and wherever I can scrounge them.