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375 Raptor, bolt gun or gas gun for precision hunting rifle?
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For hunting, definitely bolt action. Quieter action, and lighter. What barrel are you going to be using? I’m building a tikka t3x with a 1/6.5 twist barrel from black collar arms. Just waiting for the shipment email hopefully soon.
Sounds like you are building a dangerous game rifle. Some states that regulate you to .350, such as .350 Legend, do so because they want bullets that drop quick and that round, like the .450 Bush Master will drop 5 feet in 300 yards. Just a smidge better than hunting deer with a 12 ga slug gun.
Does your state have a restriction on range, or MV? And is that only on public land? YOu might have some leeway on private land.
Does your state have a restriction on range, or MV? And is that only on public land? YOu might have some leeway on private land.
Its just a minimum caliber law. Minimum of .350 and 500 ftlbs of muzzle energy, Id hardly call this a dangerous game rifle though, my other option I'm looking at is a model 70 safari express in 375 h&h
Okay, then, back to basically having a straight wall and a big and fat bullet moving slow and dropping 5 feet in about 300 yards.
Thats the annoying part lol, Iowa dropped the straight wall only catridge law a couple years ago, but your still limited on catridges due to the category your stuck shopping in. I don't agree with it, but its what I'm stuck with. I'm still exploring options, this year ill more than likely just hunt archery, but a model 70 safari express with a Leopold Mk5 2-10 would be a decent hunting rifle out to 450ish based on some intial playing around with the numbers, but 375 raptor lets me use more common rifle components.
It's hunting season now, I'm curious what you decided to go with for a cartridge.
I had to go look at Iowa hunting regulations. What an incoherent shit show in regards to rifle season regulations.
Want to use a .243 Win or 6mm Creedmoor for slaying a whitetail? Go fuck yourself.
Want to use a .416 Barrett? Totally acceptable.
Now they should both be legal to hunt with, even if one of them is complete overkill but what kind of bizzaro world bullshit regulation ends up with the less powerful less likely to over penetrate round being banned?
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Want to use a .243 Win or 6mm Creedmoor for slaying a whitetail? Go fuck yourself.
Want to use a .416 Barrett? Totally acceptable.
Now they should both be legal to hunt with, even if one of them is complete overkill but what kind of bizzaro world bullshit regulation ends up with the less powerful less likely to over penetrate round being banned?
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That’s what I was thinking. If its not straight wall….
Lots of reloading manuals give great reduced loads and lighter loads for the .375 H&H. Realizing that a lot of folks don’t like belted cases, still, the .375 H&H has been very successful at killing critters large, very large and some not so large for 111 years.
I guess with those asinine rules I’d probably go .35 Whelen or .358 Winchester depending on what size action the OP wants to use for other calibers if he is running a switch barrel setup.
Well Slap me in the face. Me, who owns not one but two .35 Whelens and they are both shooters and both have multiple Whitetail kills to their credit.
Yep, if straight wall is not the case but .35 or larger is the rule, go with the Whelen. Again, plenty of light practice loads available In the loading manuals. And with my Brenda’s .35 Whelen, those light loads will Kill Deer!
If longer ranges are not available, the 180 grain Speer designed for the .35 Remington, flattens em. Killed three with that bullet. Make sure of your bullet placement. Otherwise it will make a mess of em. Also, shooting my Custom Ruger 77, my once and Guaranteed only shot i will ever try, shooting up the tail pipe missed by two inches to the right. It was a full house, “ought a get em” load using 225 grain Nosler Accubonds. The left side of the deer had the only edible meat. (the darned deer would not turn and he was too nice and it was too late in the season).
Yep, if straight wall is not the case but .35 or larger is the rule, go with the Whelen. Again, plenty of light practice loads available In the loading manuals. And with my Brenda’s .35 Whelen, those light loads will Kill Deer!
If longer ranges are not available, the 180 grain Speer designed for the .35 Remington, flattens em. Killed three with that bullet. Make sure of your bullet placement. Otherwise it will make a mess of em. Also, shooting my Custom Ruger 77, my once and Guaranteed only shot i will ever try, shooting up the tail pipe missed by two inches to the right. It was a full house, “ought a get em” load using 225 grain Nosler Accubonds. The left side of the deer had the only edible meat. (the darned deer would not turn and he was too nice and it was too late in the season).
Build something that pushes a .458 cal bullet at least 2200 fps…..be a man. Several rifles out there in .375 Ruger but brass/ammo are scarce. I don’t believe in overkill. F them deer.
