animalpest wrote:If you can't down a buff with a 9.3 I doubt having a .375 H&H is going to change things. Get heavy, quality bullets and go for it.
If you can shoot your 9.3 well, then that is what I would use. And that, in my humble experience is the most important thing there is.
I think you are overthinking it.
overthinking it ? maybe i'm looking for a excuse to buy another gun
model 70 winny safari in 375 H&H , oh yeah
seriously though AP , the barnes 250 tsx have been recommended by the PH/guide as being suitable . due to not being able to get 285 gn woodleigh or partitions , i'm persuing with the 250's in the 9.3 . i've discovered my sako has very generous freebore in the chamber . i set up a dummy round with a 250 barnes and couldn't touch the bore when seated at 3.5" ! so i've seated out to the second cannalure on the barnes at 3.320" , which fits comfortably fits the mag and feeds great . the factory barnes COL is 3.200" . upon doing this i've been able to work up faster loads due to a extra 100 thou plus case capacity , which will be a help with expansion with the barnes . my rifle has a 21" factory barrel , so this will be of some benefeit as well . currently i'm up to 60gn of ar2208 , no preasure signs and less than 3/4" at 100 . i lightly crimp my loads with a lee crimp as well . your point of being able to shoot accurately is not lost on me . i'm a big fella and find the 9.3 comfotable to shoot . maybe that's why i want a 375 .....
i've also found i can seat 285 lapua "mega" projectiles out to a second cannalure as well , which gets me to ADI's max load of 67gn of ar2209 compressed , with good accuracy and no problems . they wake me up more than the 250's . i've yet to chrono these loads but the point of impact is very similar , which makes for good load flexability in the field . i do overthink some things but i do enjoy it . any experiences you have with the mentioned projectiles , and the 270 speer, would be appreciated