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Offline Questor

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Varmint bullets for 375H&H magnum?
« on: July 08, 2004, 11:55:44 AM »
Is there a varmint bullet for 375 H&H magnum that expands rapidly on impact?
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.375 varmint bullet
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2004, 12:01:45 PM »
I've used Sierra 200 grain soft points in .375 Winchester that expanded pretty radically.  Hornaday and Speer probably make them too.
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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2004, 12:10:38 PM »
If you want anything that expands more rapidly than that, you'll probably have to have some .358" 158 grain pistol bullets swaged to .375" size.
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375 varmint bullet
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2004, 02:36:28 AM »
The 375 Winchester operates at around 2200 fps.  Would the lighter bullets intended for it expand rapidly when driven much faster by a 375 H&H?

I shoot rabbits with a 270 grain cast bullet at around 1300 fps in my 375 H&H.  (If you can nail a rabbit you can nail the big ones.)