375 Win Shortened to Meet Indiana Specs

[garandsrus]

Thanks for the link. In my shortened brass I do not change OAL. I crimp in the lube groove nearest the nose. I try to snap a picture. Using this method I can use standard load data.

No, you really can't use the standard loading data with the shorter brass. By seating the boolet in the normal crimp groove, you have effectively reduced the OAL from what the loading manual indicates by the amount you trimmed from the brass, which is about .25". This has the same effect as seating the boolet .25" deeper in a normal case, which should increase the pressure. This is why I wanted Quick load data for the shortened case length.

[Djones]

Added a picture of loaded ammo to post #10

[Smoke4320]

Congrats on a good season

[runfiverun]

garands.
the slightly longer case length gives more credence to the 375 super mag.
it would make feeding easier in a 375 marlin or the 94 big bore rifles with a shortened chamber.

a better round in the leverguns than either the shorter or longer case IMO.
but the concept is just the 375 lengthened out to make the law happy.

they are worried about your gun shooting too far then make a law that say's you have to use a bigger case then what's available and easy to get load data for [shrug]
then they force you to take a round developed for long range silhouette shooting and make it capable of shooting even further.
typical government thinking.

[Djones]

Grandrsus,

check out my picture in post 10. I don't change my overall length.

David

[BAGTIC]

A standard .375 Winchester and a .375 Winchester shortened to 1.8 inches will when loaded to the same OAL shoot the same bullet at the same velocity to the same distance. One is only shortening the neck length and not changing the powder capacity.

[fatnhappy]

Nice deer. I once had a rutting buck lead me on a merry 6 hour chase, despite my first shot having hammered a 12 gauge slug through both lungs. Once I gutted him you could literally see through the 3/4" hole. It wasn't a bad hit. I've never seen anything like it before or since. Go figure.

I haven't hunted in Indiana but the first time someone told me about the 1.8" restriction my reaction was "I expect a resurgence for the .300 savage." As demonstrated by the OP, there are a thousand ways to skin that cat.

[cigarman454]

Congrats on that nice Indiana buck and a great deer season

[Boyscout]

I did the same with a 35 Remington and had a Lee FCD made for it. I couldn't hold a group until I put a firm crimp on it. I am very careful to make sure my brass is 1.80".

[Djones]

I did the same with a 35 Remington and had a Lee FCD made for it. I couldn't hold a group until I put a firm crimp on it. I am very careful to make sure my brass is 1.80".

I used a 1.8" 35 Remington in 2013. Same stand I shot the buck from this year. Only difference was 2013 was easy shooting in an open field. Deer was running of course first shot through the heart didn't drop him. I thought I had totally missed. Usually you get a kick with a heart shot. He put it in high gear after that. Second shot hit him high in the spine and dropped him.

[roverboy]

Congratulations on a nice deer, Djones.

[Edward]

Looks like you killed him twice ,nice shooting !