Guess on velocity?

[cabezaverde]

I have a .375 Winchester Ruger#3.

A pleasant accurate plinking load is the Lee 250 grain over 8 grains of Unique.

Any guesses what velocity would be?

[Winger Ed.]

Real close to 1,000 fps.

An old post here tells of a guy with a RCBS 250gr. in that cal. going 1143 with 9.5 of Unique.

[cabezaverde]

I’ve got an injured shoulder.

Too light for deer at 50 yards and under?

[BLAHUT]

No idea that's why I have a coronagraph, i don't guess.....

[cabezaverde]

My son in another state borrowed my chronograph.

[stubshaft]

I'd guess around 1k too.

[MarkP]

With the same LEE 250 gr FN over 7 gr of Reddot is 1,100 ish in my 38-55 (Win 94 w/ 24" bbl) I would guess 1,000+ for 8 gr of Unique. That is in the range or real close to a 44 mag revolver velocity, a friend uses a 10 mm Auto out of a tree stand and has taken several deer over the years.

[uscra112]

Quickload says ~ 1170 fps. Without refining the load parameters in the model, that's really no more than a S.W.A.G.

At 800 foot-pounds, some states would rank it too light for deer. Knowing as I do a guy who killed a doe under his tree stand with a .32 S&W (short) revolver, I wouldn't rule it out if you get close enough and can shoot.

[Winger Ed.]

I’ve got an injured shoulder.
Too light for deer at 50 yards and under?

I'd try putting a fairly thick pad under the buttstock and see if you can pump up the speed some.
I've used a common kitchen hot pad safety pinned on my jacket to tame some heavy recoil
back in my full house 180grain .300WinMag days. It made a HUGE difference.

If you can't tolerate enough recoil for the cartridge to really do its job well--
I'd move to something with much lighter and faster bullets, or put deer hunting on the list of things I can't do anymore.

[marlinman93]

My RCBS Cast Bullet manual states a 250 gr. cast bullet with 9.0 grs. of Unique is 1176 fps.