Where Has All The .416 Ruger Guide Guns Gone?

[BeeMaa]

Sort of like saying Ford is the only one making F-150 pickups.

Close. But more like saying Ford is the only one who makes F-150 pickups, and you have to buy gas for it from Shell stations only. Or you can make your own gas from components and put it in gas can made only by Shell.

 

[Philip Glass]

I really do not know where the myth came from that .375 Ruger is hard to find. AmmoSeek shows four full pages for sale now. Swift loads it along with many custom manufacturers as well. I find it funny there is this sentiment on a forum where most everyone has some big bore rifles none of which would have ammo on the shelf at the local gun shop.

 

[Philip Glass]

I’d like to agree with you but the facts don’t speak that way.

Quick search on GB finds 7 rifles chambered in 375RUGER by three companies. The other 393 are from Ruger.

AmmoSeek.com shows 350 results for 375RUGER ammo, EVERY SINGLE ONE from Hornady.

If this cartridge were gaining in popularity, there would be at least 10 rifle companies and five making premium ammo for it. And If it were truly that much better than the 375H&H, this would not be the case. As it is, Ruger & Hornady are just about it for the 375RUGER.

Sure but popularity is relative here. We are talking about a big bore cartridge not a deer gun or a man bun flavor of the month cartridge.
So a unicorn has four full pages of ammo for sale on AmmoSeek?
How many custom .375 Rugers are being built? I hear of many. It seems everyone thinks they need a custom rifle for Africa!
I am all for nostalgia but the fact is that the .375 Ruger is a superior cartridge and is here to stay.

 

[deewayne2003]

The .375Ruger is here to stay and for those that opine about ammo availability, consider these Ammo Seek results......

.375Ruger = 343 listings of which 339 are Hornady brand

Compared to....

.404J = 71 listings of which 65 are Hornady brand

So .375Ruger has 4.8X more listings that .404J and we know .404J isn't going anywhere and the only factory chambered rifles I know of in .404J are Heym & Rigby.