Been wanting a 375 for a while; your review was an excellent discussion and very informative. Great looking rifle.

Thank you for the in depth review. Nicely done.

I ordered this rifle yesterday in 30-06 I live in northern Minnesota, absolutely perfect gun ... 30-06 is great gun for everything in Minnesota anyways 55 gr accelerator to 220 trophy bonded bear claws ...great review thanks for sharing, new sub

I have been looking to get one of these, thank you for the in depth practacle review.

Just watched your Review, and I really appreciated the way you have covered all that you did, in a clear and cohesive fashion. I just Subscribed to your Channel, and am looking forward to watching your other Videos about the .375 Ruger. I was really surprised about the Water absorption, the Swelling, and Recoil Lug Breakdown. (You shouldn’t have Shot it after that, as it could be the End of you. Too close!) I am Happy you are so blessed to have your Health, and to Live in such a Sportsman’s Paradise!!! I have a S&W 4” Barreled .500 S&W Magnum Revolver, that one of my Best Friends Paid For, after hearing of my Dream to Fly In to a Remote Lake in Alaska, with a Log Cabin..... with a Group of Hunting Friends, to Hunt Brown Bears, and hopefully doing so in a very Close Encounter. I don’t have a Dangerous Game Rifle yet, so when I saw the Title with a Ruger .375, I had to watch your Video. I have been drooling over the Winchester Model 70 African, and Alaskan, though they aren’t Stainless Steel. My Dream however, is likely to remain to be just that.... a Dream, as I have MS now. My Buddy, after a Phone Call for the First Time in many Years, and hearing of my situation, both Physically and Financially, took it upon himself to get me closer to being able to realize that Dream, by offering to Buy me the 4” .500 S&W. He also would be one of my Friends that would go to Alaska with me for a Hunt like that. In fact... he said “I could get you there and back”, and that is just what he would do for his Friend!! A little bit about the Barrel Band Front Swivel.... Respectfully, the reason they put the Barrel Band Swivel on the Barrel of the Dangerous Game Caliber Rifles, is to Save your Hand on the Forearm, from potentially getting injured from the Swivel Stud and Swivel. I only mention it because you didn’t. I fully agree with you about the benefit of it allowing the Barrel to be much Lower during Carrying in the Brush. Take care, and Happy Hunting!!

I have the previous model, .375 Alaskan w/o the brake. I love it. Accurate, handy, less felt recoil than some .300 Win mags that I’ve owned.

Thank you for this review. One of these is on my list. Good to hear about the issues with the stock.

I saved this one!! I will be buying this one soon. Excellent review!! 👍👍

I replaced the plastic stock I could twist by hand on my Howa 1500 with the same full bed block Hogue stock and I absolutely LOVE it! Being as there was a huge cavity inside the butt, I also installed a mercury recoil reduction tube in expanding foam just for the heck of it.

Sorry to hear about your experience with the laminate stock, you made the right decision with the Hogue aluminum bedded stock. The 350 grains Weldcore bullet has a great reputation as a dangerous game bullet and at 2350 fps it is the perfect combination for close to medium range. Enjoyed your very detailed video !

Just picked up the same rifle but in 300 win mag. I got the green stock, but had to sand down the barrel channel to free float it. I am eyeballing a 416 ruger now. Gotta mount the scope on the 300 win and putting in a timney trigger.

Awesome table top review on that 375 ruger. General purpose rig for thick stuff stuff like bite back. Love see u in alaska Ballistics get together with this rifel for few videos.

I have a Leupold 2-7x on mine! Great review with factual insight!!!!

Good coverage on the muzzle brake. A few points: 1) I am not an acoustic engineer, but if you start looking into firearm noise, it is crazy loud. The db scale is logarithmic, the actual increase in db is a 10X greater sound energy for every 10 db increase. So a 160 db discharge is 10X more potentially damaging than a 150 db discharge. 2) I used to read about db levels and heard that the louder firearms are 160. Not too bad. Well actually 160 is orders of magnitude above what will cause damage, which is above 82, and above 100 where plugs and muffs are required. The very best muffs with great fit are around 30 db. Which means that if you discharge a 160 db rifle, you are standing there taking a 130 db hit, which is hugely worse than what our ears can take. 3) But there is more. The 160 number I heard for years for very loud guns is not how loud they really are, it is the point above which, meters, at least the commonly available ones, tap out. This is why people at the next bench where someone is firing a muzzle brake magnum, loose hearing from only a shot or two, no mater what they are wearing. Barrel length: The reason Alaskan rifles have short barrels is because of heavy cover, but most hunting for grizz is still in the wide open. And when the going gets nasty, your guide will take over in most cases. So what are the problems with short barrels and noise. Sound reduces at the square of distance, so shortening barrels is a double whammy on noise. You get more muzzle blast, and you get it closer to your ear. So just guessing, if the muzzle was 30 inches from you ear on a 20" Guide gun, but 34" in the African, the noise based on the distance alone would be 28% more energetic from the shorter barrel. Plus the blast effects. Speaking of blast, the 416 and 375 Rugers use the same case, so the 375 is a lot more overbore than the 416. And the 338 sounds horrendously overbore for a guide gun. Tia Shoemaker, the famed bear guide. shoots a 416 Remington but downloads it to 404 levels of around 2000 fps. Rather than her 375 Ruger she had previously carried. I don't know what her current loadings are. But that would be one way to get the blast and barrel length equation in check. The 50 Alaskan would be another. Keep loads reasonable. The moment a person gets a set of dies they seem to want to beat the factory ammo in a drag race. But for a DG rifle, just about everything is more important. Like case extraction. The Ruger barrel weight should be a great idea. The deep counter boring of rifles is a custom feature some smiths provide, and this gets you that, out of the box.

I have the LH version. I didn't think that I was going to like the color, but it looks better in person, I do like the colors. The one thing I don't like is the spacers. I know it's so people can adjust the LoP to suit their needs. But I just use the full length. I bought mine because I want to go to Alaska for a brown bear and a moose. After watching your review, I'm probably going to add a Hogue stock before heading there.

Hogue has 3 versions of this stock based on barrel contour, do you remember which one you got? What are the barrel dimensions of the barrel? I'm guessing about a #5 sporter.

Great video and rifle setup. One thing that I would change, i would use the Warne quick detatch rings that are made for the Ruger. I do that with some of my regular big game rifles because many times i just like going into the thick forest in these Rocky Mountains that are just a 15 minute drive for me getting into from my home. Though now being single and no kids I'm seriously considering moving up to Alaska, maybe the interior up in Fairbanks. Thanks again for this video.

Did you buy that Hogue stock seperately and put it on? I think Ruger switched to laminate stocks so they could use a cross bolt. I'm considering the same one in 416 ruger and also getting a green hogue like yours. Do you find lacking the crossbolt has an affect on accuracy?

That's a fine piece of steel you got there. I live in Russia and I own a Sako 85 Brown Bear in .338 Win Mag. A pretty similar rifle in the spirit in my opinion, apart from the stainless steel used obviously.

Great video! Very heavily considering getting this is .338 Winchester Magnum for when I move out to Montana and start guiding after high school.

Very nice rifle. I love the express sights. I will never buy another rifle without sights. I bet with that short barrel it has quite a muzzle blast.

Well you answer one question, and that is why a lot of the pros are buying this rifle in the Hogue overmolded style. I like the wooden stock and would epoxy the heck out of all the internals. (though now that I think of it, I haven't touched my guide gun). But it is ridiculous if they haven't fixed this problem. Wood actually does better than most composites if it is epoxy coated, at least with boats, but it has to be meticulously done and if there is maintenance it has to be done.

What is the size of the muzzle brake you have on there. I am planning to buy the Savage 10/110 Brush Hunter 375 Ruger 3+1 20". And I do not know which muzzle brake to get.

Excellent review. Thus new subscriber.

Great review. One quick thing is that maybe the best thing about Ruger firearms is their customer service. You could have contacted them, they would have either had you ship it in or shipped you a new stock. At that point you could have glass bedded it. I don't shoot enough to have those kinds of problems unfortunately, but it sounds like you do, so I just thought I'd pass that along.

I may be moving to Alaska later this summer if I get this job in Anchorage, so doing some rifle shopping now. What you reported on that factory stock confirmed my suspicions exactly, so great info. I was hoping that the Ruger Hawkeye Hunter would be a possible option, but found out Ruger doesn't make the 375 in left handed. I think Browning makes their A-Bolt SS Stalker in .375HH left handed so may need to keep my eyes peeled for one of those. Thanks for the vid, new sub.

@Alaskan Tru Outdoors, First thanks for the great video. I have 270 Win and the 308 Win and a 30-06 and a 45-70 and this past year I bought a 338 Win mag, cause some of the guys I hunt with wants me to go to Canada or Alaska for a moose hunt with them someday. These guys go every year. I am seriously thinking about going with them someday. I never done this kind of hunting before. The one guy uses a 303 British and other guy uses a 30-06, not sure on what the other guys use. I think I probably get buy with the 30-06 and the 45-70 from everything I hear and read for that type of hunting. I do know if I am wood hunting the 45-70 probably be better. If I am hunting moose in open fields I would think the 338 Win mag or 30-06 be better. What caliber do you recommend for a person like myself that never done moose hunting before ?

I have the Ruger Guide gun chambered in 300 win mag. On the Hogue website they have a standard barrel stock and a B barrel stock. I believe I need the B barrel, I can't seem to find an answer.

How do you load your plus 1 bullet with a controled feed? Can you still just slide a round in the chamber and close the bolt?

Good vid. I have one in factory stock, and am deciding to keep it or not. My bolt is coated black and is very slick. I can't stand the 2 round poor quality detachable junky mag box. But I do not want to turn it into an expensive single shot to seat bullets out longer. Were I to keep this 28, it would have to shoot factory length ammo well, and I hear the factory 175 ABLRs, the rounds I have are finiky. I do like the gun, as I've not sold it yet. I like it's lighter weight for long hunts/days packing. But I do not like loud brakes. How do you handle unexpected snap-shots? Any hearing protection, or not? What scope are you using? Lastly for elk and black bear, how would you compare 28 Nosler performance, with 7PRC and 300 RUM?

Deer hunting here starts next Saturday so I'll be hunting in a shotgun zone using that savage 220 slug gun

If you'd like a super accurate general purpose (dear to moose) load, try 260 Nosler Accutips/Balistic Tips with 72 grains of RL-15. I get 2700fps (from my 23 inch barrel) sub-one inch groups in any weather and I'm well below the red line. It's much more affordable than using Woodleighs and it's a joy to shoot. With this load you can forget about your recoil reducer.

I have a ruger m77 hawkeye African 24 inches barrel 375 ruger

Sexy gun. Im off to Kodiak for a bear hunt in a week and i kind of wish i went with a 375 ruger or an HH. I like those slings too. They’re all i use on my bolt guns. Is that a hogue stock?

I wonder how that stock holds up in high humidity(I'm in Florida) and the climate here is rough on guns, pretty much if you have a blued finish it'll develop rust within hours of being outside. I'm eyeing between this and the Winchester 70 Alaskan or Safari.

Wow bro I was thinking about buying one of those RUGER 375 What type of scope you recommend brother thank

Is there big gaps between the barrel and stock or just enough to float the barrel? I have the Alaskan but want the full bed, just want it to be the same stock as the pillar bedded model. Great video by the way!!!

Does anyone here know if the current production (2022) Alaskan model 375 with Hogue stock has the better full bedding block, or would that have to be purchased separately? The current production Alaskan looks just like yours with the black Hogue stock, but can’t find a dealer that knows anything about the bedding. Also, does the stock allow the barrel to free-float? Thanks for the video.

Your thoughts on the 416 ruger? Considering getting one.

Luv that Houge Stalk 😊

Do you have a part number for that after market stock ?? Or have a place i can go to price one out

I never fired my rifle Ruger Alaskan with the Hogue Stock. I never cared for them. I ordered an HS Precision stock when I ordered the rifle. It shoots amazingly well with 260gr Nozler Acubonds. I have the Hogue stock if anyone is interested in it. I put a Nightforce 2.5-10 with a Medium Velocity Reticle. Lines up perfect with my handloads. I am looking at another 1-8 Nightforce for it.

I recently bought a ruger guide in 416 ruger and have been looking at the hogue stock , not sure which model though thinking of full bed for sure . thinking its the long action standard barrel on the hugue web site not for sure on that though any suggestions would be appreciated being you already purchased one ???

You probably had to go with Houg stock anyway with that kind of recoil.. I have marlin 444p outfitters Of course in blued finish ... One option to preserve it and make it waterproof Is renaissance wax,,, on everything,,,warm room, and fingertips Still testing....

Browning offers a conventional BOSS for the muzzle that is NOT ported just to save the ears of shooters!

Is the Hogue free floating?

I think they only offer the Hawkeye Alaskan with the Hogue now.

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I always hunt with proper ear protection as i use a muzzle brake on all my rifles as i love to see point of impact and faster follow up shots work smarter not harder fellow hunters

Im left handed and have a the lefty version of the Ruger Alaskan 375 w/o the muzzlebreak. I messaged Hogue and they dont make lefty stocks but will modifiy the stock you have tonfit my rifle for an additional $250 on top of the cost of a stock. Im considering this as its a step abobe the standard laminate and it would be a one and done type ofnpurchase. Im using your idea of a lower power practice load as well but it will be running cast so i can keep the costs even lower.

So basically you took the ruger guide gun and swapped the stock, so would this be the same as the current ruger alaskan? I like the stock on the alaskan but im wondering if thats the only difference between the two?

Saved the big $$$ & bought Mossb Patr. Big savings for us poor guys. 😊

a facsimile to this rifle in .458

The stock obviously wasnt oiled properly. Tru Oil everyday for 7 days inside and out. Tru oil it every 3 days after that. 3 weeks and its a properly done. At the very least, bed the recoil lug.

They still sell the ruger Alaskan in the hogue overmolded stock

I'd like to have the African model. Classical beauty.

Used suppressor yet?

Toughen him up lol

i agree 100% wirhtiur muzzle break theory don’t hear many others saying what i think and do also. i would never wear ear plugs hunting i grew up deer hunting in shitgun country and was shooting 12ga 3” mag slut loafs as a 14 year old so kick dosnt bother me either

Ruger sells that gun with a black hoag it's called the Alaskan I have a couple...😂

Looks like that would be a great platform to neck it down to .35 and get a Whelen on steroids....IMHO that would be ideal for bears

The barrel is too short🇨🇦🤠

Too much echo on your sound.