.375 SOCOM

[HCM]

Does anyone have experience with the .375 SOCOM round ?

My understanding is it's a .458 SOCOM necked down to take .375 bullets and allowing greater range than .458 using a standard AR lower and a .458 SOCOM upper etc.

http://www.tromix.com/375-socom-parts.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/375_SOCOM

[Odin Bravo One]

The owner at Keeper's Concealment just got one....... we're starting to work a plan for a side by side comparison in the field.

[OlongJohnson]

Just for grins and SMDHs, do a search on .375 Reaper. Because of that CF, .375 SOCOM seems to be the way to go in that space. Very much a VHS - (Beta-plus-possibly-criminal-"business"-practices) situation, unfortunately.

[Duelist]

Hmm. Wonder about applications and range. And sanity checking myself- what on earth do I want with building another non-standard AR?

[GJM]

Not that you need a good reason to buy something, but how do you envision using the .375 SOCOM? I have a Wilson .458 SOCOM, and plan to carry it some in Alaska this summer, for when I might otherwise have a 45-70 or 14 inch shotgun. Look forward to following this thread.

[HCM]

Not that you need a good reason to buy something, but how do you envision using the .375 SOCOM? I have a Wilson .458 SOCOM, and plan to carry it some in Alaska this summer, for when I might otherwise have a 45-70 or 14 inch shotgun. Look forward to following this thread.

For myself, fancy pig gun.

[GJM]

For myself, fancy pig gun.

Do you know Bill Wilson? Last I checked he was overrun with pigs and trying to thin the numbers.

[Prdator]

Just got mine set up put a Strike Eagle 1-6 on it I had planed to shoot it this weekend but the Hip kept me indoors... I have some of the 250 rg TTSX loads from SBR they should run 2150 out of the 18'' I cant wait to shoot it. a budy of mine go the same upper so we plan to work some loads up as well. Its an easy 200 yard gun and that's what I wanted. for Pigs and Deer or really most anything else. went 375 for the extra range over the .458

[GJM]

Just got mine set up put a Strike Eagle 1-6 on it I had planed to shoot it this weekend but the Hip kept me indoors... I have some of the 250 rg TTSX loads from SBR they should run 2150 out of the 18'' I cant wait to shoot it. a budy of mine go the same upper so we plan to work some loads up as well. Its an easy 200 yard gun and that's what I wanted. for Pigs and Deer or really most anything else. went 375 for the extra range over the .458

I think you are on the right track with the TTSX load. Bill Wilson and a grandkid or two, took a .458 Socom to Africa and harvested a dozen or 15 animals through a cow Cape buffalo, all with one shot of the TTSX load below. That is what I am using in my .458 for bear defense. Besides terminal performance, he says the TTSX feeds very well through an AR. The Hornady bullets are cheaper and decent practice loads, but harder on the AR to feed.

http://shopwilsoncombat.com/458-SOCOM-300-gr-Barnes-TTSX-1750-FPS-16-Barrel-20_Box/productinfo/A458%2D300%2DTTSX/

[Prdator]

Ive shot a few semi truck loads of critters with X, TSX, TTSX, MRX etc.. and they are by far my faves. but I like some of the other bullets to the Acubond etc.

[okie john]

Hmm. Wonder about applications and range. And sanity checking myself- what on earth do I want with building another non-standard AR?

In terms of applications, I put the 375 SOCOM between the 375 Winchester and the 358 Winchester--plenty of punch from 100-200 yards, but starting to run out of useful trajectory beyond that. Where the 375 Winchester was optimized for lever guns and the 358 Winchester was optimized for 308-length bolt-actions, the 375 SOCOM is optimized for the M-16 platform. In a suppressed gas gun with night-vision optics, it would be ideal for dropping large numbers of hogs or feral cattle quickly and quietly.

Range will depend on what the bullet makers offer for it. Bullets designed for the 375 Winchester will be about the right weight for 375 SOCOM, but they're too soft for those velocities, and bullets designed for the 375 H&H will be too hard.

Can't help with the sanity check.


Okie John

[HCM]

In terms of applications, I put the 375 SOCOM between the 375 Winchester and the 358 Winchester--plenty of punch from 100-200 yards, but starting to run out of useful trajectory beyond that. Where the 375 Winchester was optimized for lever guns and the 358 Winchester was optimized for 308-length bolt-actions, the 375 SOCOM is optimized for the M-16 platform. In a suppressed gas gun with night-vision optics, it would be ideal for dropping large numbers of hogs or feral cattle quickly and quietly.

Range will depend on what the bullet makers offer for it. Bullets designed for the 375 Winchester will be about the right weight for 375 SOCOM, but they're too soft for those velocities, and bullets designed for the 375 H&H will be too hard.

Can't help with the sanity check.


Okie John

How do you think those hard 375 H&H bullets would do out of .375 SOCOM vs a car ?

[okie john]

How do you think those hard 375 H&H bullets would do out of .375 SOCOM vs a car ?

I have no idea.

The maker claims that a 200-grain bullet will do 2,400 fps from a 18" barrel, which is encouraging, but we don't have third-party chronograph data to verify that. Then there's the fact that a 18" barrel is pretty long for most folks who shoot cars for a living. And there's the fact that 375 H&H bullets tend to be 235, 250, 270, and 300 grains, which may be too heavy/long for the 375 SOCOM's case capacity.

It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.


Okie John

[Prdator]

I think a 250 gr TTSX would work fine on a car.. but thats not whats its really designed for.

[Odin Bravo One]

I'm not an auto mechanic or a car expert; but I have found making the driver leak fluids works infinitely better at stopping a vehicle than trying to stop the car by making it leak fluids.

[OlongJohnson]

Some jumping off points here.

http://68forums.com/forums/showthread.php?94610-375-socom