You may have heard of .375 CheyTac as one of the best long-range cartridges of all time. Perhaps you even landed here looking for a place where you could buy .375 CheyTac ammo.
But did you know the following facts? Test your knowledge against one of the world’s preeminent ELR cartridges.
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1. .375 CheyTac ammo is loaded with solid copper bullets
This one’s a big one. Most bullets, including ELR and OTM bullets, are made by swaging a lead bullet core, then drawing a copper jacket down to the base (or in the case of OTM, up from the base to the nose) before the bullet is completed.
This process is cost-effective and produces decent radial symmetry, but the best of the best ELR bullets are CNC-machined from solid-copper billets. .375 and .408 CheyTac bullets are among them.
Machining from solid copper ensures that the bullets are as cross-sectionally consistent in density as possible, and that there are no aberrations in radial symmetry arising from the use of a jacket, because in this instance, there in jacket, just a solid copper bullet, machined to specification.
It results in a bullet that produces more stable flight for pinpoint accuracy, even at mind-boggling ranges.
2. .375’s predecessor,.408 CheyTac stays supersonic longer than .50 BMG
The .375 CheyTac is basically just a necked-down .408 CT. This cartridge stays supersonic longer than the .50 BMG, which means it is more likely to stay supersonic to the target without experiencing the shock of the transonic zone, keeping it more accurate at greater ranges.
The same goes for .375 CheyTac ammo. Since it is loaded with lighter bullets, it has a blazing-fast muzzle velocity and can stay supersonic for longer, giving it not just ridiculous range, but accuracy at those ranges.
3. It shoots flatter than .408 CheyTac
The real difference between .408 and .375 CheyTac ammo is that the latter is loaded with lighter bullets. This means that they experience less bullet drop, making them slightly flatter-shooting, for potentially better accuracy at extreme ranges.
4. It produces less recoil than .50 BMG
If .408 CT produces less recoil than .50 BMG, it should come as a surprise to no one that the lighter version does as well. The .375 CT produces less recoil than both, making it a less taxing cartridge to carry and shoot.
5. This ammo (and its cousin) are effective past a mile, on a man sized target
The bottom line here is that with a good rifle like the M200 Intervention, there are hardly better ELR cartridges than .375 CheyTac, which can be effectively used at ranges in excess of a mile to dispatch man-sized targets.
6. One of the parent cases of the .375 CT is .505 Gibbs
Technically the parent of the .375 CheyTac is the .408 CT, but one of that cartridge’s parents is the .505 Gibbs, which is one of the most powerful, effective big-game cartridges ever developed. That must make the .505 Gibbs a grandparent to .375 CheyTac, if the term might be used.
It also means that stopping power is in the .375 CT’s DNA. There might be better cartridges, but if you need a hard-hitter and extreme accuracy at extreme ranges, this is a good one.
Where Can You Get .375 CheyTac Ammo?
If you landed here because you’re looking for a place where you can get .375 CheyTac ammo, visit B&B Firearms.
In addition to carrying some of the industry’s best ELR and precision rifles, they also carry .408 and .375 CheyTac ammo. Visit their website to learn more and bookmark the page if you have an ELR rifle.
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