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Dober

Newly acquired 700 ks h&h

Here's BobinNH's 375 H&Hs... pretty dang close to rifle nirvana too!

I believe the one on the right is a pre-'64 in a Brown handle... but Bob will be able to tell you more.

Oh baby, that one on the right!

Dober

Tanner thanks for posting!

Sorry for the sloppy basement photo...only one I had handy other than slides and prints buried somewhere....

Dober the one on the right dates back to the 80's and is almost a kissin cousin to your 375.....almost like we followed the same path even before we met on here! LOL!

Pre 64 M70 H&H action,Krieger 24" 410 SS 12 twist tube (had it turned down till it looked and felt right) with some kinda black coating my smith put on it.Stock is a Kevlar/gravite reinforced Brown Precision.8#'s as we see it there.

That's the second tube; the first was a 12 twist Atkinson.

After I built that rifle and started shooting 250 gr Bitterroots over 2900,the 338's all went bye-bye.

BobinNH, Wow! that's pretty much identical to mine, other than mine being a Mauser.

Also, agreed on no need for a .338 with a .375 in the 8 pound range.

Bob...how many rounds to wear out a .375 tube? What is the muzzle diameter?

Tanner...thanks for posting those pics.

Dober...did you have your .375 hard chromed?

Great rifles here! ...love this subject.

DMD...FN Mauser is my fave.

DMD: I know.. They are pretty much the same thing.Kinda hard to beat them.That rifle is why I sorta respectfully disagree about how 375H&H's are heavy....many are as they come from the factory,but the point is, they really don't "have" to be...it is really easy to put one together that is relatively light if you just use the right stuff.

BTW that rifle is a pussycat to shoot! It is even a bit lighter now since I stuck on Weavers and a 3X Leupold....it feels like a Mountain weight 270.

Dave 93 I did not wear out the first tube.....I just wanted a SS barrel and when Krieger started making 410 SS (they don't anymore), I wanted one. The Atkinson tube is now on a friends Montana action and still shoots lights out.

The muzzle diameter is a hair below .700 at 24". I'll try to get some better pics of it this week.

It seems that between .65 and .7" at the muzzle, with that big of a hole in the barrel (grin), is just about perfecto! I can't imagine being much thinner than that, seems that the barrel walls would be pretty darn thin. I really, really can like how this rig balances with the weight out front. I need to drift out the front sight still, but it is looking like a rifle that will be hard to leave at home!

If I remember 8.75#s(?) the groups shot was @100 w/Remington roundnose 300gr ammo.

Dober, what stock is that?

Tis a Brown.

And for Tanner, you asked what it weighs it goes 8 lb 11 oz as it sits, so about 9 lbs "all up".

Which is about 1/2 pound or so heavier than I'd prefer. But, it doesn't bother me enough to do anything about it.

4 a while I had a 3-10 Leo w/M1 on top, it was a terror on the longer range gongs at our range. It may go back on it one of these days as I really love to thump that long range steel and I'm not a fan of the 1-5 that's on it.

Dober

I'd love to have an M1 atop mine, that rig just seems so capable out to longer ranges. But, the LR dots I'm using right now I think will prove to be darn useful.

Those Brown stocks are really great looking handles Dober, really classy stick there.

here is bluefish's 375!



And specs:

M70 classic action
tuned trigger
refined safety
reworked bolt release
Wiebe bottom metal unit
PacNor 23" Super Match Grade SS barrel finished at 23" No 4 contour
NECG front and rear sights
Gentry banded sling swivel
Echols Legend stock in EDGE with proper reinforcements for safety and strength
Cerakoted metal
Black polane paint with brown flecks
Brown Pachmayr pad

Bare naked weight: 7.5 lbs.
All up weight: 9.0 lbs.

I'm really digging those Brown Precision stocks. Wish I could get my hands on one and see how it feels.

bear, I wonder if they're anything like a Montana stock in terms of weight and feel? After shooting mine prone, I'd have no problem losing more weight on the rig.

My two, a M70 with a brown stock and a M77 with a mcmillan.

bearstalker the Browns have always worked well for me. Mine was reinforced with graphhite/kevlar in the grip/forend and has been good for all these years.The combs are high and straight,I sorta like the modest cheekpiece,and the grips are slender.

If building today I would likely use a Legend,as I have not bumped into a better synthetic stock for a magnum chambering. I recently bumped into a SS Classic 375H&H in a Legend;it fits nicely.





Tanner: General rule (like anything subject to modification)....for diameter at the muzzle, take groove diameter,add .300...that should give a reasonable weight barrel if taper is right.Mine came in at .700 at 24",but the rifle feels lighter somehow.

Might not be what you were talking about, but it's a 375.

Welcome!

That rifle is sick! A levergun in 375 Win and 348 Win is definitely on my lust list.