Need some ideas. Scope, mounts.

Talleys, low with levers, VX 2 3-9 #4 German on a M70 SS. Back up scope is a 4X M8 with heavy duplex, same rings.

Leupold two piece dual dovetail bases, Burris signature rings and a Leupold Vari XII 2x7. I'm shooting my reloads with RL-15 and the Barnes 270 Gr. TSX bullet. With this load I'm good for anything from Impala to Cape Buffalo. I have a 416 Rigby for Elephants.

2.5-8x36 matte Leupold in a set of low Talley QD's, firing the 270 gr TSX's at 2800 fps, perfect combo imho.

Gunner

The Model 70 has a 2.5x Leupold in Talley QR rings and a great set of sights:

The Number One has a 1.5-5x Leupold, and of course the Ruger sights. JB filed the brass bead to about a 45 degree angle. Works great.



I have no idea why a mule deer & black bear hunter has a .375, let alone two of them, but I do. I like the cartridge.

Guy

Ruger Hawkeye African, .375R:

2.5-8 Leupold VX3, in Warne QD rings
McMillan McWoody stock, 1" Pachmayr Decellerator pad

Got my little #1 300 H&H set up identical.

Gunner

Alright, here's my old tired rifle. Set up a couple different ways:

Leupold QRW'S and leupold steel bases:



The VX3 1.5-5 didn't have enough magnification for my tastes, so I upped the x's a bit (Zeiss 3.5-10x44):


I also believe the 375 needs cross bolts so I got a different stock (even though the original was nicer). This is a stronger stock and will not crack out like the original did:



I also decided to chit can the QRW's and go with the permanent mount PRW's...Still using the same steel bases, but different rings..

This set-up seems to be very rock solid:

My 375 is a very similar modern copy of the Alaskan in a previous post.

I have a new 375 Alaskan, with Talley low QD's. I have a Zeiss HD5 3-15 with the lock turrets on it. It's setup as a do everything rifle. I will eventually buy a wide backup scope if I ever get a chance at Africa or something, but right now, the 3 power on this scope is about the same as it is on the Leupold 2.5-8 that has been so successful for so many people, and I can use 10x on the scope and have the eye relief very generous.

The 15x I have found useful at the range, so overall, the package is really flexible. But it depends on what you have planned for the rifle. Like I said, mine is a 'one gun for all' solution, but your vision might be different.

BSA, a lot of folks have no idea the .375 is so doggone accurate.

I like that rifle.

Guy

Thanks Guy. I like your rifles too. We'll both be ready if there's ever an out break of wild elephants in the PNW

Open sights at 100yds today. Next time, a 2.5x8x32 zeiss will be applied.
Talley steel QR rings. The felt recoil isn't bad, this was my first time ever behind a .375. Very pleased with the rifle, and fine gentleman who sold it to me TDN.

Pretty good for open sights. That sure is a beautiful rifle.. I can tell you are going to really like that one...

I don't use the 375 as a dangerous game rifle, so I scope it with a 2x12 VX6, to take advantage of the 375's range capabilities.

I've never shot the 375 H&H, only a 375 Weatherby and it was terrible. How would the H&H compare as for recoil?

.375 RUM #1



.375 RUM #2



.375 AI

The 375 H&H is a puzzzzy cat, especially in a rifle like mine or the OP's..

With Leupold VX-III 1.5 to 5 on those horrible windage adjustable mounts that never varied in 2000 shots�.

Doggone it Ingwe! I've got the rifle, I just need the buffalo!

Ingwe, that is sure a beautiful rifle and buff. What do you guys think of the 225gr Hornady spire points?

Cool picture ingwe. Nice rifle, is it a pushfeed?

For what range do you guys have your .375's zeroed?

I'm at 200 with the scopes, and 50 yards for the sights.

Guy

Nice set-ups BSA, hard to get the 375 H&H to foul up with about any combo.

Gunner

Same/Same here Guy.

Gunner

Leupold 1.5-5X in BRNO factory detachables.

I had a Leo 2.5x20 ul in talley steel qd rings on top of my .375 h&h winchester 1885. Just changed the scope to a zeiss 4x32 conquest to help my not so good eyes.

Same here. Also have a spare scope, in Warne QD's, zeroed and ready to go if needed.

I've got a Rem 700 Custom C with a 3-9 Zeiss Dia-vari in QRW rings, a Win 70 Alaskan with a 3.5-10 Leupold in Burris rings and a CZ 550 rebarrelled to .375 Weatherby carrying a 3.5-10 in Warne QDs. Theoretically I should change the Alaskan to QRWs some day.
They are all sighted for 200 yards with the scopes, and to the top of the bead at 100 with the irons. That drops to the center of the bead at 200. Scopes haven't come off on a hunting trip yet, but the back-up plan seems worthwhile anyway.

Me too.

Nice.

Gunner

Bushnell 2-7x32 Elite 3200 in Warne QDs on a CZ550.

My 235gn handloads are 1" high at 100 and 1" low at 200yds, giving me a point blank on pigs of over 200yds which is much further than I normally shoot them at (usually 25 to 50yds).

Nice, that 235 gr Speer is a fine killing, easy shooting bullet in the 375, I have killed a lot of deer through the decades with it.

Gunner

home painted 3 color camo, paracord sling with qd swivels.
1.25-4.5x28 tasco titan with #4 Reticle, Leupold QRW rings Warne bases.
trigger is set at 1.75#.
rifle prints 270 hornady flat base, soft points into 1-1.2" groups at 200. running about 2500 MV.
3 magazines, gel recoil pad.

2 scopes) Leupold 1-4x20 German 4 matte & Leupold 2.5-8x36 Post matte both in a set of low Talley QD mounts.

ran the irons a few times from hasty kneeling at 100 and they are spot on. rifle has elevation and windage sights.

.375 Ruger on a FN action. 21" McGowan barrel.
Leupold VXII 2-7X33 with Talley steel rings and bases.

Favorite load is the 270 gr Barnes 3X over RL17 for 2700 fps.

My 700 simply has a 3-9 Leupold in Leup. mounts.. The irons have never been tried.. Will have to do that sometime soon..

My M70 Super Express has a Leup 1.75-6 in Leup QD mounts, M70 Safari Express has a 2-7 Kahles in Tally QDs, Ruger Alaskan has a Burris 4X Short Mag in Ruger rings.

Warne QD mounts holding a Nikon Monarch African 1-4x20mm for my primary and express iron sights for backup. I like this setup very much and you can get multiple QD rings to have multiple scopes for various purposes (like a lighted reticle for leopard or just a backup scope).

Like this?

Exactly like that. Mine is a CZ as we'll.

What make is the replacement safety?

I was also wondering the same thing. I need to get mine changed...

4x Conquest in DNZ mounts. Was a 1.75-6x32 before I started playing musical scopes....

Wayne Jacobsen of American Hunting Rifles makes a 3 position safety for CZ as well as several other things. He has done work on my rifle as well as several on this and other forum. Really great guy to work with and stays on schedule.

Yes, my CZ .375 is fitted with an AHR safety and trigger.
Well-spent money.

Model 70: Meopta 3.5X10 (ill reticle German #4) on EAW QD rings and a Leupold 1.75X6 as backup

Weatherby MKV: Leupold 1.5X5 (ill German #4) fixed Leupold rings.

Jorge, that 3.5-10x is a lot of scope for a .375!

The cartridge is accurate at range, why not use a bigger scope?

Guy

I have it set up specifically for a cat hunt, but yes I agree. To me THE scope for the 375 is a 1.5X6X42...

this.

Talley low steel rings and bases with Trijicon 3-9x40 amber mildot

That sounds like a solid package. Do you have any pictures?

My .375 has a Leupold 1-4x on it.

I had to file a ramp down on the base to get the power ajustment ring to clear




And here's what it shoots with TSX at 100 yards

Mine's a No. 1 with a Nikon African 1-4, std front ring and offset rear. It shoots right along side my varmint rifles

375 Weatherby, Rem XCR II, Talley QRs CeraKoted, 2x7 Leupold Firedot scope. The BDL is a late 60s vintage 270 I bought new, my youngest son claimed it several years ago

No doubt about it, those are some awesome shooting rifles..

Very nice gohip!!

Not a 375, but it started out that way. Wayne of AHR did the safety and trigger. Awesome gunsmith. CZ 550 rebarreled from 375 H&H to 500 Jeffery. Talley QR mounts, Leupold 1.5-5x scope, M70 type 3 pos safety, AHR single stage match trigger at 2.5 lbs.

That is one beautiful CZ!!!!!! If it shoots as good as my CZ 550 American, I would never sell that sob...

My BRNO has one of Ed LaPour's safeties and a factory single stage trigger. Can't see why they do the set trigger on a big bore.

Ed, I really like that rifle buddy. I don't understand the reason for a set trigger on a "dangerous" game rifle either. My 9.3x62 is an older CZ with the adjustable single stage trigger and I really like it. It breaks very clean and is adjusted to 2 3/8 pounds and I get ample accuracy from that rifle (let's just say it's a consistent "sub moa" shooter)...

Me either, and I can't use it anyway. My hand is relatively small and setting the trigger puts it too far forward for a comfortable grip on the wrist stock. Besides, the adjustability on the "normal" trigger is very good and it can be cranked down to very light.

I'm glad someone else feels the same as I do about those triggers.

Many good setups. I put a 2.5-10 Leica ER on my 375 ruger Alaskan (laminate stock version) with stainless medium ruger rings. I very much like the package and took it on a brown bear hunt last fall (not successful). Liked the combo so much decided to take a doe with it in the PA deer season.

Sako 75 - Custom Sights
Winchester G - Custom

Both .375's

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Pure heavy medium bore sweetness right there^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gunner

Nothing fancy: Blaser R8 but the scope is a new to me, a Leup VXR 2-7x with the circle-Fire Dot ballistic reticle. But the trigger and the "irons" on a Blaser are excellent from the box. And of course the proprietary ring/base set are QR

My MRC 375 H&H has a Kahles 1.5x6x42 in Warne QD mounts and my 375 Ruger has a 1.5x6x42 S&B.

Last year, my Whitworth .375 Holland wore an old Leupold 2x7, and it worked quite nicely for a 17-animal buff/PG hunt. Prior to the 2x7, it wore a Conquest 1.8x5.5, which was optically excellent but heavy and bulky.

This year, I bought a Zeiss Conquest 2.5x8 off EBay. It is much smaller than the other Conquest and the eyebox is even better than the Leupy (which ain't too shabby on its own). It sits in Weaver rings which, with a coin, can be removed to gain access to the express sights.

I'm going back to Africa next month for a dagga boy and more PG. The Whitworth and the Conquest combo should do well, I'm sure, especially with the redundancy of the Leupold as a back-up scope, as well as the factory express sights.

Always tinkering.....

I have a Ruger Alaskan 375. I have killed 2 bull elk with it. It wore a Leupy 1.5-5 when I killed the elk in the Ruger rings. Since then I got rid of the Hogie stock and put it in a new Hawkeye synthetic. Also put a Leupy European-30 2-7 on it with Leupold rings. The scope came off a 358 Norma I no longer have, but it has my initials on the turret cap and an elk engraved on the objective bell courtesy of my wife and Leupolds custom shop. I usually shoot Hornady 270 SP for elk but I have some 250 Sierra gamekings loaded up I hope to smack a whitetail buck with this year.

I just installed a VX3 2.5-8x36 in low Ruger rings on my .375 Ruger Alaskan. It's going to be a North American big game rifle more than a DG rifle so I went a more versatile power range on the scope.

My black 375 Ruger Alaskan used to wear a Bushnell 4200 1.5-6X in factory Ruger rings, but now it wears a nice simple, light Leupold FXII 4x33 in low Alaska Arms LLC QD rings.

Here's my MRC in a McMillan stock. Rifle was built by Hill Country Rifles. Scope is a Leupold 1.5-6X in Talley QDs.
Bob

Very nice rifle! That looks real good.

Would the Hornady 270gr. SP work on deer to? I was planning on using them for deer,bear and elk. I get an average of 2777fps with the factory ammo out of my 20" barrel 375 Ruger Guide Gun.

I use QD rings on steel Weavers.

Here's a nice beater Rigby with a Kahles in a side mount for those ugly rainy days.
Bob

Sure, the bolt handle is on the wrong side for you anyway. Maybe you should sell that ugly truck rifle to me for real cheap...

Need some Krylon but not too bad.

That is a fine piece of work!

My Sako AV sits in a McMillan stock and wears an old Vari-XIII 1.5-5. It's deadly. Shoots everything well. I lean toward the 300 grain bullets.

It will now toss a 416.. big bore..grin

I was after general purpose go most anywhere (in N America) hunt anything. I started with a Rem 700 XCR. Despite what their web site said, my gun weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces bare. "Perky" recoil. I tore the iron sights off it and installed a Leupold 3-9X Vari X II 40 mm objective in Leupold low dual dovetail bases and rings. I also had Neil Jones take the trigger pull down to a pound even.

It packed nice. The stock and recoil pad fit and flexed enough recoil wasn't particularly bad. Unfortunately it didn't shoot well, the factory chamber was oval. Resizing brass was really bad.

I rebarreled that action twice and still couldn't get anything to shoot well on it, tried 3 different stocks, and eventually just decided something was wonky with that action so I sold it.

Tom

I just received my LH CZ 550 Safari in .375. I bought a Zeiss 1.2 - 5 x 32 IR Duralyt scope for it. The CZ shop has a Weaver rail that fits the dove tails on the magnum action, and I am trying to decide whether to use a rail with either Talley or Warne QD rings ... that way I think I should be able to share scopes with my other rifles (I know I will have to re-center.) Otherwise, I'll probably just use QD rings from Alaska Arms.

In any event, I plan to send the CZ to AHR for his action/safety/trigger/ bolt job.

I've admired pics of this rifle for a while. When did your barrel turn black, and what did you use? Also, how do you like the smooth stock? I'm considering a boyds laminate for a 375 build and wonder how important the checkering is.

Thanks,
Chris

Thanks

I had that rifle coated a couple yrs ago. More bling than anything. Probably would not do it again.

Those boyds are fine for a 375. I cut the forend short and hollowed out the forend and but to reduce weight. I like those stocks. No problems w/o checkering so I never did go ahead on getting that done.

Both are 375 Rugers.

The one on the left is factory 20" with a McMillan, 1.1-4 Kahles with Warne rings, Spec Tech trigger.

The one on the right has a 22.5" barrel, McMillan, barrel band front sight, and 1.5-6x42 Zeiss with Alaska Arms rings.

Paul,

what are those rings?

Phil

Good of them to put a metal handle on that fire wood...

That is just a really nice looking gun, really nice.


I have a stock CZ. Returned a peep sight for the factory open sights. Only extra I have is a second scope & rings. I use the Warne QD rings for both set ups, and both have always returned to zero. One holds a 2 x 8 and the other either a 2 3/4 or 4x power scope, depending on my mood.


Some very nice rifles guys, haven't seen an ugly one yet.

Hey Phil .... Not sure the brand on those rings. Owned them a long time. The levers are a bit different than the current Warne but do look similar. They are all steel and have given me no trouble. Not sure I'd go with sights and QD rings again. The NECG sights were expensive and never used. Probably just as well to go with a spare scope in Weaver rings w/o the sights.

Paul,

thank you for your answer.

i had issue with the warne QD on my 375 ruger.
im using llc for now.

most of the time you are right for the open sights.

but this fall we got a loose rear base (lost a bit and the other one was really loose). and yes i used blue loctite.

now im using steel bases with steel rings.

lesson learnt take a spare kit of bases and rings with you with some bits and an extra scope ... but you still need open sights ...

all the best.

Phil

My long awaited Talkeetna made it home today. I'm thinking a fixed 6 with Talley QD's. However a 2-7 Leupie seems intriguing too. Photos to follow............

Post them up BW....

That was a very tempting rifle when I was chasing another 375. The only thing that keep me from it, right or wrong, was the lack of a floor plate. Yes, the views go 180... They seemed to be a very well laid out piece.

I have had two 375s over the years. One a 375 H&H and the other a RUM.

Rifle one 375 H&H
Winchester 70 Classic
Lightweight conversion by Extreme Rifle Works, all extra wieght removed, 6 pounds 4 ounces sans scope, 20� barrel
Brockman Popup peep scope base, QD talley rings w/ 1.5-5 leupy lighted reticle
MPI ultra light stock, mountain rifle configuration


Rifle two 375 RUM
Remington 700 with shilen barrel 24� + vias brake
XS sight system peep base, warne QD rings with Ziess conquest 3-9x40
currently set up with light mount below barrel

The chances are very slim backup will ever be needed. Nikon uses special cement to hold optical components of that scope in place. Multiple blade express sights on rifles are only good for snagging on branches. One regulated to load fixed blade rear is all that is needed.

Finally had time to get the Talkeetna setup - at least for now. Went with a straight 6x Leupie and my reliable Talley QD mounts.

It came finished very well in the action area. Nice movement to the magazine so no binding to worry about.



The action area was we'll finished with a factory trigger at 3.5#'s so that needs no tweaking.




Here it is all setup. It was 7# 9oz. out of the box. Set up this way its 8# 9 oz..
The muzzle diameter is .695" with a maximum magazine OAL of 3.640".



A guy could do quite a bit of "constructive work" with this pair. Filling a freezer and a game room would be quite easy. The .308 Montana weighs in as it sits at 6# 0oz..

I've owned and hunted with two .375's over the years. The first I still own, a Mark X Mauser that's had some work done to it. I cut and recrowned the barrel at 22", and fitted two stocks, one synthetic and one walnut. Dave Gentry installed one of his 3-position safeties, and D'Arcy Echols a set of NECG express sights. Have had various scopes on it, including a 4x28 Leupold and a 1.5-6x Bausch & Lomb, but right now it has one of the new-generation 3x20 Leupolds in Talley detachable rings. It has hunted both in North America and Africa, and the scope has worked fine on big game out to 300 yards.

The other was a Ruger No. 1 that "GuyM" from the Campfire now owns and mentioned earlier in this thread. I never used it in North America except on prairie dogs, in preparation for an iron-sight-only safari in Botswana, using an NECG aperture sight and the factory front. In Africa it took my first Cape buffalo, and four plains game animals from impala to kudu at ranges out to 220 yards. I also used the No. 1 on a plains-game hunt in South Africa with a 1.75-6x Leupold, taking animals from springbok to gemsbok. It worked just fine that way too.

Phil,

I have used Warne QD rings on my .375 Ruger Hawkeye African, and found them to be a bit 'loose'- got much more open groups with them than I had gotten with the stock Ruger rings. Before going to Africa this August, I took the Warnes off, and reinstalled the Rugers- I figure that if a scope needs to be quickly taken off, a quarter in my pocket to loosen the big mount screws would work just fine. As I have posted elsewhere recently, I suspect the culprit is the small, loose halfmoon keys that fit in the slots of the integral mount of the M77 Hawkeye.
Anyway- i have two sets of Warne Maxima QD rings, Medium, very lightly used, that I will sell at a good price!
The Warnes are a great product, and probably work just fine with lesser-recoiling calibers in the Ruger line. They just weren't up to the task for me- 2" groups with the Warnes vs. sub-moa groups with the Ruger rings was a no-brainer decision, but such an accuracy difference might not be of importance to other shooters.

My Ruger no.1 is set up with a fiber optic NECG front sight, and Warne QD rings with a Leupold 1-4x heavy duplex cross hair shot gun scope. I used it in Zim., in 2011 to take a tuskless cow elephant, and a cow cape buff.








maddog

Too bad the wood isn't nicer.

Yeah, it's kind of bland looking .... . I like the safety though. How much does it cost to have AHR do one???

My Win Classic 375HH is set up with Leupold QWR mounts and a 2X7 Redfield Revolution scope made by Leupold... I really liked the optics and called Leupold to find out if the scope could "hold up". They told me, absolutely will hold up, as their testing on the revolution line simulates 5,000 rounds of a 375HH in their "mangler" testing station, and they have absolutely no problems.

Good luck.

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Remington M700 LA CM
McMillan Rem Sporter stock (70% black, 30% Olive)
27" 12 twist #5 contour fluted Brux barrel (4 port brake machined into extra inch)
plus extra barrel- Benchmark 30" 10 Twist Light Palma contour
Jewell trigger
Sightron SII Blue Sky 3-12X 42 mm scope
Extreme Hardcore Gear 20 moa picatinny base
Vortex 1" rings

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375 PRO (Precision Rifled Ordnance)
fire formed from 338 Norma Mag & 423 Dakota brass
300 gr Swift A Frame (coated with WS2)
COAL 3.255" Ogive oal 2.775" (.048" bullet jump)

90.0 gr H-4350
2950 fps
3 shot group at .483"


300 Gr Swift A-Frame
300 Gr Nosler Accubond

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320 Gr Cutting Edge MTH
.830 bc bullets at 2800 fps.... to deliver a ton (2006 ft. lbs.) at 1140 yards and 1102 ft. lbs at 1760 yards (1 mile).....

3252 ft. lbs. of energy at 630 yards

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Nice rifle, looks like you were having problems with your photobucket or something. I don't use the 250gr. sierra's in my 375, but imagine they would work great. For chits and giggles take a look at this thread:

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...53856/all/375_250gr_Sierra_Gameking_expa

I've used the 250gr. gamekings in my 338 win mag on elk and they perform very well. One made a complete pass thru both shoulders and although the core separated from the jacket, it still passed thru the far side shoulder and kept going. The jacket, however, was found on the farside when we were skinning the bull out. I like the sierra's and will definitely keep using them. Nice rifle too, by the way..

My Win M70 375 wears a Lyman 57 receiver sight.

My 375 H&H is a pre 64 Win 70 with a Leupold VX3, 1.75-6 in Medium Leupold QRW Rings on steel Leupold QRW Bases.

The stock is a monte carlo version with a Pachmyer Decelerator and two steel crossbolts. The gun was reblued when I bought it so no harm making it right!

I am sighted in 200 yards with the scope and 50 yards with the iron sights.

The pre 64 Win 70 H&H actions are pretty limiting with scope choice when using the Leupold QRW Bases. I don't like extension rings. The QRW bases are very low profile and allow the use of factory irons in most applications.

The Leupold QR base/rings are more forgiving as far as scope tube length, but the levers are shorter and hard to release, plus they are a good deal higher in profile.

Took another step towards completing my 375 Ruger this weekend.

Been working on a custom, based on the M70 Classic Stainless. Added a Rock Creek #5, stainless, and chambered it in 375 Ruger. Using Sako 85 Black/Brown Bear sights and a Gentry barrel band swivel. It will sit in a McM Sako Hunter stock.

This weekend I had it fluted. Fluting looks just like the fluting on the Sako 85 Black Bear/Brown Bear.

Next steps include soldering the barrel band swivel in place, and then get a hold of my Cerakote guy and make arrangements to have the barreled action and bottom metal done in Graphite Black.

Can't wait to see the pictures!

I'll see what I can do for pics. Got a hold of my Cerakote guy, so it'll be going out in a week or so. Hopefully I'll get a chance to get in the shop this week and get the barrel band soldered on. Maybe some before and after pics.

375 Ultra Mag LSS, Talley lows, 3-9x40 Zeiss w/German #4, J lock removed.

Mine is pretty simple. Dakota 76 Safari with Leica 2.5-10 #4 reticle in QR talley rings, shoots 270 TSX on top of each other. One of my favorites! Has a Talley peep in a grip compartment that was fitted to the Dakota spec Talley bases when they built the gun.

Here's what passes for mine. It's a Mark-X Mauser action with a Shilen barrel chambered in .375 Epstein Magnum (equivalent to the .375 Ruger). Barrel and action work by RCBS back in the day. RCBS made the chamber matched forming and loading die sets at the same time. Stock was made by C.P. Donnelly. Scope was a Burris 3-9x in Burris mounts, since changed to a Leupold 1.5-5x Vari-X III. This combination is capable of 3/4" 5 shot groups at 100 yards with the Hornady 270 grain bullet. I built it at a time my buddy was into Alaska hunting. I had dreams of following his example, but life intervened and I got married instead - end of dream - beginning of new life, but I gotta cool rifle anyway.

1903A3 custom.
Montana 19" 376 Steyr, timney trigger, glass bedded.
Khuharski brothers mount balvar scope.
Scope and mount are being switched to a pic rail and leupold 2-7 next week.
Rifle shoots one hole groups with 270 Rn hornady and IMR4895.

Factory Ruger offset rings. I have standards to install. These have been perfectly serviceable in the field, but the offset is obviously not necessary and leaves the scope little high.

Mine is a m-70 built from a .338 mag rifle.

Here's a few pics:

.375 RUM





NEAR Alphamount one piece. In my opinion simply the best mount you can put on a big bore. Superb craftsmanship. Notice the integrated recoil lug.





Swarovski z3

Anyone know who made this stock? I've been looking for one like it for years...

Thanks,


Okie John

Very cool mount. Thanks for sharing..

That stock is one I carved from a blank a few years ago.

Very nice! Did the mounts really cost $325?! Yowzers!

Eric

Oh mama!! What a beaut!!

I love the looks of the Kahles scopes too. How well do they hold up on a heavy kicker???? Eric, that may be a good option for your new 338 win mag Alaskan..

That one looks like a good size, BSA. The S&B Summit... also looking like a good option.

Eric

Yes, that one fits nicely. Hard to beat the S&B too, if you can afford it. I'm a poor boy, S&B too rich for my blood...

Thanks. Beautiful rifle, sir.


Okie John

Glad you asked. I switched mine up a bit. Coyote bomber swirly:

700 BDL / .375 RUM