Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Very accurate .375 H&H - which smith?

DF,if the muzzle flash don't get'em,then muzzle blast will.

Nice.

This is what my .375 H&H did at 100 yds with a 270 gr Swift A-Frame.

The .375 seems to be one of those mythical inherently accurate cartridges. My classic with a factory custom shop barrel will shoot ragged one hole groups even with two or three different bullet weights.

The classic barrel is too heavy but otherwise good on balance. I like the 24" barrel but especially an Alaskan and DG rifle a shorter barrel will handle faster and reduce some weight.
If I built one I would probably go Douglas #4 and shorten it to 21" just to be contrary. I would need to check but I think Bartlein does a #3.5 and can also do the pre-64 contour too. Either of these should be just about right.

My 375 at 10.5lbs is easy to shoot but get one down to around 8lbs recoil gets snappy and not so much fun. Around 8.5lbs seems like a good compromise. If well balanced the weight isn't apparent.