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Congrats on your new purchase! Pics when you get the rifle,please.


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Cool deal. Update us on your rifle impressions. I want a MRC 35 Whelan lefty.(yeah, good luck getting it in less than a year.)

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I'll definitely provide a review.

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I bought a CZ550 in .375H&H last year and like it a lot. It feeds very smoothly. After about 200 rounds I got a crack in the stock behind the tang. Sent it back and they replaced the stock and bedded the action. I had it back in my hands two weeks after shipping it to them, so I'm happy.

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I would suggest a Winchester M70 Safari Express in .375. IMO, the CZ is just too heavy in .375. If you're gonna get a CZ, may as well get it in .416 Rigby.

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Well, too late as I bought a MRC .375 a week ago. It's on it's way now. I've got the leupold 1-4, bases, and rings for it. Now I just need the gun.

I was quite settled on the .375 H&H anyways. I've hunted my previous gun in the caliber for years, so I know exactly what I'm getting. I want access to lighter bullets with respectable BCs (like the 260gr .375 Accubond) for use on non-dangerous game which .416 doesn't really offer. While I'll certainly take this gun on some cool hunts as money affords, the first place it's going to get out of the house is the elk/OTC bear combo hunt. If I need something bigger, I've got magnumized .45-90 and .50-110 1886s.

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Let us know how your MRC works out. I have a Ruger Alaskan in 375 Ruger and a Ruger African in 9.3x62, both shoot bugholes, the 375 with 250 grain Barnes TTSX and the 9.3 with 250 grain Nosler Accubonds, I would have suggested a Ruger African to you!

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The MRC has arrived. So far, I'd give it an A-. The stock and metalwork look good. The sights are a little low for the height of the stock comb and where my cheek bone is. That seems to imply it will take optics well (which I expected) but I may have to make some changes to the backup irons. Marbles offers a variety of rear blades, and lots of people have dovetail front sights so there should be options.

I'll mount up a scope and post shooting results and pictures this weekend.

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