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no affiliation, but thought someone may be interested. I would be but not a flipper and I need a 375 before this just because they make them.

I saw this this morning and was very tempted. I see the seller upped the "Buy is now" price from $1050 to $1200. Good thing, because I was going back to look at it now with an itchy finger for 1050.

Not a bad deal in todays market. I wonder if JES could rebore it to .375? Probably have to change the ejector and mag box?

Not sure if there would be enough wall left after a rebore to .375" but if there was, a .375 H&H reamer will not clean up a .300WM chamber. The .300WM case body and shoulder diameter is too wide for the H&H to clean up. A .375 Ruger should clean it up though.

.375 H&H conversion would need the mag box, follower, bolt stop and ejector swapped.

.375 Ruger conversion would not need any parts swapped.

Wow... Nothing like being broke when the deals come along...


If one were frugal, the spacer can be removed from the factory mag box and brazed / tig'ed. The factory bolt stop and ejector blades can both be shortened 0.200". The only part that you would really need to scrounge for is the 3.6" follower... When I did this a few years ago, I had to try several different followers to get one that properly fed the full stack from any position.

What you describe will work if you are careful and precise in your material removal. I did remove the spacer and weld up the rear joint on the magbox once. No issues there. When I modified the ejector I ran into problems. That little dude can be a tricky mo-fo. I was off on my angle just a bit and ended up with BAD ejection problems. Redneck had to sort me out and a new part had to be ordered. If you were more careful, you should be able to make it work. I was using pretty crude tools at the time and this was about 15 years ago...I've come a LONG way since then (better tools and more knowledge). No way around the follower...that one would definitely need to be sourced.

Though, if you are doing a .375 H&H conversion, you're already into a rebarrel. Depending on the barrel brand and smith doing the work, you're probably at minimum, $6-700 into the project. I doubt a new ejector, bolt stop and follower would be deal breakers in the effort.

True... Nothing about being a rifle "looney" is cheap...

Money order deal breaker for me.. I hate going to the post office.. let me pay with debit/credit card..

Well... Someone pushed the Instant Love button...

I guess I should have jumped when he had listed for $1050 but only trade bait for me so hopefully it gets good use.

I would have been sorely tempted by a $1050 BIN price. Still sorting out the one I bought after Christmas. Don’t need another project at the moment.

I bouoght a LH M70 300 WSM yesterday. It'll be shipped in a week or so. It may end up being a donor for something new.

I always thought it would be fun to try to use a WSM action as a donor for a .350 Remingon Magnum or a 9.3BS. My vision was a 20" barrel in a McMillan Hunter's Compact Edge. Not sure I have a need for such a beast....but when did that ever factor into a Looney's rifle plans?!?!?!

I have had a LH Montana 1999 short action sitting here for several years that I have contemplated barreling to one of the Rem "short mags". I go back and forth between the 6.5 and .350, don't need either one but, what's need have to do with it?
I also have an "extra" Stainless Classic .300 Win like the auction being discussed that I keep thinking needs to be re-barreled to .264 Win Mag. I keep watching for a factory SS take off barrel that can be fitted to keep it all Winchester

I'm thinking this may turn into a 7mm SAUM.

Shouldn't take much tweaking (if any) to pull that off.