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My .375 RUM was bedded into a Rem700 Mountain rifle stock, Sako extractor and Vais muzzle brake. Light, slim and pleasure to shoot with the 260 Accubonds. Tipped yotes over with authority.

Smack, 26" factory tube?

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LOL at the coyote... did it 'overpenetrate'?

how fast are you pushing those 260 gr. Accubonds? IIRC i'm getting right at 3K fps from 24" barrel

26" factory barrel, 260 Accubonds at 3050, 102 gr IMR7828 Fed215M. The rifle shoots lights out with that load so I left it be. First 3 shot group at 100 yards went ironically enough .375 center to center, no joke. Made me smirk!

Oh yes, it penatrated rather well. That coyote was shot at 375 yards, give or take a few, funny story. It was getting late in the day, I was hunting mule deer. I was about ready to pack it up for the hike out. When along came Mr. Yote, so I jammed him in the dirt, the sound of that shot made a Mulie buck stand from his bed further to my right. Ranged him at 560 and jammed him in the dirt. I didn't recover the bullet from the yote, but his heart was completely gone, I did recover the 260 Accubond from the Mulie , hit him facing me head on in the center of the chest. I found the bullet just under the hide on the belly ahead of the pelvic bone.

The heartless yote, exit side(260gr Accubond)



Here's the Mulie I shot just after the Yote.



The 260gr Accubond as I found it.





The recovered bullet cleaned up.

I weighed my on the digital kitchen scales, 7Lbs! Bit light for a 375H&H, thats why it's so lively!

I was going to say earlier SMACK, that is pretty impressive performance, long wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy away!

FourFingers,

I see that the floorplate latch button on your 375 is small and looks smooth. Did you modify it, or is it factory?

I had a couple Rem 700 BDL/SS in 375. There were made well before the SPS. Every time I fired it the serrated floorplate latch button ground another chunk of flesh from my trigger finger. I had to grind a lot of it off to prevent that. I wanted a 375 for a long time. After owning and shooting the Rem 700 for a while (and a Ruger #1) it didn't take me long to realize that I really didn't want a 375 after all. I think it was responsible for the case of the flinchies that I have yet today.

Nope, mine is completely as per out of the box, I haven't changed anything. I haven't noticed any problem grazing my finger, but when I grip the rifle, my right index finger is about 3/16" from the bolt knob. I keep an absolute death grip on it as the bolt rakes my finger above the knuckle if I am not 100% careful.

I have wanted a 375H&H since I was a teenager (I'm 63 now!). I am glad I bought it, but boy it is a handful! I might weight the stock and see how it goes. The shoulder whack is ok, thanks to the R3/Limbsaver or whatever it is, but the rifle bucks and bellers and bites anything like fingers, etc that gets in the way, lol.

That bolt knob is way out of proportion, being closer to the camera than the trigger guard, but it seems to be that big in recoil ans is hard for me to avoid.
Once I free up enough cases, I will try some lighter bullets (currently using Fed Power Whatevers in 270Gn, serious medicine. I wil also be shooting a lot of cast in her.

Here is my Remington 700 SPS with the 1-4X Leupold scope.
It hasn't had any parts fall off that I can tell.
So far it has killed a raccoon, a few prairie dogs, and three whitetail deer.
I'm waiting to win the lottery so I can take it to Alaska where it belongs.
whelennut

Nope, mine is completely as per out of the box, I haven't changed anything. I haven't noticed any problem grazing my finger, but when I grip the rifle, my right index finger is about 3/16" from the bolt knob. I keep an absolute death grip on it as the bolt rakes my finger above the knuckle if I am not 100% careful. [/quote]

Sorry, lost the link in previous post and now unable to edit. New pic:





As you can see, bog stock.