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Nice kudu!

I would second everybody who suggested checking the chamber on ANY older .300 H&H, even pre-'64 Model 70's, since so many were rechambered to .300 Weatherby and even some wildcats based on the .300 H&H. I know a guy who bought a pre-'64 that has been converted to .300 Wby. at a gun show, and it wasn't re-marked. He got a surprise when he extracted the first fired case!

Those rechamberings are one reason the price of pre-64's and 721's in .300 H&H are pretty high.


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My HH has been converted but the smith did stamp the barrel.

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the pre 64 70 I've got was my grandpas. It began as a 300 H&H, and a smith ran in a reamer and gave it a 40 degree shoulder... it's now marked 300 H&H Super.

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I picked up a 721 in .300 HH a couple of years ago for $600.00, very good condition, 26" barrel, also came with the original recoil pad. As mentioned by another poster it was hard as a rock so picked up another 721 stock for 25.00 and put a new recoil pad on it so I still have the original. The first load I tried was 200 grain Sierra's with H4831, shot so well the first trip to the range that I haven't played with much else. Put a 3x9x50 Leupold on it that I took off my .280. It's not a light rifle, but I really like it.

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I've bought two over the past couple of years, a 721 and a 40-XB. The stock on my 721 has lots of drop (I believe it's a standard stock vs. the high comb stock) but the action is slick as ice and the 40-XB will stack 'em on top of one another reliably. They're good conversation starters at the range too.

Cases can be a bit of a problem but check around, you can usually find them somewhere although they're normally at a slight premium.


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Is your 40XB custom or factory?

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Rechambering a vintage 300 H&H, without a damned good reason, is an unpardonable sin. Glad I got a Pre-64 before the unbubbaed ones were snapped up.


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JB,

I've seen bolt set back in two, both original 300 H&H. It may be anecdotal, however.


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Originally Posted by BigUglyMan
Rechambering a vintage 300 H&H, without a damned good reason, is an unpardonable sin. Glad I got a Pre-64 before the unbubbaed ones were snapped up.
I'm thinking my grandpa had a good reason in '52, or else he wouldn't have done it.

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Did Remington chamber any 700s in 300H&H besides the Classic?

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Originally Posted by TannerGun
Originally Posted by BigUglyMan
Rechambering a vintage 300 H&H, without a damned good reason, is an unpardonable sin. Glad I got a Pre-64 before the unbubbaed ones were snapped up.
I'm thinking my grandpa had a good reason in '52, or else he wouldn't have done it.


Exactly. When the 300 WBY first came out the only rifles available were Weatherbys, which tended then, as now, to be pretty darned expensive. A Remington 721 in 300 H&H was a cheap way to get into the biggest, baddest 30 Cal round of the day and I don't blame the guys back then one bit for having done it. Particularly when you look at the ballistics of factory 300 H&H ammunition from that era.

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The one I've got isn't a 721, but I'm sure it was the same train of thought. I don't mind running 180s at 3,000+ and not having to trim cases.

The H&H is a classy cartridge, but it also begs to be fireformed into something even better...

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That's a deal of all is well with it.


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