Yesterday was my birthday and an old friend gave me a rifle and scope to celebrate. It is SS and Synthetic in 375H&H.
Anybody want to guess beyond that?
Oh, the scope is a fixed 4x Leupie.
art
Gee I didn't realize that they made the T3 in a 375...
Sorry I couldn't resist.
Happy belated BD
Dober
Some might call that funny!
Some might call reality even funnier...
thanks!
Glad you got another 375, M70 I spose?
Also Art what do you like to run for a bullet in your 375?
Dober
My favorite has been the 270gr XFB. Have enough of them left to run for a couple more years then I will look to the TSX. My 700 is AIed with a 20" #5 Pac-Nor tube and it is a serious shooter. It is a real kitten, too with a Turkish walnut stock and a little cast-off to calm things down...
The birthday rifle is not a 70...
Pics? Sounds very nice!
I have a 23" Schneider on mine, a 5 weight and it is a 375 Wby. To date it loves 235 and 270 TSX's, 260 Accu's and I have some 275B Bitteroots I am saving for a rainy day.
Dober
Wood stocked, A-Bolt Art? :grin
Couldn't resist
Congrats Art, I'll guess BRNO or Mauser.
50?
Powrguy wins!
Will post pictures later... it's an A-Bolt Stainless Stalker, no BOSS.
art
And actually it is Synthetic...
Art,
I was going to guess NEF Handi-rifle. Good thing I was wrong;)!!!!!
Happy belated B-day!!!!
Jeff
Dober
For following thigns up I have to have a stubby barrel... In the thick stuff a 20" barrel feels too long...
OlBlue shot his bear a couple years ago with the 300 Partition and the second round went full length, in the rump and out through the ear opening, perfectly! Was fairly impressive that it could cover that much distance and still leave.
The Failsafes have been a disappointment in the various 375s I have tried them in. The ABs do not give me the warm fuzzies, so the iterations have become it...
art
Jeff
With what I have said about A-Bolts here there are probably many that think I would prefer the NEF!
art
Thanks to all for the well-wishes!
art
Art,
Happy and Healthy Birthday!!!
Chris
Art,
What is your plan for your new favorite rifle? Big leaf maple stock or maybe a nice piece of jack pine?
Did you ever go to NoDak this fall?
Jeff
Powrguy wins!
Will post pictures later... it's an A-Bolt Stainless Stalker, no BOSS.
art
So it was one of those gag gifts eh.
Nail
Not sure what I will do with it... Some would call it a gag gift... Truth is I know the rifle well and even killed a Kodiak bear with it in the spring of '97. Was the rifle that filleted my hand fresh out of the box. But it worked well enough...
art
Good on ya. . . . . . and many happy returns.
Late Happy B-Day, Art!
At least take the rifle to the range a few times.
Happy Birthday, Art, and many more!
An A-Bolt? My goodness!!!!
Ted
Happy Birthday Art! What a nice thing for your friend to do. I once had an A-Bolt SS Stalker in 7MM Rem. Mag. and regret getting rid of it. I really think they are much better rifles than what most people think. My birthday is in a couple of weeks (the big 59) but I don't expect to get a gift like that! Thanks...Bill.
Damn! Congrats on the new toy! You must be livin' rightly if people are giving you guns.
-jeff
IME Art is the kind of guy that will never lose a gift-giving contest....
Happy belated, SD!
C&B
Don't know what I could have done to deserve that, but thanks!
Ted
Kind of a circular path for this rifle as I bought it fo rmyself in '96 or so. It still has lots of new left on it...
Jeff
Karma can be a wonderful thing...
art
Art, first off, happy belated birthday. Second, I can't keep this all straight. You just turned 70 and got a Brown A-Hole rifle? Izzat what everyone's saying?
Only a significant digit or two off...
Speaking of significant digits, headed one your way!
Ok Art happy birthday and all, I still have that bottle of syrup waiting in my shop for.... info? Really, how old are you? I have as much grey in my beard as you and I'm only.....and our boys are the same age. Bye the bye it's halibut and salmon for dinner tonight, twas a great trip.
BMT
Thanks, I'm over it now!
art
handwerk
You have a PM...
I am 52... just a pup it seems.
Took a batch of salmon out of the smoker this morning. It does not suck living in AK...
art
Two years ago there was a LH Stainless Stalker in 375 on my local used gun rack. It started at $600 then dropped to $500. Somebody smarter than me beat me back to that shop. One of the very few I truly regrett letting get away.
Art, you win, now that last line made me laugh out loud.:D
Some folks down at the Senior Center find me real clever... They just can't remember what I said...