Before & After - 24hourcampfire

After pics of the Rem M 700 .375 RUM.

It now has scope and iron sights.

Before pic.

As is with Leupold M-8 3x scope and all,it weighs 7lbs 12ozs.

It has Weaver bases and Leupold QRW (Quick Release Weaver) rings.

Hint: Carry spare optic fibers for front sight.

Recoil will knock them out?

It possible..but they are relatively fragile anyway...bump them on a rock, or a truck gun rack etc.

Otherwise, you look Buffalo ready!

Sight screws loc-tited?

The iron sights are loc-tited in. The others are hand tight.

Yup,buffalo,lioness and elephant. If'n I don't buy a .416 Rem/Dakota/Taylor/Rigby.

Spend the money on a hunt, not another rifle....that one will work fine...

Yup,that would make sense.

That's what I have been telling him.

Yep. The cost of a Dakota/Taylor/ Rigby is the cost of a buffalo.

Gee, great minds think alike. I keep telling him that.

Yup.

Hunt something smaller.

Not sure which would hurt less, pulling the trigger on that, or a bovine stomping. I've experienced the bovine stomping but will not experience a 375 RUM.

Cape Buffalo re-define stomping....

Dont know sh!!t about Africa. Does that happen often?

Originally Posted by SLM

Dont know sh!!t about Africa. Does that happen often?

Not often, you are more likely to get run over by a bus but the results are similar.

Originally Posted by ingwe

Cape Buffalo re-define stomping....

That was actually a staged photo.

When it happens for real the guy looks more like a smudge than a guy.

A rhino can gin up a pretty good beat down:

Ya, pretty hard to get stomped to death without any torn clothing.

Once a year? Less? more?

Seems like it's been running 2-3 deaths per year that I am aware of but there are no doubt more that are not publicized as much because they are folks who are not tourists or prominent in the hunting industry.
When some of the locals get stomped the news doesn't travel far because it is a common occurrence.

Originally Posted by SLM

Hunt something smaller.

Not sure which would hurt less, pulling the trigger on that, or a bovine stomping. I've experienced the bovine stomping but will not experience a 375 RUM.

Like leopard and lion?

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Yup,buffalo,lioness and elephant. If'n I don't buy a .416 Rem/Dakota/Taylor/Rigby.

Spend the money! Buy the rifle!!!

Williams front? Who made the rear?

I have a Williams Firesight on the front of my M94 and a Foolproof on the back. I've heard others talk about the f/o being fragile, but I've not experienced it (yet). However, Williams does off fiber optic tubes as part of their repair kits, so it must be somewhat common.

Nice work on that rifle. Who installed the sights?

welcome to the .375 RUM club! is that an SPS or XCR?

here is an "after' of my .375 SPS. I cut the barrel to 23" and dropped it into a B&C. I have to scoot the scope all the way forward like that to avoid contact with my noggin.

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Originally Posted by RevMike

Williams front? Who made the rear? Front sight is just a Remington,ordered from Brownells. The rear sight is off a Remington I had in the past and found while cleaning out a storage shed we own.

I have a Williams Firesight on the front of my M94 and a Foolproof on the back. I've heard others talk about the f/o being fragile, but I've not experienced it (yet). However, Williams does off fiber optic tubes as part of their repair kits, so it must be somewhat common.

Nice work on that rifle. Who installed the sights? A LGS gunsmith for the front and me for the rear sight.

Toad,I think it's SPS. Gonna use 300 gr Swift A-Frame in it.

Originally Posted by RevMike

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Yup,buffalo,lioness and elephant. If'n I don't buy a .416 Rem/Dakota/Taylor/Rigby.

Spend the money! Buy the rifle!!!

Yup,still have the itch for a .416.

Originally Posted by elkhunternm

Toad,I think it's SPS. Gonna use 300 gr Swift A-Frame in it.

that'll be a handful. I can tell the diff in recoil between the 235 gr. TSX and 260 gr. AB, both at max pressures.

BTW if you use QuickLoad, you have to change the 'weighting factor' from 0.65 to 0.5 to get results in line with reality

Originally Posted by toad

That should be fairly energetic. Sort of like a 8 lb .470 Nitro

Toad,gonna replace this stock with a laminated one and that should bring the weight closer to 9 lbs or so.