375 HH mag

I've sometimes wondered about how some guys can get away with the scopes so far back now I know.

I have my scopes moved as far forward as I can get them and I still get hit I even have an extended front scope ring on my 375H&H to get it further forward mind you I've never been one to shy away from top loads.

I like low mounted scopes that could also be why I need more eye relief.

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Camp Cook said:
I've sometimes wondered about how some guys can get away with the scopes so far back now I know.

I have my scopes moved as far forward as I can get them and I still get hit I even have an extended front scope ring on my 375H&H to get it further forward mind you I've never been one to shy away from top loads.

I like low mounted scopes that could also be why I need more eye relief.

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What do you do with your thumb? I hit my thumb with my nose long before I get hit with a scope.
 
Can't remember ever hitting my nose with my thumb don't think I ever have shooting any rifle.

I actually would still like to have another 1/2" of eye relief on this scope/rifle combo.
 
Being small in stature does have its advantages...... I think.
I have never been bitten by a scope in my life but I'm very careful when it comes to mounting it.
All of my ' bigger thumpers ' wear only one scope, a 1.5-5 Leupold which has good eye relief.
 
Kevan said:
Being small in stature does have its advantages...... I think.
I have never been bitten by a scope in my life but I'm very careful when it comes to mounting it.
All of my ' bigger thumpers ' wear only one scope, a 1.5-5 Leupold which has good eye relief.
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The 1.5-5X was the scope I mounted on my #1 .416 Rigby. I had a custom quarter rib made up for it, inletted for Talley QDs, that allowed the ocular to line up with the forward edge of the falling block. I could only use up to 3X or the image would doughnut, but for my purposes it worked perfectly, and most of the time it was turned don to 1.5X.
 
Boomer said:
The 1.5-5X was the scope I mounted on my #1 .416 Rigby. I had a custom quarter rib made up for it, inletted for Talley QDs, that allowed the ocular to line up with the forward edge of the falling block. I could only use up to 3X or the image would doughnut, but for my purposes it worked perfectly, and most of the time it was turned don to 1.5X.
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Custom quarter rib, mind if ask how much ?
Sounds like a good way to go, builders name would be good too.

Thanks, Boomer.
 
I've been talking with gunsmith Gary Flatch in Langley about getting him to make me two extended/longer picatinny scope bases one for this 375H&H barrel and the other for my 24" 45-70 Encore barrel going to get him to shorten the barrel to 18.5" - 19" at the same time.

We haven't talked pricing yet.
 
Kevan said:
Custom quarter rib, mind if ask how much ?
Sounds like a good way to go, builders name would be good too.

Thanks, Boomer.
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Lyle Linkaitis in Selkirk MB did up that quarter rib and the one for my Brno 602 for me, but I no longer have his contact information, I think he's moved a couple of times since then. Seems to me it was $150 or something, but that was back in the '90s.
 
Kevan said:
Hopefully in the near future I will have a 500 Jeffery to play with but without handling the rifle I don't what to regarding the sights.
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Double-knot your shoes, old timer. You little guys don't soak up the recoil like us big lunks do. I don't want to have to help you hunt down your loafers!
 
BigUglyMan said:
Double-knot your shoes, old timer. You little guys don't soak up the recoil like us big lunks do. I don't want to have to help you hunt down your loafers!
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I'll tell you what Big Guy, heres how I look at it.... I just came through six doses of chemo minus some whiskers but still grinning, I'll give the Jeffery a hayride...
 
Gatehouse said:
From observing a few thousand new shooters now, I think the guys that get hit by recoil the hardest are the bone racks.
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I think the ability to master recoil has much to with various aspects relating to the individual shooter. I know some bone racks that are insensitive to all sorts of unpleasant physical abuse, and some big beefy guys that are really pretty timid, because they've never had to be physically or mentally tough. One man used to heavy physical labour percieves physical stress differently than someone who spends his day at a desk. I kinda buy into the idea that a willow branch that bends under force feels less of that force than the tree that takes it's full effect because it can do nothing else. Likewise a younger man's subtle back arches, while the older man's back remains rigid. So there are 3 different reasons why people perceive recoil differently; life experience and mental toughness, they're build, and age. Now we have the question of a man with the mental toughness to shrug off 6 bouts of chemo; my question is why is Kevan messing around with the little Jeffry when you could have a 7 pound .585 Nyati?
 
Boomer said:
I think the ability to master recoil has much to with various aspects relating to the individual shooter. I know some bone racks that are insensitive to all sorts of unpleasant physical abuse, and some big beefy guys that are really pretty timid, because they've never had to be physically or mentally tough. One man used to heavy physical labour percieves physical stress differently than someone who spends his day at a desk. I kinda buy into the idea that a willow branch that bends under force feels less of that force than the tree that takes it's full effect because it can do nothing else. Likewise a younger man's subtle back arches, while the older man's back remains rigid. So there are 3 different reasons why people perceive recoil differently; life experience and mental toughness, they're build, and age. Now we have the question of a man with the mental toughness to shrug off 6 bouts of chemo; my question is why is Kevan messing around with the little Jeffry when you could have a 7 pound .585 Nyati?
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Boomer, I guess the main reason is that my Brother did not build one.
His big builds were a completed 500 Jeffery and uncompleted 510 Wells and 505 Gibbs.
Of the three only the Jeffery has been ' blooded '.
According to his load notes it is no slouch, there is lots of horsepower there.
 
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