OK, I'm convinced I NEED a.375H&H but, which one???

Dogleg said:
In that price-range I'd lean toward the new production Model 70, since it has just about everything I want in a big-game rifle. My .458 in that model shoots like a varmint rifle, which though is a more or less useless on a heavy is still gratifying. I particularily like the safety, not so much for the 3 positions but for the way it locks the striker. On a safari you will probably be cocked and locked for days at a time while surrounded by people who give the impression that they are trying to get shot. Every bit of piece of mind helps.
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I hear you on the safety, I too like Winchester, and Ruger, for that- physically locking the striker. Sometimes I questioned my PH and tracker's will to live.
 
Haven't we taught you anything?

"Which one?"

All of them, of course!

(but seriously, Winchester, Ruger, Sako, or CZ would probably be the first few I'd check out)

I had a Ruger No.1 and still have a Winchester Model 70.
 
chuck nelson said:
How about you 1899? Why would you recommend a rifle feed empties? Tell us what you would do to achieve that. Or are you just looking for a fight, cause I'm game.
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I didn't recommend anything - I'm just following this thread and reading/learning about other people's experiences.


My apologies for questioning your wisdom. I'll try to avoid making the same mistake in the future.
 
BigBore585 said:
Sako Barvarian, Brown Bear, Kodiak
CZ 550 Safari Magnum, 550 American Safari Magnum
ruger No.1

These are a few nice one's and good quality
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I couldn't agree more. I have one and I love it. Hopefully it'll administer some good moose medicine this hunting season. Docs orders are 260gr Partitions!
I had originally wanted the M70 Safari but I really didn't like how it came up to my face and the CZ came up perfect.
 
I bought a Ruger #1 in 375 for a freind once and liked it so much forgot to sell it to him. Paid $300 for it and it had only been shot probbably 6 times and the recoil bothered the guy that sold it to much. I have used it for gophers even. Those big Alberta gophers sometimes charge when you hunting them.
 
Raton57 said:
I bought a Ruger #1 in 375 for a freind once and liked it so much forgot to sell it to him. Paid $300 for it and it had only been shot probbably 6 times and the recoil bothered the guy that sold it to much. I have used it for gophers even. Those big Alberta gophers sometimes charge when you hunting them.
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A Ruger No1 in .375 H&H for $300, that's some deal.
 
Look what Gobles has for sale used...

MB049 Winchester Model 70
Classic STS 375 H&H Syn Stock with Sights
and Win 1.5-6x Scope VG+ $995.00
 
Laffin

For those with "post counts" that exceed their knowledge on the subject is a bit of Jim Carmicheals "Book of the Rifle"

Let's look extractors another way. When a traditional Mauser - type extractor lets go and fails to pull a stuck case out ofthe chamber', it's usually because it springs outward and slips over the case rim. Of course this seldom happens, but I've experienced it several times with every existing action type having an external leaf-type extractor. Fortunately, this never happened at a critical time. It always occured when i had faulty ammo or when I was fooling around with some overly hot handloads at the bench. By comparison, the Remington 700 extractor and similar systems can't easily override the cartridge rim. Being supported by the steel wall of the countersink, it can't spring away from the case. The Remington extractor dosen't need to be any stronger because it is supported by the tremenduos strength of the bolt itself. Because the extractor can't back over the case rim' it has no choice but to hang on.

Tiring of all the AMATEUR complaints they were getting about their miniature extractor, some engineers at Remington Arms concocted an empirical tug -of-war test between a standard Model 98 extractor and their Model700. a steel rod was lathe-turned to cartridge diameter, with rims turned on each end. Theese rims were fitted into each bolt under the extractor in the way a cartridge rim fits. The bolts were fixtured into a giant laboratory instrument used to measurure tensile strength. In a simple tug of war, the machine ran the pressure on each extractor up to hundreds and then thousands of pounds. Even the steel rod connecting the two extractor systems began to stretch, but then the Mauser extractor let go. the Remington extractor was victorious.

I didn't witness the test, but i did see movies of the event, and it certainly was most impressive....

WELL THERE YOU HAVE!!!!! That ought to save at least one Mauser from an Ardent gunnut:p
 
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