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The RainGuard HD coating is claimed to work in wet conditions. I have a Bushnell scope that has this, and I'm going to give it a try on an upcoming hunting trip.
http://bushnell.com/rainguard
375 platforms ?
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The RainGuard HD coating is claimed to work in wet conditions. I have a Bushnell scope that has this, and I'm going to give it a try on an upcoming hunting trip.
http://bushnell.com/rainguard
Although I am pretty much a blued steel and walnut guy, I have had a Vanguard S2 for the better part of two years now, and would recommend it to anyone wanting to get into a 375 H&H easily. Perhaps the most accurate factory 375 I have ever owned, it comes with quite decent iron sights, a great trigger, and a stock design that doesn't take the side of your face off in recoil.
Have been shooting magazines-full of Nosler partitions into five inch groups at 300 meters, that's 328 yards Boys and Girls, with an old Leupold 3.5-10 on board. Everyone who has seen it, and especially those who have shot it, have been impressed.
Ted
It also works at -30C. Have one quite a few coffee bets at our range proving that by breathing hard on the lenses at those temperature. The image dims slightly, but can still be easily used.
Great for our bison and caribou hunts.
Ted
Before I had eye surgery I was Force to use a scope then wen it got realy bad I needed a reflex sight
The first thing I did after my surgeries was to see if I can go back to good old Iron sights a rifle feels so much better in the hand with simple irons
No mention the beating a scope rifle takes on my Rokon with no suspension there real ball busters
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Really?
Is this opinion from a basis of experience, or just another post parroting the internet wisdom of the inexperienced.
I likely have more experience shooting 700 Rems than most and likely more experience hunting with 700 Rems than most here. After hundreds of thousands of rounds shot from approaching 100 different Remington 700s and hundreds of animals taken with 700 Remingtons over a good portion of the globe, in temps from -45 to +55 C, and not once ever been let down by my rifle, I can assure you there is absolutely nothing wrong with hunting anything with a 700 Remington. I have bet my life many times on my 700s, hunting game that has been known to bite back, without the slightest qualm or doubt that my equipment was lacking.
I have never had a bolt handle fall off, I have also never had or seen an extractor failure in a 700 that was not from extreme abuse. On the other hand I have seen three CRF 98 style extractors break in one afternoon at a silhouette match. I have while wildcatting made some miscalculations and have actually ripped 1/3 of the rim from a case with a 700 extractor, with no damage to the extractor. As far as I am concerned the 700 extractor, though appearing quite flimsy is as tough or tougher than any system used on modern sporting arms..........and I have abused more than a few.
I also do not take to the field locally or in far flung countries with untested rifles, regardless of make, and I believe that any make of rifle can have problems and minor design or workmanship flaws. These should all be sorted out at the bench at home long before the rifle ever sees the hunting fields.........maybe that's why my rifles have never let me down in the bush.
I was just thinking back over my hunting career and it would seem to me that I have NEVER hunted with a CRF rifle, ever. All my trusted hunting rifles have been 700 and Mod 7 Rems...old 2 lug Sakos an old Wby Mark V and a couple old Ruger Mark Is..........So either I am the luckiest SOB on the planet, or the need for a CRF rifle when hunting is vastly exaggerated and/or of absolutely no consequence at all.........
I have also found while working on rifles of all makes, that cheap CRF rifles and even some not so cheap ones don't feed well at all. They are noisy and glitchy and quite tempermental unless properly tuned and polished. I have watched many CRF shooters at the range push their bolt forward, then pull back a bit then forward a bit until the shell works it's way up behind the extractor to be fed into the chamber, and I suspect many of you have experienced or seen this exact scenario. This never happens with a push feed rifle, as long as the cartridge is correctly loaded in the magazine the push feed slides it forward until it pops up and slides into the chamber.....period. A CRF works beautifully and is a joy to behold when everything is slick and tuned and polished correctly, I'll be the first to admit this, however very few that I have seen are at this level. When I built my 450 Ackley on a 602 Brno, I worked for many, many hours shaping and polishing the feed rails and ramp, bolt face and back of the extractor until it fed 100%, it was a lot of work and most CRF rifles have not had this finishing done so they are flawless feeders.
Nope, I'll take a seasoned PF rifle for my hunts and have for 40 years, and I'm still here to write about it...........
won some bet too while guiding in the tundra ... Rainguard HD or not is working for what is suppose too ...
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By the looks of it, the tiny 700 circlip extractor wouldn't be as strong as the massive CRF claw extractor. And what's up with the plunger ejector and 2 piece bolt??
Perceptions.
SF............You have to look at the whole Rem extraction set up as a system. The entire case head is enclosed within the bolt face, this ring supports the extractor in it's groove under cut inside the ring. Once it clips over the case head into the extractor cut of the case, it is shaped so that it bites there and cannot slip back. Then the entire ring of steel surrounding the case head supports the whole program and doesn't allow the case head to move away from the extractor. As I said I have pulled 1/3 of the rim off with a 700 extractor and there was no damage to the extractor because of the supporting steel ring ahead of it.
There is also no reason for it or the ejector to fail in the field, with factory ammo or properly tested handloads. It works and has worked since the introduction of the 721-722 series of bolt guns from Remington, and is out there year after year in the hands of millions upon millions of hunters worldwide.
My experience has shown me the 700 extraction system is as tough as any out there regardless of appearances, and I have abused it mercilessly many times. No it cannot be changed in the field as I have heard said about the 98 style of extractor, but I have never run into a hunter with a spare extractor in his pocket either, so the point is rather a moot one. I can change a 700 extractor in about 5 minutes in the shop, and for a couple bucks for the parts, it is certainly not rocket science.
You will find that with the right kind of abuse nearly any part on a rifle can be damaged beyond repair........but I'm not sure what this proves. I watched an idiot manage to break his ejector on his 98 action one day at the range, wasn't watching how he went about it but he had his bolt out and it wouldn't go back in. I took a look at it for him and he had managed to mangle his ejector to the point it wouldn't retreat and allow the bolt to go back into the action.......like I said with the right amount of abuse any mechanical device can be damaged.
I will also say that given the millions upon millions of rifles build by Remington over the years since the introduction of the 721-722 series, their overall reliability factor is phenomenal...... sure there have been problems from time to time and Remington has recalled the rifles and repaired them free of charge to the customer. This is what responsible manufacturers do, no design is perfect and neither can all situations be foreseen, but Remington has acted responsibly when issues do arise and that, to me is the correct course of action.
The 2 piece bolt issue is a total non issue to me, has anyone ever seen a Remington bolt break off behind the lugs at the joint? I have never even heard of it. As far as the bolt handle falling off, I have heard of it happening, but I have never personally seen it happen. I'm relatively certain that if it did happen that Remington would come good for it.......how many here have actually personally seen this with a Rem bolt? A few I'm sure and I will admit that no manufacturing process is 100% perfect all the time.........but really how many have come off compared to how many haven't and never will. Some will say even one is unforgivable and unacceptable, to which I must respond, what kind of vehicle do you drive, that absolutely never breaks down? What kind of phone do you have that never drops a call, ever? Is a rifle that won't group better than 2 1/2" at 100 mtrs better than a Remington that the bolts fall off 1/1000 % of the time. Reality says your probably more likely to win a lottery or get hit by lightning that to have the bolt handle fall of your 700..........And if it does it's not that difficult to fix. Has anyone ever heard of a hunter being killed or injured because his bolt handle came off his 700 while in the midst of stopping a dangerous game charge? How many of you can even say you have experienced being charged by a dangerous animal with serious intent to do harm? I have hunted for 45 years and taken plenty of dangerous game and have yet to experience a life threatening situation........except for the cow elephant who was intent upon taking my seat in the truck, but this again is a moot point as I didn't even have a rifle in my hands to defend myself......Remington or otherwise !!!
Now, if this is such a worrisome issue, there are after market one piece bolts available for the 700..........problem solved !!!!
Suffice it to say that my experience with Remington rifles does not bear out any of these continuous complaints being voiced on forums like this all over the internet, and given that I am the type of person who places more stock in my actual personal and rather extensive experience, I shall continue to build and modify rifles based on the Remington 700 action and hunt with these rifles until my experience says different.
There is also no reason for it or the ejector to fail in the field, with factory ammo or properly tested handloads. It works and has worked since the introduction of the 721-722 series of bolt guns from Remington, and is out there year after year in the hands of millions upon millions of hunters worldwide.
My experience has shown me the 700 extraction system is as tough as any out there regardless of appearances, and I have abused it mercilessly many times. No it cannot be changed in the field as I have heard said about the 98 style of extractor, but I have never run into a hunter with a spare extractor in his pocket either, so the point is rather a moot one. I can change a 700 extractor in about 5 minutes in the shop, and for a couple bucks for the parts, it is certainly not rocket science.
You will find that with the right kind of abuse nearly any part on a rifle can be damaged beyond repair........but I'm not sure what this proves. I watched an idiot manage to break his ejector on his 98 action one day at the range, wasn't watching how he went about it but he had his bolt out and it wouldn't go back in. I took a look at it for him and he had managed to mangle his ejector to the point it wouldn't retreat and allow the bolt to go back into the action.......like I said with the right amount of abuse any mechanical device can be damaged.
I will also say that given the millions upon millions of rifles build by Remington over the years since the introduction of the 721-722 series, their overall reliability factor is phenomenal...... sure there have been problems from time to time and Remington has recalled the rifles and repaired them free of charge to the customer. This is what responsible manufacturers do, no design is perfect and neither can all situations be foreseen, but Remington has acted responsibly when issues do arise and that, to me is the correct course of action.
The 2 piece bolt issue is a total non issue to me, has anyone ever seen a Remington bolt break off behind the lugs at the joint? I have never even heard of it. As far as the bolt handle falling off, I have heard of it happening, but I have never personally seen it happen. I'm relatively certain that if it did happen that Remington would come good for it.......how many here have actually personally seen this with a Rem bolt? A few I'm sure and I will admit that no manufacturing process is 100% perfect all the time.........but really how many have come off compared to how many haven't and never will. Some will say even one is unforgivable and unacceptable, to which I must respond, what kind of vehicle do you drive, that absolutely never breaks down? What kind of phone do you have that never drops a call, ever? Is a rifle that won't group better than 2 1/2" at 100 mtrs better than a Remington that the bolts fall off 1/1000 % of the time. Reality says your probably more likely to win a lottery or get hit by lightning that to have the bolt handle fall of your 700..........And if it does it's not that difficult to fix. Has anyone ever heard of a hunter being killed or injured because his bolt handle came off his 700 while in the midst of stopping a dangerous game charge? How many of you can even say you have experienced being charged by a dangerous animal with serious intent to do harm? I have hunted for 45 years and taken plenty of dangerous game and have yet to experience a life threatening situation........except for the cow elephant who was intent upon taking my seat in the truck, but this again is a moot point as I didn't even have a rifle in my hands to defend myself......Remington or otherwise !!!
Now, if this is such a worrisome issue, there are after market one piece bolts available for the 700..........problem solved !!!!
Suffice it to say that my experience with Remington rifles does not bear out any of these continuous complaints being voiced on forums like this all over the internet, and given that I am the type of person who places more stock in my actual personal and rather extensive experience, I shall continue to build and modify rifles based on the Remington 700 action and hunt with these rifles until my experience says different.
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The 700 action has its merits. It's slick operating and the short action has about the fastest lock time there is. In defense applications the 700 action continues to provide steadfast service. But unfairly the perceptions continue to persist that the 700 action design could have reliability issues. 
I am too a big fan of the Rem 700's in a 375 H&H.
The barrel is properly contoured for a 375, easily adjustable trigger, quiet safety, tons of stock options, open sights are usually supplied and can be removed easily, slick feeding on the big tapered H&H cartridge .
And they are very accurate.
The barrel is properly contoured for a 375, easily adjustable trigger, quiet safety, tons of stock options, open sights are usually supplied and can be removed easily, slick feeding on the big tapered H&H cartridge .
And they are very accurate.
the most important is having your rifle working in order and after few shots done ... now on the PF versus CRF im one of those that do not like rem 700 because i got issues as a guide and luckily it was not DG ... i sold my lovely rem 700 in 30-06 after my first season and i really like the open sights ....
we used in CAR two MArk V PF and they worked fine even with the 460 or 378 calibers ... but internet was used only by searchers at the time ...
but myself i prefer a Mauser type with the calibers that were made for so no long actions ....
and again practice because no rifle is bullet proofs or even idiot proof ...
we used in CAR two MArk V PF and they worked fine even with the 460 or 378 calibers ... but internet was used only by searchers at the time ...
but myself i prefer a Mauser type with the calibers that were made for so no long actions ....
and again practice because no rifle is bullet proofs or even idiot proof ...
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Whenever we learn of a push-feed rifle failure in the field, unreliability perceptions get reinforced. Nightmare scenario -
https://books.google.ca/books?id=3UAJLwn8wkkC&pg=PT82&lpg=PT82&dq=karluk+island+grizzly+creig+sharp+larry+kaniut&source=bl&ots=0MGCsh_qTO&sig=TtWkajgsWOlQ3C9QLzB-dct5h_g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2w7WQz6zTAhUE1mMKHTi_B_EQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=karluk%20island%20grizzly%20creig%20sharp%20larry%20kaniut&f=false
-https://books.google.ca/books?id=3UAJLwn8wkkC&pg=PT82&lpg=PT82&dq=karluk+island+grizzly+creig+sharp+larry+kaniut&source=bl&ots=0MGCsh_qTO&sig=TtWkajgsWOlQ3C9QLzB-dct5h_g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2w7WQz6zTAhUE1mMKHTi_B_EQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=karluk%20island%20grizzly%20creig%20sharp%20larry%20kaniut&f=false
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No issues ever with my push-feed Sako AV. My 375 Kodiak 85 has (quasi-)CRF and wouldn't expect it to have any issues either. Haven't downed anything with it yet so I should take it on my upcoming hunting trip. I bought it with the intention of converting it to 416 RM but it's such a pretty rifle I'm now hesitant to do that.
Hunting load is the 300gr Woodleigh at 2400 fps MV and will use the round nose bullet with the hope that with it the skinny 375 diameter will transmit sufficient shock.
And speaking of perceptions, the Sako 85 is sometimes perceived to have ejection issues. None whatsoever with my Kodiak (or Grey Wolf).
Hunting load is the 300gr Woodleigh at 2400 fps MV and will use the round nose bullet with the hope that with it the skinny 375 diameter will transmit sufficient shock.
And speaking of perceptions, the Sako 85 is sometimes perceived to have ejection issues. None whatsoever with my Kodiak (or Grey Wolf).
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Savage model 116 stainless Alaskan Brush Hunter in 375 Ruger.
Less than $1000.
About 7 1/2 pounds.
18" bbl.
Great for heavy brush.
Accutrigger.
Accurate gun.
Less than $1000.
About 7 1/2 pounds.
18" bbl.
Great for heavy brush.
Accutrigger.
Accurate gun.
