Remy 798 in .375?

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I have always wanted a medium bore and keep coming back to the .375 H&H. My hunting partner moved to the Yukon last year and I will be heading there for a river hunt next year. I figure it's as good an excuse as any to get one.

I am looking for rifle and scope suggestions. I like the look of and am leaning toward the Remington 798 Safari with a VX III 1.75 - 6X. Please give me your opinions on this package and if you would suggest an alternative.
 
I would pick up a stainless synthetic 338 Win Mag M77 hawkeye, top it with a 2-7x33 VXII. That'd be a nice all weather moose rig when sharing the same country as a grizzly bear
 
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Hey wet, If you have desire to own a 375 then treat yourself to one. They are a great rifle, not nearly as hard recoiling as some people think. I have owned one for years, dont really need it for hunting but still want it for same. Unless you are conserned with weight, I would suggest a 3-9 varieable scope as the rifle is quite flat shooting and carries a lot of energy way out there. 270 grain bullets with the same ballistics as a 30-06.
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wetcoaster said:
I have always wanted a medium bore and keep coming back to the .375 H&H. My hunting partner moved to the Yukon last year and I will be heading there for a river hunt next year. I figure it's as good an excuse as any to get one.
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Get the 375. It's more for the bears (just in case) than moose.

I was in Canadian Tire in Whitehorse in 1998 and was surprised to see 375H&H and 458WinMag on the shelf. Here in SJ, if you don't shoot 30/06, 308, 30/30, 303, 270, you out a luck at CT.
 
About a year ago I was in a conversation with a lady at Remington she told me that the import 798's were not as accurate as the 700's...

She actually told me not to buy one...

I'm staying away from them until I hear different...
 
IMO dont pick the 798 - which from all accounts so far is rough and hit or miss in terms of quality and F&F - over the Ruger M77s. i looked into getting one at some point and they dont exactly come highly recommended by people who have bought them. Ruger copied enough of the Mauser design to matter.

have you looked at the Ruger African or Alaskan?
 
No doubt the 375H&H is a great cartridge, suitable for the largest game in North America. Remington has designed their '98 action, probably, to compete with the Ruger M77 action (a modified '98 action). Ruger's been doing that action for decades & Remington just started, so I'd go Ruger or another maker with more experience with the '98 action. Anyway, the 700 has always been a great action with little need for change in my opinion. The best 375H&H was made by H&H of course, but don't expect to find one of theirs anywhere.
 
"Remington has designed their '98 action, probably, to compete with the Ruger M77 action (a modified '98 action)."

Remington didn't design anything, they just bought them from the eastern European factory where they build them, and had a Boyd's stock put on them. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a 798 in 375. for the money, it's a cheap way to get into a real magnum 98, and that's not a bad thing. May need a little tuning when you get it, but most guns do now days. FWIW - dan
 
Blammo said:
No doubt the 375H&H is a great cartridge, suitable for the largest game in North America. Remington has designed their '98 action, probably, to compete with the Ruger M77 action (a modified '98 action). Ruger's been doing that action for decades & Remington just started, so I'd go Ruger or another maker with more experience with the '98 action.
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as far as i know Remington is just buying the barreled actions from Zastava Arms in Serbia, stocking them, rebranding them and selling them as the 798.

someone with more experience with Mausers can no doubt shed more light on this on their exact differences, but once you take the Ruger M77s out of the stock they are quite different from a Mauser. Mauser purists will probably :slap: me for this but i think some of the design elements of the Ruger such as the wide, flat bottomed receiver with the diagonal recoil lug/bedding screw are improvements of the old design. the bolt is very Mauser though: (disregard the red arrow, i was pointing out the Remington extractor compared to the Mauser claw extractor and thought it needed highlighting :) )
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Zastava Arms has been making guns since 1850, so i have no doubt they have their Mauser production down pat and know what they are doing. however i would personally rather trust in a company's own dedicated product line than something that Remington is probably paying low dollars for in bulk, importing and then rebranding for a markup.

should also look into CZ.
 
The CZ is about 100 bucks more, and doesnt have that god awful (IMO) weatherby style stock with the cheekpiece and square forend. The CZ also comes with a really nice set of sights, whereas the ones on the remington are probably lacking.
 
To add more fuel to the fire you can get the 798 in 375 H&H in stainless steel with a laminated stock. I own a 798 in 7mm mag and would buy another. Polished the action and after several hundred rounds I am quite happy with it. Its a mauser.:wave:
 
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