Selling My .375 H&H

I had a whitworth in 375 h&h. It was in a cheap ram line stock with a muzzle brake on it. I owned it for one season and nobody would buy it from me when I wanted to sell it. Cheap piece of junk. The biggest deciding factor was it jammed up on me and I had to slam the back of the bolt to feed a round in. Not what I want to be doing with a dangerous game rifle.
 
Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
Building one from a 700 action is an alright idea. Sounds like a fun idea actually. I even have a 700 stripped action as well as two stripped Brno actions. Or I could sell those actions for cheap to someone and use that money towards getting a .375H&H. Something to ponder.
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If you have a stripped '98 action, Tradex has 9.3x62 26" Shaw barrels for $270. Or you could grab a nice early FN/HVA 9.3x57 for $300 and have it reamed to 9.3x62.
It doesn't give up much to the 375.
 
Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
Building one from a 700 action is an alright idea. Sounds like a fun idea actually. I even have a 700 stripped action as well as two stripped Brno actions. Or I could sell those actions for cheap to someone and use that money towards getting a .375H&H. Something to ponder.
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That's what I'm doing right now. Got a 700 SS in 7mm Remington Magnum from Grouse River's out of business sale, $650. Sold the barrel and trigger for $260 total, made for cheapest way to get a brand new 700 action I know. I will be using a McGowen prefit and drop the whole thing in a McMillan Game Warden. Total cost will be just over $2,000, about the same price than the Sako 85 it will replace.
 
Bustercluck said:
I had a whitworth in 375 h&h. It was in a cheap ram line stock with a muzzle brake on it. I owned it for one season and nobody would buy it from me when I wanted to sell it. Cheap piece of junk. The biggest deciding factor was it jammed up on me and I had to slam the back of the bolt to feed a round in. Not what I want to be doing with a dangerous game rifle.
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with a little of love and some maintenance your rifle wont be what it was ... but the brake on a 375hh ..... that will be the first i will avoid for a dangerous game rifle ...

shortstroke can happen with the 3755hh in a zastava rifle .. you need to know and practise your rifle ...

by curiosity which bullet created that jammed up?
factory or handload?
 
...i don't know why anyone would have a brake on any rifle...and a 375's a delight to shoot...

...i take it a whitworth is not a controlled feed?
 
Most CRF has to load from the magazine and the bolt won't close if you just pop in round in the opened action lose.

If you didn't push it in the mag won't work because the claw extractor is designed to pick up a round from the magazine follower unless the claw extractor was modified with a beveled edge.
 
medvedqc said:
with a little of love and some maintenance your rifle wont be what it was ... but the brake on a 375hh ..... that will be the first i will avoid for a dangerous game rifle ...

shortstroke can happen with the 3755hh in a zastava rifle .. you need to know and practise your rifle ...

by curiosity which bullet created that jammed up?
factory or handload?
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The bullet in question was a factory federal. I'm not sure which box, but I think it was loaded with a 300 grain partition(the box is at home, I can check later). It hit the feed ramp and stopped dead. They were all really rough loading out of the mag. Once I lose trust in a rifle it's over. Maybe with a bunch of polishing and tuning it might be ok, but once the trust is gone it's hard to get back.
 
Spcamno said:
Most CRF has to load from the magazine and the bolt won't close if you just pop in round in the opened action lose.

If you didn't push it in the mag won't work because the claw extractor is designed to pick up a round from the magazine follower unless the claw extractor was modified with a beveled edge.
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On both my Mauser action Brno 600 and 602 you can close the bolt on chambered round by pressing in on the external extractor. I don't do it very often but if you really need 7 rounds of .375 H&H in a situation it can be done.
 
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