Would like to ask fellow .375 H&H owners a favor -- how much do your rifles actually weigh (not factory spec weight)? I'm particularly interested in:

Ruger RSM (please specify newer or older model -- I gather the newer ones are a bit lighter).

Ruger #1

CZ 550

Winchester Model 70

Please specify whether weight includes scope, sling (if so, what kind), ammo, or any modifications to the rifle that would increase or decrease the final result.

Thanks much,

John Frazer

My RSM is about 10# and change with a Burris 1.5-5 on it. It's a couple of years old, so it makes it the newer model. Very soft shooting.

My Mod 70 with a 3x9 Leopold weighs 10Lbs even.

Ahmed

My Interarms Whitworth 375 weighs 7.5 lbs. empty no scope.

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Originally posted by fla3006:
My Interarms Whitworth 375 weighs 7.5 lbs. empty no scope.

That's interesting, mine is at least a pound heavier. Is yours the Whitworth with the three-leaf rear sight, etc.?

Just went out to the garage and withed my CZ 550. 10.8 lbs, Jim Brockman laminated stock, web sling, 1.5X5 Leupy & talley quick detach rings mounted directly to the CZ action. unloaded.

My bone stock Winchester M70 375 H&H Safari Express(no scope, sling, glass bedding or anything else) weighs 9 lbs 3 oz with an empty magazine.

Regards, Wayne E.

Mine is an Interarms Mark X with a Bell & Carlson Carbelite stock with a 3X9 Leupold and 26" barrel. It goes in the neighborhood of 10 lbs. When I can get a reliable scale I will have to weigh it.

9-1/4lbs
My 375 H&H is built on a Dakota 76 action (holds 4 rounds down) with a 23" #5 contour Shilen match grade barrel, single island rear sight & barrel band front sight in a fiberglass stock. It has a Leupold 1.5-5x VariX-3 in Talley mounts.

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John Frazer: mine is at least a pound heavier. Is yours the Whitworth with the three-leaf rear sight, etc.?

Yes, a late 70s vintage. The stock is slimmed slightly but not by much.

M-70
Stainless cut to 20" Flutted 1.75 X 6 VariX III

Mc Millian stock

Rifle weighs in fully dressed at just under 9 lbs.

My .375 weighs 9.5 pounds fully loaded with ammo and with scope. My husband's best friend, just told me "she's a fat bitch"! But I don't think Thelma is fat!

Regards, D. Nelson

Oops! I forgot to say Thelma is a pre-64 Winchester Model 70, custom made by Robar with McMillan stock (I also have a beautiful wooden stock, but I prefer to use the synthetic stock with a Ching sling! I use a 3x9 Zeiss scope. D. Nelson

I just saw on another site that a guy just built a Savage with a synthetic stock that went 6 Lb, 14 Oz, without scope, sling or ammo.

My cz 550 with 1-4 leupold in cz mounts and sling weigh's 10.0 pounds aprox.

M70 Super Express, syn stock, Burris Fast-plex 1.75X-5X, soft sling, unloaded: just over 9 lbs.
Dave

The custom Mauser made on a 1909 Argentine action with a laminated stock, scope and mounts weighed 9.5 pounds. My CZ 602 with added weight weighs virtually the same, ie, I can hold one in one hand and one in the other and can't perceive a difference. Kudude

Sig Blaser Scout .375 H&H with 16" barrel and plastic stock - 5.5 pounds or so. I shot one and it wasn't bad.

My pre 64 straight taper with leuopold 3.5X10 comes in at 11 pounds . I also have a Sako AV that weighs in at 8 pounds with a 1 3/4 X6.

Custom: Pre-64 M70 action, No.3 Douglas 24", Brown Precision Pounder (1 pound stock), NECG banded front sight, Lyman peep rear, 6.75 pounds bare and empty.

All the Winchesters and CZ's in .375 H&H that I have known, weighed in the 9 to 9.5 pound range, bare and empty. One Ruger M77 RSM was 9.5 pounds also. I never owned or weighed a Ruger No.1 in .375 H&H.

The CZ's have lighter barrels, slimmer at the muzzle, than either Winchester or Ruger factory rifles, FWIW.

Bathroom scale accuracy: Model 70 Classic Super Express in .375 H&H with Leupold 1.5X5 in Warne quick release mounts, unloaded = 8.8 pounds. I should probably try weighing it on a real scale.

My 375 mod 70 has been worked over by Lex Webernick of Rifles Inc. It weighs in at about 7 to 8 pounds depending on which scope and sling I have on it. I have QD mounts and a couple of scopes and slings for it. Depending on what kind of hunt I am on I can switch them out. I think the rifle from the factory was about 9 pounds bare. D

My BRNO ZKK 602 with scope, sling and loaded weighs...14 pounds. I hunt mostly from blinds, it should be noted.

My A-square copy in 375 comes in at 10 pounds with 3-9 leupold unloaded

I am a big guy and I don't like light rifles. I have all my rifes adjusted to weigh the same thing--10.5 lbs with scope. I have not had a problem carrying a rifle of that weight. I also have all the triggers adjusted the same--- 2.5 lbs. I have found that there is a lot of "carry over" shooting one gun to the next.

Winchester Stainless Classic, no open sights, original tupperware stock, Leupold QR mounts & rings, Leupold 2x7 Vari-X II, sling, 3 cartridges - last time I weighed it, I seem to remember 9.5 lbs.

My SS mod 70 with a Rimrock synthetic stock and 2.5-8 leupold with kimber/ Warne rings loaded is 9.4 pounds. I would not change a thing with this weight and balance.

Thank you all for the replies.

The reason for the inquiry was that I had restocked my Mark X in a Boyd's JRS laminate, and it seemed awfully heavy.

Yesterday I took the stock off and weighed it and the original walnut item -- and found that the laminate was a full pound heavier, pushing the weight with scope and sling to 10.5 pounds or maybe a little more.

I've put the original stock back on and like the balance a lot better now that it's in the 9.5 pound range, which seems like a "mainstream" weight for a .375 based on these replies.

By the way, I'm not sure who the bigger he-men are -- those who can carry an 11 lb. rifle all day, or those who can shoot a 7-lb. .375! Discuss amongst yourselves...

John

John,

From Boyd's website:

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If the weight of your stock is a problem, BOYDS’ offers their lightweight option, which consists of machining a lightening cut in the butt stock along with pocketing the forearm area. This process will not affect the integrity of the stock, and a front swivel can still be added. This process can reduce the overall weight of your stock by as much as 10 oz.
Light Weight Option......................................................................................................$34.99

Redlander,

My stock came from Boyd's with the lightening cut in the forend. However, a lot of it ended up getting filled with Steelbed behind the front recoil lug!

John

My Ruger RSM (current model) with iron sights and four 300gr rounds in the magazine (no sling) weighs precisely 10 lbs 3 ounces on a very accurate scale. It feels like a 30-06 off the bench to me, a pussycat to shoot.

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My SS mod 70 with a Rimrock synthetic stock and 2.5-8 leupold with kimber/ Warne rings loaded is 9.4 pounds. I would not change a thing with this weight and balance.

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JJ,

What length barrel are you sporting with it?
Thanks.

Dakota model 76LH with 23" barrel, quarter rib, barrel band front sight and sling swivel stud, english walnut stock with cheekpeice and with long 14 5/8" lop, 4 down magazine, Talley QR mounts, Leupold 1.5X5: exactly 9.5lbs on a very accurate certified digital scale.

For me this seems to be the ideal weight. The rifle is well balanced and pretty steady when shooting offhand.

Should have noted that the 9.5 weight is empty with no sling.

Win M70 Classic Stainless .375 H&H
Leupold 2.5X8 VXIII
No open sights (yet)
No sling

=9.2lb on bathroom digital scale

Win Mdl 70 Classic stainless David Miller laminated stock,barrel band front swivel 1" Decellerator Warne bases 8#

Ruger No 1 1" Decellerator 7#

Brno 602ZKK 21"Bbl, barrel band front swivel NECG Masterpiece banded ramp w/flip-up nite sight 1" Decellerator factory stock 2 crossbolts fully glassed 8#

Custom Mauser Single square bridge Westley Richards action, 26" David Miller barrel with integral quarter rib,banded front swivel,banded ramp front,Bottom metal is original Mauser w/lever latch hinged floorplate, 1" decellerator,Timney trigger, David Miller french stock 8#

I have a 23" slick barrelled custom Dakota Safari with the factory original Clifton synthetic stock. The rifle goes 8.5 pounds with a Leupold 1.75x6. To me it is about perfect for the caliber. I don't think a 10 pound 375 is necessary eventhough it would be a pussycat to shoot. I prefer the portability of my rifle.

Mark

My 375H&H is a Dakota and goes just over 8 1/2 lbs pounds, empty without scope and exactly 9 1/2 lbs with scope - 1,5x5 Luepold in Talley QD's. I holds one in the chamber and four down.

I think this is ideal.

JPK

New Model 70 with 3-9X40 Leupold is at 10#

RIP covered the usual suspects.

The Mod. 70 SS version weighed 8.35 lbs. It lightened up to 7.24 lbs. with a new 24" (#4?)Douglas barrel.