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Thanks for letting me brag. In April '94 I went to a hardware store in Naples Florida to pick up a couple bolts to fix someing on the boat. A big heavy barreled gun caught my eye (Only 2 guns on the rack in their tiny sporting goods section.) Long story short I gave the guy $650 and walked out with a Remington Model 700 .375 H&H. It has always shot well. Today I tried new loads for the 270 gr TSX. I am impressed with this gun. Worst load 4 Shot - 1.31" 3 Shot .94" Best Load 4 Shot .92" 3 Shot .45" 4 Shot rapid fire with random load .90"  | ||
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Very good but I still prefer your girlfriend from Madagascar  And also it's a push feed and we all know they don't kill buff  L | |||
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You just had to bring that up!  Luckily, nobody told my gun that it is incapable, so it thinks it can! | |||
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I also have a 700 in 375 H&H, and it shoots as good as yours. And if the first shot goes where is supposed to go, you shouldn't have to worry too much about push feeding another round into the chamber. | |||
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We all know that the Remington 700 action is wholly unreliable...just read what I learned on AR... Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Nice shooting Wendell. But where did you come up with the Reloader 19 data? I have Barnes #2, #3, and #4. None have RL19 load data for their 270gr X or TSX bullets. | |||
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Among things Mike Dettore posted that he had learned on AR was this: "7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR, and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting game that can shoot back are all PF actions." I've been trying to learn that too, Mike. I keep getting confused though. When Trevor Musgrave (Bloemfontaine, RSA) built me a .404 Jeffery magazine rifle for DG use, he used a big pushfeed action to base the rifle on. Either he doesn't believe what you learned on AR or... maybe he is trying to kill me...? My country gal's just a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still. | |||
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 Modern Reloading by Richard Lee shows a shows a suggested Max. load for the 300gr. bullet at 79gr. of RL 19. This would "indicate" that the loads here in used are very reasonable.  RogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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I do not remember where I got it. I used it for the original Barnes X in 2001 and since I do not load anything hot, I just used it for the TSX. Worked well. I probably picked it up on the internet somewhere. Maybe on their website. Funny thing, I talked to a ph last week who is quite well known and we were talking about guns. He said I found a "XXXXX" model that I am going to buy. I said I think that is on a Mauser action, or is it a push feed? He had no idea what the difference was between CRF and PF. He made my case, the case that I have argued from the beginning, which is this. African ph's are, for the most part, a practical lot. If it shoots, they will use it. They do not care to split hairs over splitting hairs. Accuracy is being able to hit a pie plate at 50 yards. If a gun can not do that, it is not good, if it can do that, it is good. Period, end of story. | |||
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Very nice!  Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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Good job Wenell, looks like a keeper. SHould ocme in handy for your next trip to Vaughan's for some plainsgame. Good meeting you at the booth last SCI. LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR'S SPORT! | |||
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I have a little more danger in mind for this round! But it will be an excellent PG round as well.
Dang, I hate it when I don't remember the AR name of the people I meet! | |||
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I hunted buff w/ Vaughan last OCt. Stopped by to chat & I asked you about Axis deer hunting outfit recommendation in Texas. It's coo, I pride myself on having that forgetable appearance. LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR'S SPORT! | |||
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I actually do remember! So many AR guys say their name, and some don't. Maybe see you next year too. | |||
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Mr. Reich, Apparently the new Remington 798 .375 rifle also shoots well right out of the box!  A friend of mine picked up a new one at a bargain at the most recent Dallas Arms Collectors Gun Show. It looks nice too.  Summary of his shopping report: Right place, right time. Right in front of us a guy opens a gun case and asks the dealer if he is interested. It is a brand new, never fired Remington Custom Shop 798 Safari Custom in 375 H&H with the box, paperwork and accessories still sealed in the bags and grease on the bolt. The owner has paperwork showing that he purchased it in November '08 for $1295. His brown bear trip was cancelled when his hunting partner had a heart attack. I know this gun well because my friend Joe at Cabelas gun room told me he could get me one for $1099 + tax. I negotiate this one for $750 ( I had $710 in my pocket and Ricky had $40). It followed me home...... It is a shooter as well as a good value, even at list price.  First range report: 86 sighted in a recently aquired 375 H&H with handloads pushing 270gr at 2350 fps. A nice mild load for shooting "around the house". The open sight shooting was done meticulously breaking in the barrel. This time a scope in removable rings was sighted in. It produced one inch groups with little effort. NRA Life Benefactor Member, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center,Android Reloading Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/ | |||
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That is fantastic! You know your story is a whole lot like mine. When I saw the two guns on the rack, one was a 22 the other was a fat barrelled rifle. I asked the guy if I could see it. He handed it to me and told me how a good customer ordered it from the Remington custom shop and cancelled the order, well the gun showed up and they could not sell it. $1200 on the price tag. I thought about it, then asked to speak with the manager of the store. I explained to him how he would never have a chance to sell this in Naples FL (no interenet back then, Al GOre was busy apparently). I told him that I would relieve him of the gun for 50% off. ($600) he told me no, he wouldn't take less than $650 for it. Done. I broke the stock and restocked it with an HS Precision. Bedded and free floated the barrel. I would pay full price for one now. One of the best rifles I have. | |||
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Wendell, since you're looking at good groups for your .375, try 72 grains of VihtaVouri N140 under the Nosler 260 grain Accubond. I get great groups, and it's what I used in Namibia a couple of weeks ago on some long shots. The bullet performed just fine on zebra, gemsbok and springbok. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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