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I bought an old Rem 721 in 300 H&H on AR, a decent rifle in fair condition at a great price,and like all Rem 721, 722s the blue is wear proof but the stock was a little rough, forend was checkered by someone but not the grip..Kept it around here for several months and decided to test all my loads on the chronograph out the shop door, boring day... Well I did and it sizzled as I suspected but what I didn't know is how this baby shoots. The first three shots with 180 Nosler made a one hole group that was just a tad bigger than caliber size, the next three with 200 Woodleighs barely opened up the group, as did the next three with 220 Woodlighs, then the accubonds and some 150 and the session was over with 12 shots, other than a two shot 1/2 inch group about a 1/2 low but together and you could cover them all with a quarter, but not counting the two low shots with heavy bullets the 10 could hide behind a nickel... I'll keep this one, it will fill my freezer with turkeys and hams at the local shoots and bust a bull elk at 500 yards...Doncha love an accurate rifle, this one is my best in 81 years of trading, buying, selling, stealing and hording in general, its found a home. I don't even hate push feeds anymore! And not counting the "nostalgia" of my old REm 721 in 300 H*H and my 722 in 257 Robts, my kid guns growing up, both got traded off along the way. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | ||
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Congrats on a great acquisition. Gotta love the Super 30. Took my pre 64 on my first trip to Africa. Still my favorite though I have some that are prettier. Take it out, kill something! Larry | |||
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Sounds like a keeper, Ray. As for the looks - handsome is as handsome does (or something) .... -- Promise me, when I die, don't let my wife sell my guns for what I told I her I paid for them. | |||
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Great score Atkinson!!! When my oldest son graduated from high school I promised him a good rifle. Well, he's kinda like his Dad in that the last thing he wants is what everyone else has. Let's see...that was in 1991. At a gun show he found a NIB push feed Mod. 70 XTR in 300 H&H. I bought it for him and that is one of the shootin'est out of the box rifles I've seen. 5/8 in. groups at 100 yards are commonplace. Great cartridge! Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me". John 14:6 | |||
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Nice Ray. The .300 H&H, best caliber out there for handloaders. It is so versatile and accurate. JP Sauer Drilling 12x12x9.3x72 David Murray Scottish Hammer 12 Bore Alex Henry 500/450 Double Rifle Steyr Classic Mannlicher Fullstock 6.5x55 Steyr Classic Mannlicher Fullstock .30-06 Walther PPQ H2 9mm Walther PPS M2 Cogswell & Harrison Hammer 12 Bore Damascus And Too Many More | |||
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Back in my graduate student days, when funds were tight, I had some dealings with a man in Texas who seemed to have an endless supply of pre-64 Model 70's. Once he advertised in Shotgun News (pre-internet) a whole collection of such rifles which had been stolen and recovered in much battered condition. I bought a .300 H&H from him on the theory that I would take it to Africa some day and being already damaged would not hurt a thing. It proved to be a shooter with a Lyman All American Perma Center 4X scope perched on top and actually did make it to Africa, where it performed as expected, with about 90 head of plains game to its credit, using 180 grain Winchester Silvertip factory loads. I never had reason to be disappointed with it. I once waded into a pack of Cape hunting dogs with it and accounted for four with five shots, all but one at running dogs. They were on private land, where they are not protected and regarded as a threat to the numerous flocks of sheep being raised there. | |||
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Well. I like my custom 721 kudu rifle .300 H&H with 180-grain TSX's just fine, too. _______________________ | |||
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I also like the 300hh.....currently have four and am having number five built. The only problem I see with it is a does away for the need (but not the want) for a lot of "other" cartridges. | |||
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Here is my 300 H&H. 1955 Model 70 bedded into a '57 high comb stock that has been refinished, checkering recut and modified with a Goncalo Alves fore-end tip, red pad at 14" lop. The original low comb stock is in storage.         | |||
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For years I had an old pre war mod. 70 300 H&H, hunted the world with it..Sold it last year on AR for some reason known only by the Red Gods of gun traders..It wore my first custom stock, but it had turned to exhibition drift wood and the barrel was causing my friends to tease me about my stainless steel gun, actually it was just worn off blue, but it shot little bitty groups..I won't make another mistake like that, this one will not be sold in my lifetime. The 300 H&H can safely be hand loaded to within a 100 FPS of most any 300. don't tell the nay sayers!  Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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My first 300 H&H was a 721. It stands as one of the most accurate big game rifles I've ever owned. A few have matched it. None have bested it. Alas it was right handed and being I'm correctly handed, I sold it to partially fund my current 300 H&H, a left handed, Remington 700 KS Mountain Rifle. It is one of the few rifles I've owned to ever match my original for accuracy. The 721 ended up in the care of an old friend who cherishes it. "...I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprize, and independance to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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Ray, I have my father's Rem 721 300 H&H and action is smooth! Dad's load was 68.0grs. of military surplus powder with a Remington 180gr. bronze point bullet. The 180gr. bronze point bullets are hard to come by and if you do they are priced high. I Load now a Nosler 200gr. Partition with H4831ssc. Only thing I don't like is the 200gr. Partition burr up in the magazine after firing the one in chamber. The Woodleigh bullets you load for your 300 H&H? The RN or PP bullet? Also if PP is it the standard PP or 300win PP bullet? | |||
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My .300 H&H is an L61R Sako that I found in neglected condition and represented as a .300 Win Mag. Its condition and its mistaken identity made it a huge bargain. I set about working up a load to about match the original 180 grain velocity at around 2950 fps using IMR 7828 SSC. Groups were fantastic and consistent as I climbed the velocity ladder. I was nearly there, so wanted to try just a half-grain more powder. After three shots my eyes popped when I looked at the chronograph and found they were hovering close to 3100 fps. Although there were no pressure signs and the three shots were inside of 3/4-inch, I thought I'd better check out the two remaining cartridges. When I disassembled them I found that I had increased the powder charge FIVE grains instead of a HALF grain. I backed it back down to my desired 2950 fps, but there's no doubt that the old sister will pump them out just about as fast as any of the magnum 30's. | |||
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I'm in on this 721 topic. My first .300H&H Remmy, pleased with it since the gitgo. Scoped it for load development and now have it setup with the Redfield 70. I rust blued it, restocked and bedded, kept the original trigger. Shoots 200 A frames @ 2805 fps. Nice shooter for a push feed. | |||
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I have found RL-22 and some old surplus 4831 powder (the stuff Jack O'Connor used to pump up his .270s velocity) Both will fetch me 3000 FPS and a tiny tad with a 200 gr. Nosler or Woodleigh. It's been my 30 year choice for an elk load, and worked perfect on a few trips to Africa. I used the 180 Nosler at the same velocity prior to the 200 gr. and have absolutly no complaints on it either.. I know my beloved .338 Win. is better suited for the big stuff, but I have to confess, I can't see the difference in performance on game.. I sent a local client from Twin Falls to Africa with his only rifle, a 300 H&H that he had owned for years, I loaded him up two boxes of Woodleigh solids and two boxes of Woodleih PPs, along with instructions on what to use on what.. Well he shot most of Africas plainsgame and his 47.5" monster buffalo, all with the solids!! I called this to his attention when he returned the left over ammo and old Bob said, "well it worked!!" There ya go, stick a bullet in the right spot and all else pretty well goes out the window.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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