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I'd convinced myself that I didn't NEED a .375 H&H until I went to a gunshow recently and found this little fellow looking like it needed a good home.  I'm a bit confused as to it's age or lineage. It has the Interarms / Whitworth Yugo built action and Whitworth recoil pad. There are various hard to read proof marks along the wood line of the barrel and action but no markings on the barrel at all. Under the stock it lacks the British markings for "Tonnes per []" " so I assume that it's not a true Manchester built rifle. The barrel is drilled and tapped for an express sight which apparently has gone to that great parts bin in the sky. Anyone know a good source for a replacement? And it has the extra barrel mounted recoil lug bedded into some black bedding material in the fore end. It's an agile little rifle at under 8#, recoil with Federal's 270gr load (it came with a box of ammo) isn't bad at all and accuracy seems good but I've only been able to fire a few shots at up to 75 yards so far. | ||
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I simply love the handling and feel of those rifles. Sorry to be LH right now. | |||
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Congrats- looks very nice... Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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Rick, I hate to see you stuck with such an ugly rifle! Better send that one on down to me. I have one it can hide in the safe with! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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remove the peep sight, the date code is under it .. nice rifle .. opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Hey, I didn't follow you home!  "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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That is a dandy looking rifle! Wish I had stuff like that follow me home ... ____________________________ If you died tomorrow, what would you have done today ... 2018 Zimbabwe - Tuskless w/ Nengasha Safaris 2011 Mozambique - Buffalo w/ Mashambanzou Safaris | |||
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Someone shortened the forend, looks good. NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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That's what threw me when I first saw it. I actually went home and used my Google powers to research the rifle before I went back on the second day of the show and bought it. I did find one reference to some rifles that were produced with short forends but no pictures. If it was shortened someone did a pretty good job of it. Thanks for the comments. | |||
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Nice procurement, Mr Rick- -Gotta love those gunshow orphans of questionable pedigree. They often make a loving addition to the familia.  | |||
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