I was going to shoot my new 375 this morning but it was raining.I decided to take a few pics to share instead.
Fred

VERY nice, Fred. Tell us more about that beauty!

George

Thanks George,
It is a commercial FN action with a drop box magazine,checkered bolt knob and side swing safety.Dan Beck put the metal in the stock and roughed in the sights and quarter rib.I sent it to Jack Haugh where he did the final shaping and finished the stock,inletted the sling swivel stud and silver oval and added cross bolts.Jack also checkered it and finished all the metal work.matted the sights put a gold line on them and engraved the floor plate and cross bolts and rust blued it.It weighs right under 10 lb scoped.
Fred

Very nice Fred.

Nice, very nice!!!

So, what species is selected for "blooding"?

well thought out, top drawer components, and it appears to have flawless execution of the plan! I am only a teensy bit jealous...or is covetous the operating phrase here?

regards,

Rich

Well done! Who made the bottom metal?

Very very nice.

That doesn't look like any drop box magazine I have ever seen. Where did you get it from?

Thanks everyone,
.366....still thinking on what to use it on.
The bottom metal is London guns.

She sure is a beauty!

Wow, a real classic!

Great rifle!

I like the drop box. What is the magazine capacity, at least five, maybe six?

Nice.

MR,
It holds 5 down in the box.
Thanks again everyone.

Fred

Very nice. Good luck with it.

Very very nicely done! However, it seems to be broken! There's only one barrel!(NOTE; my sig line)



Kidding asside that is a very nice rifle, and I'd bet my next retirement check it shoots as good as it looks!

Very nice, WVfred!

But, just qurious, is there a reason for the high scope mount? Seems to me it could be mountet 1/4" lower, giving you a steadier mount on the stock, more simmilar to when you are shooting open sights?

Brent,
That is the way Dan made it go together with the quarter rib and if it was anything other than a straight tube scope it wouldn't work with the larger objective.


Mac,
It's not broken it just hasn't grown up yet,soon it will grow another barrel like my other one.

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Originally posted by WVFred:
Brent,
That is the way Dan made it go together with the quarter rib and if it was anything other than a straight tube scope it wouldn't work with the larger objective.


Mac,
It's not broken it just hasn't grown up yet,soon it will grow another barrel like my other one.

Good answer, and that one grew up quite nicely! Nice Buff as well!

Thanks Mac,
The 375 wasn't ready when I left for Zim but I guess the Army & Navy did ok without it.I think this might be a good excuse to go back.


Fred

Two superb rifles !!!
Congrats
L

very very nice

That's a beautiful .375 bolt rifle.

When one has a beauty like that he don't need two barrels.

Nice one Fred! Haugh done it right for you again.

Absolutely great. I'd like to have one exactly like it! ...OOPS, noticed the gunsmith has the bolt on the wrong side! For A Lefty.

Thanks again everyone.
Harry,
Jack does some really great work Wood,metal,checkering and engraving...he can do it all.

Fred

Fred, very very nice rifle..It will be a pleasure to shoot..

Mike

'Bond Street' quality piece. I would guess .450-.500Mag. from it's shear size!
PS. It looks very similar to .425WR once owned by John Kingsley-Heath. That one was built on Mauser 'Modelo Argentino 1909' action. It was sold in 2004 at Bonhams for 2,000'Anglos'.

Really beautiful rifle, Fred. Where are you from in WV?

Thats a beautiful looking rifle.

I'm officially jealous.... NICEEEEEEEEEE

Thanks again everyone.Hopefully I Will be able to shoot it this weekend and report on how that goes.


Fred

Fred:

That's gorgeous. There are very, very few American 'smiths that can get a bolt rifle stock layout in the same zip code with "right". Yours is perfect.

I'd heard that Haugh was good, and tried to find him once but failed. Can you provide contact info for him?
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"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."

Fred ,
Super rifle !!!!!! I spoke with Jack at the CLA show in Lexington back in Aug. He spoke highly of you as well as Mr.Deploy from Douglas barrels .

Talk to you soon !!!

400,
Jack sure knows what they are supposed to look like and does wonderful work.I will send you his contact info.Thanks again


Allen,
The rifle was with Jack at the show,I wish I would have thought to tell you.Fred picked it up for me there.This is the same bottom metal as your 404 too.PM sent.

Fred

you guys all need to keep an eye on Mr Martin...he pretends (here) to be "one of us", but in reality he has an evil twin brother who makes meat with a flintlock rifle. Worse, he builds them from pieces and parts...and very well I hear.

Be Alert; America has a shortage of 'lerts.

Rich

I would change that optik to 1,5-6x42 or 3-9x42 for more balanced look, and improved low-light performance.
Lets face it, that litte runt scope is too small, unlike those big SxS stoppers the .375 is a genuine 300m game getter!

Paolo,
I am considering a 1.5x6 or 2.5x8 the one on it was an extra I had put away....still thinking
Thanks

Fred