Folks,

I have fired my .375 and it performs great, low recoil with the speer 235's and plenty of knockdown. I had a quick four round adjust and took my other 8 rounds for some grassy's. I managed to hit 5 and did not get big exits other than a small one which literally blew apart at 20 yards on the run. All, however died as if hit by lightning I also managed to shoot a hare off hand at 60-70 yards and just skimmed him enough to kill him and not blow it up. The speers did not open up as quick as I thought they would.

When I get more .375 cases I will muck about more with accuarcy etc. but I love this caliber awsome power with low recoil, just need to get the scope glitch sorted out now.

Rifle perfromed flawlessly, and I had a chance to use it when I got onto a small mob and nailed four in succession. No feeding or extraction failures and cases were kicked out a long way !!., 6 shot capacity is a real bonus I reckon with these CZ's.

My CZ scoped with sling weighs in at about 10.5 pounds and the lon barrel and weight made off hand shooting a breeze.

Overall I am wrapped with this rifle.

Regards PC.

Good to hear PC.

Bakes

PC,

Sounds like you're having fun!

This night at work I brought in my .375 H&H (p-14 Enfield) that I accidentally bought last summer and my .375 Weatherby (zkk-602) to clean.

The H&H I had been waiting to get a replacement receiver sight since the one on the rifle had been bent during shipping. The one that came is a Lyman and I can't use it since the screws are a bit different in diameter. I then took the Redfield that had been damaged and clamped it to the kitchen table and straightened the legs on the elevation. I then completely disassembled the thing and cleaned it and re-assembled.

Cleaning this barrel was terrible. It looked clean to me to begin with. I scrubbed with Ed's Red and the patches were coming out black! I kept this up until they were less black, then used Barnes CR-10. I went back and forth for over an hour and must have used 50 patches. Hardly any copper but tons of black crap. I had begun to wonder if it was my imagination until the patches started getting clean. The bore now looks like it is chrome plated.

I am going to install this back into the stock and shoot it this weekend to see how it feels. It has a 27 inch barrel on it and I am curious regarding velocity.

Happy you like that .375. I have some pics I want to send you and that video I told you about.

PC,
Glad you like it!! COmpared to the 585.. well, is there any comparison?
Roger, I am certain you don't need any help, but I was shown this. here's a "trick" for nasty bores.. wet brassor nylon brush, scrub a couple time, 2 wet patchs wrapped around the brush, just down and off. then wrap 2 patches around the brush, wet, and scrub like a bottle brush. This is ONLY for when it's NASTY. then wet wet wet dry dry dry and one more wet. see how it looks, then. My experience had been the first wet one looks like you dipped it in 10,000 mile oil... second looks okay, thrid looks pretty durn good... blue (as I use barnes).

jeffe

PC:
Glad to here it!!!
Did you use the set trigger? ( cycle the bolt, then push trigger forward, gives you a hair target trigger)

Going to the range right now.
More later.

Dr. S

Rodger,

looking forward to the pics, did you get that one I sent you ?? I would be real interested to hear what velocites you get out of that 27" .375 barrel. I think you might get a tad over 3000 fps with say the 235 gr barnes X or speer. Rodger I have also accidently ordered a CZ 550 in 9.3x62...

Socs, I used the set trigger for my "minute of roo" sight in. I really like the CZ triggers it's great for sighting in/long shot and it works just fine out of the box for off hand shooting. Socs I did not get a cracked stock but I am taking your advice before I do and next week (after new years) it is heading in for a bed in devcon and float up to the barrel lug. I am also thinking of haveing the action screws with the falt slot cut of and re-souldering hex heads on them to get a more firm feel of tightening. I have had this procedure done with my .416 & .585 and it works a treat. My Stock maker in QLD does this procedure for actions which use slot screws.

Bakes how is that enfield action of yours coming on ??

Jeffo, there is no comparison between the .375 & .585 there two completely different sports, they do not reside in the same ball park

PC
Going down to Lithgow in Jan to check it out. I'll also be checking out some wood. I'm poing to take some photo's, and post them for those interested.

Bakes

Looking forwards to it Bakes, If I remeber right your doing a .416 Rigby or was it a .458 lott ??

PC
ALL SHOOTING DONE OFF HAND
Took about 4 hours at the range today. Started at 50 yards, with 22 CZ 452 and with the 375.

Pulled a couple low left(375), then got the feel for the 375. Shot two, in the ten ring, touching, and two nines, right below.
three about 7 low right, but, off hand, that isn't bad.

Nailed one dead center, on my last shot, and quit while I was happy with my targets.

Rangemaster reloads 375, and uses 4061(?) under a Sierra 250 grain spritzer, IIRC. Gave him a box of used 375 cases, and hope that works out.

I used my shoulder pad, and while the 375 recoils, I shot it better then my 22. I suck right now, but, considering I've been working 7 days a week, for about 2 months, that's not a big surprise.

Overall 22 shooting was around 5-8 inches. WAY off what I can usually do. It was windy, freezing, and raining every once in awhile, too.

When I got done at 50 off hand, I went down to 25,
and shot pistol, 45 Colt, and 45 ACP, along with 22lr.

Something that came up today. When shooting rapid fire with a SA, should you recock with the non-trigger left hand thumb, or the right hand thumb?
I've been doing it with the left thumb for a long time, and I'm pretty quick, but it gives you a crossed thumb position to fire from.

Anyway, it also reminded me how much practice fits into the equation.

Then went down to 8 yards, and worked on head targets with the short 45.

Good day at the range, even though I've shot much better. I'm starting to do nothing but offhand, giving up benching. Too easy.

Then ended up spending about 2-3 hours talking in the freezing cold to our local 45 gunsmith guru.

GREAT time.

Anyway, got his card, and he's happy to work on my gun, and, I'm thinking about joining his IPSC
group. When basketball is over, it would be a lot of fun, and good practice.

Made for a great Christmas.

Dr. S

[ 12-27-2002, 13:17: Message edited by: Socrates ]

Socs,

sounds as if you had a good day at the range. When your talking about SA I assume your talking about handguns ??

I have nil experience with handguns as our draconian governement makes it difficult for anyone but criminals to have handguns.

The Cz's are great to shoot off hand, I have an older Brno Model 2 .22 with the same typed stock as my .375 almost looks like a "perfect genetic clone only 1/8th the size"

Hope you had a great Xmas, PC.

Hi PC:
Yes, talking about SAA hand guns.

I love my little CZ 452. I put the same Elite 3200 on it as the 550. Sort of a 375 "mini-me"
I love it too.

Some guy had an Aschwutz 22 at the range. Between you and I, mine is the poor man's Aschwutz, and it works just fine.

Dr. S

HI,

Good to hear PC after seeing my cz550 in 416 rigby I would only buy cz rifles, if I get another rifle down the road it will be a cz.I do not think anyone could do better for the money or even more. PC that 375 will go great with your 416. Thanks,Kev

416 Rigby mate.

Bakes,

you have made a great choice the rigby .416 is a great round, make sure you give the woodleigh 410's a go.

Kev,

I feel your right I see the .375 H&H being a better partner to the .416 Rigby than say a 30/06 or .300 win mag. To me the .375 is like a 30/06 on steroids, I will be interested to have a few longer shots with the .375 and 235 gr speers and compare it to my 30/06 for longer type work. I feel the .375 H&H is more versatile than the 30/06.

PC
I think I'll try the Tiapan 400gr, at first. They go for $60 per 100 and will give me a cheap sorce of bullets for pig/donkeys. I might buy some Woodleigh's for buff and scrub bulls.

Bakes

PC said:
" I feel the .375 H&H is more versatile than the 30/06. "
Yep!


DR S

Hey Bakes,

who is selling the Taipan 400 gr .416 bullets now ??

do they make bullets in .375 cal ??

for a splat bullet taipans are all right

Thanks mate.

Socs how close are your rear rings to the magnification ring on your scope ?? I have had issues with my 2-7 leupold on my .375 (using warne QD's).

PC,
Clayton Trigger and Tackle in Melbourne are awaiting a shipment of Taipans. Last I was there (about a month ago) they had 0.416 (400gr soft) and 0.375 (350gr solids) in stock. I'm shooting Taipans exclusively in two 375's and they are certainly value for money.
Cheers...
Con

PC
I got my 6.5 Tiapans from Rebel Gunworks.
Tiapan themselves have a web site, you'll have to do a search.They list a
220 gr flat nose.
250 gr soft point.
300 gr FMJ.
300 gr round nose soft point.
350 gr FMJ.
350 gr round nose soft point.
in .375

For some reason buying through Rebel was cheaper than the list price from the Tiapans web site.

Bakes

Thanks Bakes & Con, they might work out cheaper than speer 235 gr ???

"Socs how close are your rear rings to the magnification ring on your scope ?? I have had issues with my 2-7 leupold on my .375 (using warne QD's)."

I'm using CZ rings(CZ rifle, CZ rings?;-)
Using a Bushnell Elite 3200. The CZ rings have a tang that mounts into the rear scope base. From there, to the adjustment ring for the scope is about 7/16" of an inch, or 1mm. I could set the scope back another 1/8" of an inch I think, or maybe a bit less.

Dr S fondling his 375 with great affection.

Only thing is, it works fine, why mess with it?

PC, I'm not really clear what the problem is...???
DR S

Socs,

I had a 2-7 leupold mounted on my .375 and when my warne rings were tightened the selector ring for the magnification wouldn't turn. The 2-7 leupold just fits into the rings with a bout a 1-2mm clearence at either end of the scope. I just want to know if other people have there rings near or close to the selecter ring and if this is cause for concern. I am sending the scope back to leupold for a check up and am also following through on rob gun builders advce in having both sets of warne rings I have lapped. The problem funnily enough never happened with the extra set of cz mounts I have kicking around. Sounds like you have yours pretty close to the power ring as well, what choice do you have with these huge cz actions.

Thanks PC.

No problems with the Elites. Maybe the combination tightens a bit too much, or your gunsmith did?
Dr S

Socs, I mounted it myself and there was no in between so to speak, the rear ring ahd to be loose for the power ring to work

just might have gotton a lemon.

Could be the rings, not being CZ's, just don't work as well as CZ's owns??

Proprietary stuff works together...

Dr S