Hey here's a good steal I found on Cabela's, for anyone who's looking for a left handed .375 there's a Mauser 6000L for $649!
Look at their gun library (some reason the link ain't showing up) and under fine rifles.
If I was left handed, I think I would have bought this already!

I'm not going to look, I don't need another 375. OK, I looked.

Whew, I don't want that one. I'd like a heavier barrel and I don't like that stock. But, maybe I could rebarrel it to 404 Jeffrey and I could probably get another stock made.


Argh!!!!!!! Make the voices stop!!!!!

Hell the price is right I think! I didn't care much for the stock either, but it would be a nice project gun.
I'm thinking really hard about maybe even buying it just to work on it and sell it. The only part holding me back is wondering if the wife's gonna get angry!

Definitely unique stock.

.375Lefty

Action looks exactly like the 3000 375 H&H LH Mauser I used to own. What is the difference between the 3000 and 6000?

I've looked around and found references for the Mauser 3000, 4000 and 5000 series, which were made consecutively in the same period, but the only reference I found for the 6000 (not even included on the Mauser website!) is that it was a small run which included a different stock. That might have been the only difference.

Why would anyone want a push-feed .375H&H?

George

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Originally posted by GeorgeS:
Why would anyone want a push-feed .375H&H?

George

When your left handed to have less options.

Been hunting with a push feed 375 since I bought my first one (Mauser 3000) in 1979. Currently also own a Remington. Both fed as well as anything I ever handled. Took the Remington to Africa and it had been my day to day rifle in Alaska since about 1988. If I never experienced problems with the trigger freezing up I wouldnt of ordered a Hein.

Well I didn't know it's a pushfeed. I've never owned a Mauser because I'm a lefty. I just assumed it was a regular Mauser with the CRF.

Oh well, live and learn

I also have one of the .375 H&H 3000's.Stumbled on it in a small gunshop in Ohio in 1977. Best $225.00 I ever spent. I don't care for the stock design, but have to say the rifle has been flawless on 4 trips to africa. I've used the Speer 235's for everything from Jackal to Eland and never had a problem. In 1977 there weren't a lot of Lefty options. Had my .458 Winmag built by converting a Rem. 7mm mag. Bought the Mauser to be the "third rifle" and serve between my 30/06 and .458. As an aside, I just worked up a cast bullet load for it using the Lyman 375449 mold. Specs as follows:
276 gn. bullet 50/50 WW/Pb. sized .377
47 gns. WC-846 "surplus" powder
WLRM primer.
NRA-alox lube
3.534 COL
Mv(ave.): 1834 fps
Muzzle energy: 2062 ft-lbs.
Out of my 3000, this load prints well under an inch @ 50 yds from a rest, 3 rds. into one hole... Ought to work well for our S.E. US deer and hogs.
Cheers,
Don

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Originally posted by Ohiosam:
When your left handed to have less options.

I know, I'm left-handed.

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Originally posted by Fjold:
Well I didn't know it's a pushfeed. I've never owned a Mauser because I'm a lefty. I just assumed it was a regular Mauser with the CRF.

No, these came out 10-15 years ago, when Mauser was re-inventing itself (or something).

George

The Mauser 3000 has been around since at least 1979 because that is when I purchased mine. It is a push feed with a "Weatherby" style stock.

Hey I ain't buying the rifle now, talked with my wife and well, it's that season and I think we're going to try again to add a precious addition to our family.
It's a good bargain, so hopefully someone will take it up, especially with the left-handed big bore market out there now.

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Originally posted by The Metalsmith:
Hey I ain't buying the rifle now, talked with my wife and well, it's that season and I think we're going to try again to add a precious addition to our family.

Gee Metalsmith I think that belongs on the SMALLBORE forum.

Hey buttmonkey, I've been trying for 4 years already to have a kid, so of course I'm gonna be a little excited about trying again! I may be a Marine but that kind of thing still is going to make me feel proud.
Besides I have one too many fix-it-up-to-sell rifles laying around, so it wasn't something I was going to be pushing for.

Way back in the 70s a place called Rio Grande Gunshop in Albuquerque imported the Mauser 3000, 4000 etc. I bought a bunch of the "lefty"s from them as well as barreled actions, actions and parts. The ONLY thing I had go wrong with one was a broken firing pin. As I recall making one wasn`t no big deal. In fact I think I made 2-3 and still have a spare. I still use a 3000L 30-06 and a 375. I tend to agree with one of the posters who said it was too light. It really [375] has a light barrel but is accurate. These imports back then were call "Mauser-Bauer" and were made by Heym I think as a lefty Heym in Mod 20 [222] has all the features of the 4000 Mauser Bauers. Be it as ith may I have never had feeding problems or extraction either. Usuall they have pretty wood. If I knew how to post pictures I would of the ones I have. I still consider the 3000, 4000s etc a very good investment. I paid 205.00 for the 3000 L back then. Recently saw one in AA for 675.00 or so.

Aloha, Mark

That 375LH at Cabela's is sold.