OK, Gentlemen...I'm about to receive the funds to purchase my Remington 700 BDL in .375 ULTRA.
FINALLY.

Upon recent review of the Lightweight .375 H&H thread, I thought I'd toss this one up for you to comment on:
http://www.werrifles.com/answersystem.htm

Interesting site with some good points.

I was just at the Gun Shop looking at my brand new AR10! which I have to WAIT to get because of the NICS delay...
and I looked at a Remington 700 LSS in .300 ULTRA that had just arrived with the new Answer System on it.
VERY NICE work. It had both the muzzle brake and recoil pad 'system' added to it.
The muzzle brake is cleanly installed and flush with the bbl. profile. The pad is also cleanly installed and is a little bit 'hard', but, it's also spring loaded to match the caliber.

I began to think that it might not be a bad idea to go ahead with having the system installed on my .375 ULTRA.
I had to ask myself if maybe it was worth it to have 'The Power' without getting my fillings jarred loose or my glasses knocked off of my thick skull!

Not that I'm a pussy when it comes to recoil, but why punish myself needlessly when there is 'The Answer'?

Any feedback on this system?
Thanks!

I've shot a friend's .300Win.Mag. and .375H&H with the Answer System brake and recoil pad, and while they recoil less than an unaltered rifle in those calibers, I didn't like the pad at all and the muzzle brake (like most muzzle brakes) was very loud.

Get the .375RUM, shoot it as is (preferably away from the bench), then decide.

George

I am with George on this.

The answre system can be added later, and the rum can be loaded WAY down, so I don't see a recoil problem that can't be trained out.

Stay the HELL away from ultralights and bigbores, esp if you think you may need all the extras... IMNSHO, The addage that goes "you carry them more than you shoot them" applies to SHOOTERS, not hunters.

I dont' CARE how long I carry it, as long as I make the first one count and the second one ready. if i have a recoil or NOISE induced flinch from the gun being setup wrong... well, let me add my own addage... You think about them more than your carry them.

jeffe

BusMaster007,
My brother has the 375 RUM. I have shot it many times and don't think that it recoils excessively. Felt recoil is only slightly more than my 375 H&H. His rifle is extremely accurate shooting factory ammo and I had to work hard to find a load as accurate with 300grain SAF in my rifle. Buy it , shoot it and luv it!

The Answer System works great.

I have it (pad and brake) on a .338 and a .375. It really tames them down for long sessions at the bench--which is the only time I use them. Also, the brakes have a very slim profile (no greater in diameter than the barrel itself), which I like. I replace the brakes with a knurled muzzle cap when hunting.

I haven't noticed any change in point of bullet impact when shooting with and without the brake.

The brakes are loud, but so are all of them. That's why I don't use them in the field.

Man, I love this place!

Need answers? Come here 'cuz there's lots of 'em!



My initial thought is to get it and see what it's like first, but, I had to ask. I figured someone here would've seen or used the system and be able to give an idea if it's worth it or not (I printed out the order form, just in case...).



I didn't like the recoil pad, too much, either.

Staying with the idea of the Remington R3 (Limb Saver) is the way I'll go at first.

Adding a brake, and length, wasn't my favorite idea, either.

It'd look all right, but...



EDITED TO ADD:

I saw the other post showed up while I was writing this one.



Can you explain what the recoil felt like on the .375 RUM before and after the system was installed, please?



Thanks, Gentlemen.

Sorry, when I say .375 and nothing else, by default I mean .375 H&H Mag. I guess I'm old fashioned.

The pad and brake together make the .375 H&H feel about like a .308 Win.

Hope you have not gone with the Answer system. I just added a post in the big game fourm about this operation. The gun work they do is hit and miss and if the workman -ship is poor, as their gunsmith told me, "thats just the way it goes". Do your self a favor spend your money wisley and have some one else work on your guns.

Maybe I'm smarter than I look...I asked some good questions BEFORE I got my money to do this .375!!!

I believe I'll use the R3 pad on my synthetic stock (saving the wood) and leave the rest 'as is'.
What would we do without the internet?
Great feedback, guys.

BusMaster, the Answer system works prety well. My rifle smith, Jeff Hicks, used to be the head smith at Answer about 5 years ago and he likes the system and still puts them on his rifles for customers if they request it although there are other breaks he also uses. Here's his site www.hdrifle.com Drop him an e-mail if you have questions or want the work done as he does great work and stands behind his product and his work is never hit or miss.

Your handle sounds familiar are you on some other precision rifle forums?

Rob01,

Thanks. I just got back to this thread.
Yes, I frequent a few places where gun-nuts hang out!
The reference to "hdrifle" sounds familiar to me, as well.

I've checked out their site and may be sending in a 700 bolt to have the handle screwed on, just to say I did it once...not that I've ever had one come off.
Could be this .375 is just the right unit to try a couple of different things on.
I'm psyched about getting it.
The thread here about the '.375 RUM loads' is what convinced me to go for the rifle/cartridge combo.

I'll start with the R3 pad, then decide if a brake is needed.

HDRifles is 'Celt' from the 24HourCampfire board.

I also like that bolt mod for the 700; as soon as the handle breaks off one of my 700s, I am going to have him perform the mod.

George

Yeah George, he's Celt pretty much everywhere. Jeff is a great guy to do business with. I have two of his rifles and couldn't be happier. Pics of them are under the customer section but my .308 looks a little different now as it has a different stock, scope and mounting system. Now it looks like an M40A1 clone. Whenever people need a riflesmith I recommend him because I know he does great work. I've got his bolt mod on my newest rifle from him but not on the older one because he hadn't thought of it back then. I plan on having it done though when I get the time. It's just one less thing to worry about.

Bus, nice to see you over on this site also. I can't think of the site it was but I know I've seen you at others. Good people hang out with each other The break on the .375 RUM would probably make it a nicer day of shooting but I would probably do it liek you and go the cheaper option first and then dump the money if I have to. Good luck with it.

Neighbor has the system.Works for him on 300 Wea.Ed.

I got a call today from Sam at The Answer System re some questions I had for them.
While picking up the AR10 at the shop today... ...I spoke with the guy at the counter who HAS fired a .375 ULTRA.
He said it's the worst recoil he's ever experienced!
He said, "You'll NEED The Answer System, without a doubt!"
Since they still had that Remington 700 LSS in .338 ULTRA with 'The System" on it, I looked again and decided it is the right thing to do.
I don't think I even want to shoot this gun without it, BUT, I might try it - ONCE!
The shop is going to price out a stock #26414, the 'un-embellished' BDL.

When I got home, Sam called and we talked for about 1/2 an hour, with him doing most of the talking.
I learned a LOT listening.
Believe it or not, it was a little like talking with my Dad (he's been dead since 1975 and tomorrow he would've been 78).
Anyway -
According to Sam, Remington discontinued the BDL in .375 ULTRA and is only going to produce the LSS in that cartridge from now on.
His theory was that the .375 ULTRA was too much for the regular, cheaper wood stock and was splitting them.
I don't know about that, but, it sounded good!

I told him I had a synthetic 'Arylon' stock from my 700/7mm that I planned to put the .375 into from the get-go, and I'd save the wood to put the 7mm into for fun.
Sam thought that was a good idea.

We discussed installing the 'system' and he mentioned several other things about proper bedding; crown; trigger pull; and the one that got me - crooked/uneven lands...?
He said putting the rifle at the 6 & 12 o'clock position often showed with a borescope that the lands were crooked.
I'm not sure if he said the chamber was crooked or not...

I told him I only wanted the 'system' installed and I'd take my chances with everything else.
I also specified that I want the sights to be on the gun, so I can remove them later if I want too. He said that was no problem.

SO, that's where I'm at with this.
I'll find out tomorrow or the next day if the correct # has been located (I might specify that the distributor look for a nice, dark, figured stock for me... ) and I'll save it for the other 700.
I'll then begin to make plans to get the 'system' put on and decide on the exact base/rings/scope; sight removal, etc. to get this 'pseudo Alaskan Wildnerness Rifle' underway.
Sam told me that the recoil would be reduced to that of about the .30-06. If it's like my 7mm, I'd be ecstatic!
Tolerable recoil with 'THE POWER'.
My kind of rifle!