Hello All,

I watched this listing for 19 days, and although I just bought the John Rigby Brevex that used up all my squirreled-away cash, I couldn't pass up such a wonderful rifle.
Especially since it was Wayne's personal hunting rifle - A custom 1979 tang safety R
uger 77 - one of my favorite rifles from my youth.

Imagine my delight to own Mr. AHR's personal hunting rifle. The upgraded features on this rifle are nothing less than marvelous. Right up to par with Wayne's AHR Custom rifles and my AHR Custom 500 Jeffery.

Although listed as a 375-338 wildcat, this is also known as the .375 Chatfield-Taylor - the little brother to the .416 Chatfield-Taylor (of which I own 2) There is a ton of
loading data available for the 375 Taylor and 338 brass is plentiful and easy to form. Its possible to obtain 375 H&H performance with some creative hand-loading. Although in my case
I down-loaded for Wisconsin Whitetail. I topped the rifle with a 4x32 I.O.R Valdada European Scope with 4A German reticle and rotating eyepiece focusing. The weight of the rifle with the scope and loaded (3 down 1 up) trips the scale at 9 pounds 1 ounce. This extra weight helps to reduce recoil.

The rifle arrived today, and Wayne had sent ahead the brass and dies so ammo was ready and waiting for the rifle. A fast trip to the range proved the rifle is ready for
the field. Thank you Wayne!

as always, your comments are welcome.

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http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/375-338-000.jpg

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Here's the original listing and my field test

I wonder how the 375-338 compares with the 375 Epstein. Both in real-world performance and ease of case-forming.

I remember reading Mike Epstein's article in Rifle magazine many years ago. He said he could exceed the performance of the H&H, and approach the performance of the 378 Weatherby.

He credited the 375 Epstein's case design for being so efficient that it enabled that kind of performance.

He didn't say what kind of pressures his loads were running.

Now-a-days, it would seem that the 375 Ruger should be the way to go in a standard length 375. However, it seems to be fading away.

Like the 375 Winchester and the 375 RUM, I am fearing the 375 Ruger will end up with a brass availability problem.

That shouldn't ever be a problem with the 375-338.