Picked this up a few weeks ago just for kicks, pun intended..:-)
Haven't fired it yet.
I got into it for what I thought the action and stock were worth and any 700 magnum barrel will screw into it if I decide the 416 is not fun.
Question,...If a person were to get off the plane with this in Africa would they just shoot you right there on the tarmac.?...:-)..it being a push feed and all....:-)

Rembo, nothing wrong with that rifle....it would probably out-shoot 80% of the rifles folks take over to Africa (the other 20% are Blasers!!!).

Biebs!
What Blaser do you own? what caliber? you like them?
I own a porffessional .375 H/H very accurate and fast
Think about one in the .500 Jeffe and top it with a aimpoint

About 1/2 the PH big bore rifles I have come across were push feed. Only 1 PH knew the difference, and they all had the same viewpoint of it...it either fed or didn't.

I have one just like it and have taken it to Africa kills buff and ele dead.
very accurate and no feeding issues
Joe

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Biebs!
What Blaser do you own? what caliber? you like them? Big Grin
I own a professional .375 H/H Smiler very accurate and fast Cool
Think about one in the .500 Jeffe and top it with a aimpoint Eeker

Swede, I have a Safari, a Pro, and an LRS2...and barrels in 458 Lott, 375 H&H, 338 RUM (Custom), 300 Win Mag, 308, and 243. Got the planet covered. I didn't get the 500 Jeffery barrel as it only gives you 2 in the magazine.

I think I've seen about 50/50 push feeds versus CRF in the hands of PHs. I have seen several Remingtons like yours in the hands of brown bear guides in Alaska. Unless you plan to stand on your head when you shoot don't worry about it. I have always felt there is a greater chance of a primer misfire than a push feed problem.

Of the PH's I have hunted with, only about half use a Control round feed, the other half use Remingtons or some cobbled up custom gun. You may get a lecture, like I did the first trip, about it being a push feed but it will kill anything you want to kill without any problems.
Go and enjoy it!

Very nice rifle, who makes the stock, Bell & Carlson or HS Precision?
I wouldn't feel undergunned in Africa with that rifle.

Cheers.

I've not been to Africa but if PHs are like guides in the US, most know very, very little about firearms and ballistics......

LWD

Book a good hunt, go and just be a great client ready to hunt and have fun, be safe and learn all you can, drop everything right there with that big 416, give a good tip lol , and you are guaranteed an offer to return and bring that rifle, or any other one that you might want to take on the next trip.

That is a nice rifle! I am not sure who makes the kevlar stocks for Remington, but my guess is HS Precision because that is what they usually use on their upper end rifles.

The stocks on the KS Custom Shop rifles are McMillan.

Worked for years for PH Geo. Hoffman and it worked for me for my first buffalo
.Load it and go hunting.

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Only 1 PH knew the difference, and they all had the same viewpoint of it...it either fed or didn't.

If you take the time to shoot at least 100 rounds before you leave for Africa you should know more about that rifle than any of us can tell you. If it works, take whatever spares you think you might need and have at it. People have been using push-feed rifles in Africa and everywhere else for decades. I'd be more worried about extraction than feeding.

Good looking gun. Great caliber - if you shoot it fine, it will work fine. AIU

I stand corrected. Does McMillan sell the stock to the unwashed masses, or is it made exclusively for Remington?