You will like your .375. When growing up and reading the gun rags, the writers always made it out to be such a cannon that I never felt I needed one (til last year). I wish I had gotten one sooner. It is just a great all-round cartridge.

Have fun!

Canuck

It was made in 1953; witch also is the same year that my 270 was made. I bought it out of the Gun list so I do not know if it a Monte Carlo or straight comb? I had so much going on when I was on the phone I missed to ask about the comb. But, my gusse is that it is a Monte Carlo. It is supposally has 95% wood and metal. It has Pachmayr pivot mounts and a Bushnell scope. I cannot wait too get it and shoot it!!!!

"The .375 is one of my real enthusiasms in big-game cartridges. If I were going to hunt all over the world and could use only one rifle, it would be the .375. If I could have only two, one would be a .375 and the other would be a .270." -- Jack O'Connor, The Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns, Outdoor Life (1961).

I too have been in your position, so please learn from my experience.

First I purchased a Pre-64 M70 in .270 Win. Took it to the range and shot under an 1" @ 100 yards with all 4 factory loads I tried. Handloaded Hornady 130 grn SST's will shoot 5 shots into one big hole at 100 yards.

This wasn't good enough. Just like you, I then had to purchase a Pre-64 M70 in 375 H&H (built 1959). Well, then I found a 99% condition Pre-64 in 300H&H which was a perfect match to the 375H&H, so I had to buy it. After that came a 30-06 which is a phenominal shooter. Most recently I picked-up a mint condition Pre-64 Featherweight in .308 Win.

Now I feel like I'm just getting started. The person I buy these rifles from (I call him "The Drug Dealer") knew he had me hooked and when I picked-up the .308 Featherweight, he showed me a mint condition .338 Win Mag. As you can imagine, my will power is breaking down and I am starting to have images of the .338 WM in my safe.

You need to stop now before you are caught up in this addictive behavior. Consider yourself warned.

Tim

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Originally posted by DanD:
Tim speaks blasphemy, if you stop buying new guns you will anger the Gun Gods and they will lay spite down upon thee.

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I tried out my new 375 H&H for the first time last weekend and it was really a lot of fun! But I'll agree with the above posts, this is to good to stop just yet . First I'll get this gun just the way I wan't it but now I find myself reading a lot about the good old 300 H&H! But there was also that little 22 and the drilling and ...

If I had all the above I would be content or would I.

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Kyler Hamann, we know you are out there reading this. It is OK, you are among friends. Admitting that you have a problem is the first step.

Actually, I don't think that I have a problem. First, my wife doesn't really know how much I spent. Second, the banks keep sending me new credit cards. See, no problem!

Tim

Last night I could not sleep just thinking about all the rifles I wanted and all the cash I don't have!

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Originally posted by PC:
AA has the 12 step program what should us guy's have?

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12 different firearms a year would be my ideal 12 step program.

gs

I have never been able to understand why anyone would buy any new rifle when a good used Mod 70 pre 64 can be had for the same money and a year from now guess which one will hold its value.....I know which one will.

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ray@atkinsonhunting.com
atkinsonhunting.com

DON'T PUBLISH THAT BOOK YET!!!!!

I have a lot more Pre-64 M70's to buy and I don't need anymore competition/buyers out there.

After I complete my collection, then you can publish that book and let everyone in on the secret of how great these rifles really are.

TIM

I agree why would anyone buy a new rifle when they can get a really nice pre 64 shooter for the same price as the new rifles.

Chris

Need a nice pre-64 .300 H&H now which will be much easier to find. Trouble is, I still have a love affair going with the Ruger #1s!

Welcome to the fold and try to deal with the addiction as best as you can. Do not expect others to understand that far away look in your eyes when you spot a fine specimen at a gun show.

One does not "own" a pre-64 M70, one enters into a relationship with the arm.

Again, congratulations.

~Holmes

I bought a really pristine 300H&H about a year ago from my source. It loves the 220 grain Nosler Partitions which I think are perfect bullets for that long slender case. At over 2,700 fps, I think that would be a very deadly combination on African plainsgame.

The only problem is that I don't want to risk abusing or losing this rifle by taking it to Africa. So for now, when I want a little more power than my 30-06 can provide, I select my stainless M70 in 300 Win Mag. The 300H&H has been cleaned and oiled thoroughly and sits in the safe.

My favorite .375 H&H story is the one Finn Aaguard told of his first lion taken with his new M-70 .375.

Welcome to the exclusive club.

I am all for more velocity but if you mean the 375 RUM consider that at close range any bullet but a solid may be going too fast to give reliable performance. Read Haralds site "Terminal Ballistics" that is referenced all over this forum.

I had a .378 Weatherby and it kicked like heck. If I am going to take that kind of abuse I would choose a larger caliber and more bullet weight.

But you can always load the 375 RUM down.

I like to shoot my .375's but I don't think I would fire many 375 RUMs if I owned one.