If you were going to build a custom 375 H&H what action would you use (mauser, pre64 M-70 or dakota) and why?

I would have to use a "pre-'64-style" Model 70, since the others are not available in LH (except the Dakota at four times the price).

George

CZ 550.

Mauser lineage, inexpensive, reliable, large magazine capacity (6 down) and with a few of the right tweaks and in the right stock, classically beautiful to boot.

My own .375 H&H is built on a current Model 70 Classic action, and I'll have another one built on the same action.



Reasons: Superb chrome-moly steel; excellent heat-treating; action machined from a solid forged steel billet for superb grain structure, etc. -- all benefits of being produced by a large company in a sophisticated modern plant utilizing resources that a small company just can't match.



I also prefer the M-70's coned-breech design; simple, effective bolt stop that won't be affected by dust and freezing weather; easy bolt disassembly without tools; strong and simple latch for keeping the striker assembly in place; much improved gas system compared to the pre-64; big-flat-bottomed receiver which is much stiffer and more rigid than the Mauser; superb, crisp, simple trigger mechanism; positive, direct-acting safety that cams back the cocking piece from the sear etc., etc., etc............



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George,

Check out The Empire Rifle Company who have left-handed Mausers (from a European source or Granite Mountain depending on the rifle).

http://www.empirerifles.com/

jim

George,

You can get lefthanded Mausers from Karl-Heinz Ritterbursch. But then there's the price thing...

Erik D.

Thanks, Jim, but their LH rifles are built on USRAC M-70s, or Granite Mountain Arms actions at an additional premium.

George

My next project gun will be a 375. I'm using a commercial FN, 23" Douglas barrel, 2 leaf banded rear express sight, front banded ramp sight, barrel band sling stud, Grisel M-70 safety and drop magazine, Blackburn trigger, Fisher grip cap, streaked Turkish walnut blank, custom contoured scope bases for Warne detachable rings, 1.5-5 Leupold. I'll use a Great Western Gunstock English express rifle semi-inlet for my pattern.

I've decided the 375 just about does it all, pleasant to carry and shoot all day with plenty of power.

I think Allen just sold me on the current model 70 classic.