Thanks Michael, for everything you did for me, the rifle,brass, scope on rifle,bullets,dies all came in.The first thing I notice was how handy this rifle is, it handles like a dream,I think it is the best I"ve ever seen, the other thing that stands out, was how unbelieveable the action on these rifle are smoother than glass by far the best I have ever seen. I had serveral custom rifles from people, one of my rifle cost over 3,000 dollars a 416 rigby, the action is a CZ, the action on the 375B&M is head and shoulders better.I just got it so I have not shot it yet,not worried is it shots half as good as it looks I will have no problems .Also like the Nikon onarch scope very nice,better than I thought it would be,may have been converted to them,just need some reloading data for it I will be using reloader 15,my favorite powder,the bullets to I am looking at accubond 260,barns 270 and the hornity 270 for practice,so far I like this rifle so much I think when I move to Idaho I will sell my 416 rigby and get a 50B&M,Kev

Congratulations kev5000 on the new rifle - though I believe it's a 375 B&M...

357 B&M.... LOL.... I think Kev is EXCITED.........




Kev, I am extremely pleased to hear you like the rifle... Even though its a 375, I was beginning
to like it pretty good myself when I had it here messing with it! I believe you will get many good years of service out of it. Keep me posted when you start shooting it some......

Enjoy
Michael

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357 B&M.... LOL.... I think Kev is EXCITED.........

Certainly can't blame him for that!

Yeah I had to shoot it as Michael sent reloaded rounds so I shoot one of the 275,I think they are going around 2740 fps,recoil was not bad at all very quick recoil,it did hit a few inches lower, but I may have rush it,I will see later,nice rifle would love the 50B&M

Yeah, reloading data is on the B&M site also Michael sent me the data,re15 seems to be the powder to go with,which is great as I use a lot of it for other rifles.I really like this dam round very efficient cartridge,you get great FPS and recoil is mild, just great the rfile feeds like a dream,I am not kidding it is the best action I ever have seen,feeds smooth ejects smooth,I will be getting another one 50 B&M will be next,Kev

There is not a lot of data on the 375 B&M, I have never really had one until Kevin got his built. The only .375 bullets I had here were some 300 #13 Solids and 275 #13 HPs... I did not have any others to work with. I ordered from Dan some 230 Raptors, but the twist was a tiny bit too slow, in 3 rounds 2 would be in one hole, a 3rd one out, for a long time, I thought it was me, then it dawned on me that they must be right on the edge of being stable, but not quite there. I loaded Kev some 300s and 275s and sent along with his other goodies.

I found the 375 B&M extremely easy to work with, actually even more so than the 9.3. I fired every test load from brand new formed brass, set to work easy in the rifle, so no bumping the shoulder, and it worked great. I used only two powders, IMR 4320 and RL 15, and as Kev says, RL 15 came out just a bit better in the end. With the 275 #13 the rifle handled them easy at over 2700 fps and the 300s over 2600 fps. Recoil was mild, and I topped it off with a 2X8 Nikon, the rifle shot and handled great. You could not ask for better in a medium. I believe with Scope it came in under 8 lbs, around 7 3/4 as I recall, 20 inch barrel and set up perfect for Alaska, Ultimate Stock and stainless. A very good working rifle for that environment!

Again Kev, it pleases me to no end to know you are happy with it. Thats why I do some of the things I do........
Enjoy....
Michael