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FN Made Winchester 375 H&H to 300 H&H Feeding

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23 July 2013, 01:26
Apprentice
FN Made Winchester 375 H&H to 300 H&H Feeding
Do any of you guys have an FN made Winchester in 375 H&H that you could cycle some 300 H&H round through to see how they feed? I am wanting to buy one of Winchester's new Alaskans and have it rebarreled, but I wasn't sure how the 300 round would feed since it seems to have much more taper to it. Thanks!
23 July 2013, 02:20
dpcd
I don't have one but I can tell you that the 300s will feed better than the 375s do. The taper and smaller bullet will guide it into the chamber better. And anyway, all new M70s use the mag box for the feed rails; not the receiver so if you have problems you can work on the cheap, sheet metal box, not the receiver. Go for it.
24 July 2013, 02:27
ramrod340
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I don't have one but I can tell you that the 300s will feed better than the 375s do. The taper and smaller bullet will guide it into the chamber better. And anyway, all new M70s use the mag box for the feed rails; not the receiver so if you have problems you can work on the cheap, sheet metal box, not the receiver. Go for it.

tu2


As usual just my $.02
Paul K
16 August 2013, 08:50
Apprentice
Well, I ended up finding a brand new New Haven built Winchester Classic in 7mm STW. I checked the feeding of some 300 H&H rounds and wow do they feed smooth. REAL smooth. I'm gonna love the 300 H&H. Now I can't decide if I want to give the 7mm STW a shot or just have a smith yank the barrel and sell it. I've never owned a STW some I'm not sure what to do. I've never been much of a super magnum, high velocity fan. Anyone out there that can true a Model 70 action(double indicated, threads and reciever face only) and do a nice and tight chamber in 300 H&H? Accuracy is the game here.
16 August 2013, 20:00
AfricanHunter
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Originally posted by Apprentice:
Well, I ended up finding a brand new New Haven built Winchester Classic in 7mm STW. I checked the feeding of some 300 H&H rounds and wow do they feed smooth. REAL smooth. I'm gonna love the 300 H&H. Now I can't decide if I want to give the 7mm STW a shot or just have a smith yank the barrel and sell it. I've never owned a STW some I'm not sure what to do. I've never been much of a super magnum, high velocity fan. Anyone out there that can true a Model 70 action(double indicated, threads and reciever face only) and do a nice and tight chamber in 300 H&H? Accuracy is the game here.


Cody,
You'll like the 7 STW, but I still like the ol' .300 H&H, just hard to leave it, but newer is okay too, sometimes
17 August 2013, 01:14
ColoradoMatt
See if the STW shoots well as is (the super magnum 7mm's like heavier bullets). If it shoots well now, there's a good chance it will shoot well with a simple, quality rebarrel. Then you would have yourself a switch barrel rifle. Just a thought.


Matt
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17 August 2013, 02:26
Zephyr
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Originally posted by Apprentice:
Do any of you guys have an FN made Winchester in 375 H&H that you could cycle some 300 H&H round through to see how they feed? I am wanting to buy one of Winchester's new Alaskans and have it rebarreled, but I wasn't sure how the 300 round would feed since it seems to have much more taper to it. Thanks!

Missed this post, I bought a FN mod 70 in .375 H&H that I re-chambered to 400H&H just ran a bunch of 300H&H rounds through it no problem.
Might be a bit late but good luck