I think I have just about come to my conclusion on purchasing a 375. I think I'm going to go with the CZ-550 American in field grade. Now, since the stock does not have cross bolts, should I get some, or would glass bedding be enough? I will also have a barrel band and, depending on how the stock looks, an ebony for-end tip installed. Are there any other little thinks needed to be fixed that might save my life in the off chance I'm charged? Any suggestions on where to get this particular rifle? It seems like they are hard to find. Thanks for your input.
Sevens

The .375 Howitzer & Howitzer is not a particularly violent cartridge, so this may be a moot discussion, especially since I have no earthly idea what the factory bedding looks like. Better you should look at the factory bedding job before you make up your mind.

In any event, you can add a crossbolt, and it looks cool. Really, just a good steel-epoxy bedding job would do the trick and not show if done right. That is all I did on mine. Brownell's stainless steel-epoxy compound is great and will not rust.

You can add an ebony forend tip, but there are some designs that would look contrived or strained with it out there on the end, so pick and choose carefully as you cannot undo it.

Personally, I think that the checkering jobs on modern day rifles stink. They are just barely good enuff to call them checkering and little else. Why don't you have a gunsmith recut the checkering by hand? Not only that, but the stock finish on the CZ rifles is a little tacky (not bad, not good) in some respects. Have the whole thing restained, recut, and refinished.

Give these a try.

Glassbedding is all you will need on a 375 H&H...No actual need for cross bolts, but you can add a threaeded bolt inside glass layed in a cannal dug in the recoil lug for a hidden cross bolt, but I see little reason to do that..

The 375 isn't tough on stocks...cross bolts and proper bedding will also hold a 375 without trouble...Lots of old English rifles around that are not split out, but good wood is probably the biggest reason they held....others didn't fare as well...

Bottom line is glass bed the action, 2 inches of barrel, the tang and have fun...

Why 2 inches of the barrel? I say let her dangle.

Sevens,

We glass all our large bore rifles, and never had any problems at all.