Guys I put a post on the custom rifle forum for ideas on a single shot custom 300 H&H mag. If you have any ideas on what action would make a nice rifle please respond eg maybe a ruger no1 or maybe just customise a thopmson encore?? help please

What do you want of your customization? Are you willing to change metal or just wood?

If it's beauty, I wouldn't go with the T/C, for it is about as ugly as you can get, although better stocks and perhaps some engraving around that funky receiver could help.

The Ruger isn't bad looking, and its extractor for rimless cartridges is about as good as it gets. It's a bit heavy, but the .300 has some kick, so the weight can be useful. The lower front lip on the receiver isn't too pretty, but it can be shaved off along the receiver sides. The 7 Rem Mag I had would usually hang up on the safety button, but that can be recessed.

Most of the other major US singles don't work well with the rimless cases. Would you be willing to use the .30 Super Flanged instead?

There are a number of decent German break opens, but they are pricey. The top lever Brno Effect break open isn't available in the .300's case head, at least not in the US.

The Ruger seems a safe bet.

Why customization?
What´s with this Ruger #1?
http://www.ruger.com/products/...pecSheets/11345.html

The wood looks great.


Martin

Why customize a No.1? If you like quarter ribs, high front sights, stocks with little drop at the heel, useless protrusions from the front of the receiver, and standing safety slides, then it's a perfect choice as is, but I don't care for any of those. Whether it's worth the money to be rid of them is a question only each owner can answer. (Yes, the wood on the one I owned for a while was beautiful.)

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Why customize a No.1? If you like quarter ribs, high front sights, stocks with little drop at the heel, useless protrusions from the front of the receiver, and standing safety slides, then it's a perfect choice as is, but I don't care for any of those. Whether it's worth the money to be rid of them is a question only each owner can answer. (Yes, the wood on the one I owned for a while was beautiful.)

Your avatar matches your preferences, I gotta admit. That Hepburn has so much drop built into the tangs that I can't shoot one without having about an inch of gap between my cheek and the comb. Chocolate and vanilla I guess.

Please see my earlier response on the other thread.
Regards, Joe

I have a older Browning 1885 High-wall re-chambered in 300 H&H and it is a outstanding gun and the base gun can be bought cheap

J.D.Steele, no, I don't own a Hepburn; the image was handy when I wanted to make an avatar, nothing more. I've only handled one once. I don't recall the drop on that one was bad for me. It sure wasn't pretty though. A zillion screws on the receiver sides and that big drop across the receiver don't make for a elegant appearance.

Your comments on the other thread about throat life were interesting.

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Your comments on the other thread about throat life were interesting.

You probably won't notice any real accuracy difference until close to 1000 rds unless you load hot, but the throat WILL erode faster even with the modest factory loads. Now, whether or not the owner will shoot the rifle this much, well.........I guess it depends on the particular owner, doesn't it? I, personally, wouldn't be in any danger whatever of shooting the throat out 'cause I've got too many other rifles........life is too short to do justice to them all!
Regards, Joe

Thanks for that extra info, Joe. John Barsness has commented on other forums that the .243 is prone to throat erosion, and his theory is the same as yours: the shoulder angle in some cases happens to make the escaping gases impinge the walls of the throat. I wonder if the new 3D simulations the Army is doing for internal ballistics will be accurate enough to predict such flows.

Karl

The idea and its occurrence is not new, I remember Elmer Keith commenting on it in one of his older books. Of course varminters using the 243 and long-range targeters using the 300 H&H will always tend to shoot more, a LOT more, than the normal hunter.
Regards, Joe

Look at the Hagen. Butch Searcy makes one now.

Winchester is coming out with a 300 H&H this summer in the 1885 highwall. It may be worth a look

I own a new Ruger number 1-S in 300H&H. It is one of the 250 rifles produced for the Craig Boddington series. I is very accurate and hansome. The wood is not all that great even though it is turkish walnut. I considered a custom build on a #1 until this one came out. It is certainly not the quality of a custom, but it shoot as good and I am satisfied. It even comes with Talley QD lever mounts.

cheers Matt that might be something worth looking into,maybe even change the timber on it?

I just noticed that Ruger is making another run of 300 H&H number 1-S'. This run has Ruger's standard grade wood, metal finish, and open sights. It is a few hundered dollars cheaper to boot.

www.lipseys.com

Why not a T/C Aristocrat? Something a bit different, but very stylish break open in a wide range of calibers. I have one that currently sports a real collarbone buster 30-378 Wbee.

I am going to get it rebarreled in 300 H&H and a 9,3x74R and take it hunting in Africa in 2012.
Sharps next year already planned.

Rich
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Hey Rich what is a T/C Aristocrat???I went with a T/C pro hunter that i have purchased a luxus walnut stock for it. Was very dissapointed with T/C as they will not export to Australia from there custom shop so i can't get a 300 H&H barrel and had to settle for a 300 win mag, I know I can do the same with it but there is something sexy abouta 300 H&H as I have had three

it is an absolute beauty of a break open single shot rifle with interchangeable barrels.

Rich
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it is an absolute beauty of a break open single shot rifle with interchangeable barrels.

Rich
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Who is making barrels for them,or are you reboring?????