Guy Miner
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- Apr 6, 2006
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In the back of my mind for about 25 years, I've "needed" a .375 H&H. You know, for that trip to Africa or Alaska someday. I never get around to buying one although I've looked at a few over the years. Even turned one down and sent my buddy for it when I found a great old BRNO/Mauser in .375 H&H last year.
Most of them tend to be in higher end guns, but lately I've been quite taken with a .375 H&H that I found, brand new, in the local gunshop for a mere $699.00. It's a new Remington 700 SPS, with the inexpensive injection-molded stock, a dull black finish on all the metal and a real cushy recoil pad. Relatively lightweight too, maybe too light for a .375?
At any rate, I find myself sorely tempted. Have utterly no use for such a beast, an all-weather medium bore rifle with a nickname of ".375 Ouch & Ouch." The shop owner told me he'd put it on lay-away for six months too. Dang him anyway... I like Remington bolt guns. They're usually stone reliable and pretty accurate right out of the box, even the inexpensive versions like this. I've read that the new trigger system is pretty foolproof and far less likely to result in an inadvertent discharge than the older Rem 700 triggers. Never had a problem with any of my personal 700 triggers over the past 30+ years anyway.
If I "need" a rifle, it's a varmint rifle I need, not a .375... Still, this thing is tempting. Dang it! What I really need is a new set of tires for the truck before hunting season, not a new rifle... Grrr...
How much is a Ruger Hawkeye? That might be an even better rifle for the purpose of bashing big critters.
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Most of them tend to be in higher end guns, but lately I've been quite taken with a .375 H&H that I found, brand new, in the local gunshop for a mere $699.00. It's a new Remington 700 SPS, with the inexpensive injection-molded stock, a dull black finish on all the metal and a real cushy recoil pad. Relatively lightweight too, maybe too light for a .375?
At any rate, I find myself sorely tempted. Have utterly no use for such a beast, an all-weather medium bore rifle with a nickname of ".375 Ouch & Ouch." The shop owner told me he'd put it on lay-away for six months too. Dang him anyway... I like Remington bolt guns. They're usually stone reliable and pretty accurate right out of the box, even the inexpensive versions like this. I've read that the new trigger system is pretty foolproof and far less likely to result in an inadvertent discharge than the older Rem 700 triggers. Never had a problem with any of my personal 700 triggers over the past 30+ years anyway.
If I "need" a rifle, it's a varmint rifle I need, not a .375... Still, this thing is tempting. Dang it! What I really need is a new set of tires for the truck before hunting season, not a new rifle... Grrr...
How much is a Ruger Hawkeye? That might be an even better rifle for the purpose of bashing big critters.
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