The long barrel and the stock, along with a scope and bullets, makes this a fairly heavy rifle (9.5 pounds).the last two seasons I have been carrying a Harris bipod on this beast and it is an extremely accurate rifle. 378 and that stock has made for an excellent and solid shooting platform for that rifle (my favorite rifle). , 09:55 rwjKINO: I have an H-S Precision stock on my. Shooting something less than 300 grain bullets is an alterantive that should be considered.ĭ Hunter: It is good to hear from you. And as Ray stated, muzzlebrakes are great training devices for folks learning to shoot heavy rifles. I am so used the brakes that I would consider these two rifles incomplete if I took them off the rifles. I also agree with Ray on muzzlebrakes.I use them on my Weatherbys (.378 and. I do agree with D Hunter and Mark Young that some time should be spent at the range before any decision is made to modify the rifle.
375s I have looked at are all heavy (Ruger, M70, CZ) and I agree with those here who indicated that such rifles would not be bad to shoot.
375H&H for my brother and three of the synthetic-stocked rifles I have looked at are pretty light.and I was trying to anticipate my brother's best options if the rifle kicked like a mule.The wooden-stocked. , 03:54 rwjAs I expected, lots of good advice. The muzzle brake is the greatest training aid to come along in a long time to teach one to shoot heavy recoiling rifles.Use it on the bench and end every session with about 5 shots off hand without the brake, hunt without the brake and in time you will completely abandon the brake all together and be very recoil tolerant. I lost a lot of my hearing and that was BEFORE the brakes came popular.God gave us all fingers to eat with and stick in our ears! Some folks don't like brakes, mostly those folks that actually havn't used them and make an issue over noise, but as long as everyone knows its there that shouldn't be a problem, and everyone should realize that with or without a brake, a guns blast will do damage to your ears. I never liked them mostly because they through everything out of balance and if you add more weight up front to get balance then the rifle is too heavy to pack all day in hot Africa.Ī better route IMO is the muzzle brake with a thread protector, use the brake on the bench and during practice, then take it off for hunting, or just use the brake all the time. , 20:13 AtkinsonI believe all they do is add weight for the most part, and that reduces recoil of course, the rest is hype. These are things that can be added later. I personally would get the 375 made up first and put a hundred or two rounds through it and then decide if you need a MRR in it. Most shooters can get used to the recoil of the H&H with some range time in shooting positions. That said, the 375 is not too bad in the recoil department. You can also correct a balance issue with one of these if the balance is out of kilter. They can affect the balance and handling of the rifle though. It is a heavier rifle now at 10.6 # but it is not a rifle I dread to take to the range. That combination has made the Rigby just plum tolerable. I decided that Jim Brockman should restock it for me and put a recoil reducer in it and use one of his on/off brakes. When I got my CZ in 416 Rigby it was a relatively light rifle with no scope. What have you been doing with yourself? I hope you did get to make your RSA trip. , 15:29 D HunterRobert, long time no see.