RH300UM
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RBros controlled round feed action
Proof Reaserch 20 inch 1-9 twist
Manners MCS stock
Trigger tech trigger
Nightforce 3-15 NXS
375 RUM
9.2 lbs loaded with sling
281 grain HAMMER hunters @ 2950fps
Guide gun build in 375 H&H?
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RBros controlled round feed action
Proof Reaserch 20 inch 1-9 twist
Manners MCS stock
Trigger tech trigger
Nightforce 3-15 NXS
375 RUM
9.2 lbs loaded with sling
281 grain HAMMER hunters @ 2950fps
RH300UM
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Peddler 76
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When you said LAW action did you mean Ed Brown 704 action?
adam32
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Correct...now produced by LAW.
Peddler 76
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I have a LAW in { i'm Afraid to say it } 6.5 Creedmoor .
Salmonchaser
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Looks like half minute of Grizz
Good selection! The more power, the faster to dead. And the deader the better. They don't fight fair when they're ****ed off.
Even humongous brown bear can be dropped lights out, completely dead upon bullet impact, hit simply thru the ribs with sufficient bullet mass and instantaneous energy release into their vitals. Your weapon increases the likelihood of that desirable effect. But a guy can never count on it. And the more ****ed off the bear, the less likely anything will down them other than a brain or CNS hit, or a fusillade of body hits. ****ed off bears survive longer, IMO. Their physiology thrives off hatred.
J E Custom
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If you could find one the 450 marlin in their leaver action should also be a good guide rifle. They made it in stainless with laminated stocks for durability.
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ThorThor
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+1 for Ruger guide gun in 375 Ruger, 20 inch barrel is super handy in the thick stuff. I am left handed and picked up the laminated stainless one in lefty. Ammo is fairly easy to find, gun is very handy and shoots right at MOA. At $600 won't break the bank either.
Same reason I bought mine, Left Handed too. Only Sako, Browning, Zastava, CZ, Weatherby and Ruger make left hand 375 Boomers. The Ruger is the only one that came in LH Guide Gun configuration, the rest I would of had to alter substantially. Come to think of it, they may be the only RH Guide Gun configuration too.
I go a little differently for firearms/cartridges geared for these two opposite ends of the bear hunting spectrum. I have multiple firearms.
1) Longer range bear hunting. My firearm is a .338 Lapua Rogue wildcat in a bolt action rifle. One load uses a copper monolithic expanding bullet (long range). One load uses Swift A-Frames (short range). It's a little heavy, and a bit barrel long, for lots of packing. Although I have packed it in several miles when brown bear was on the agenda.
2) In-Your-Face situations: Scenarios include camp marauding bears, charging bears i.e. wounded bear follow-up/recovery in the brush (yikes!), or recovering meat from large game animal kill sites - requiring multiple trips back to the kill site. My weapon of choice is a 12 gauge Rem 870, with hand loads of Tungsten buckshot, or Brenneke slugs.
Limited to a single firearm under the stated focus and purpose, the .375 H&H in a compact bolt rifle is a good one-size-fits-all weapon for typical/common bear hunters. RH300UM's gun is a good fit for a guide. Extra horsepower for stopping them sooner, rather than later. 458 Mags are potent stoppers up close. But suffer from lower BC bullets at longer ranges, compared to 338s thru 375s.
We have one member (Alaskan Guide) who went with a .416. He split the .458 - .375 difference.
1) Longer range bear hunting. My firearm is a .338 Lapua Rogue wildcat in a bolt action rifle. One load uses a copper monolithic expanding bullet (long range). One load uses Swift A-Frames (short range). It's a little heavy, and a bit barrel long, for lots of packing. Although I have packed it in several miles when brown bear was on the agenda.
2) In-Your-Face situations: Scenarios include camp marauding bears, charging bears i.e. wounded bear follow-up/recovery in the brush (yikes!), or recovering meat from large game animal kill sites - requiring multiple trips back to the kill site. My weapon of choice is a 12 gauge Rem 870, with hand loads of Tungsten buckshot, or Brenneke slugs.
Limited to a single firearm under the stated focus and purpose, the .375 H&H in a compact bolt rifle is a good one-size-fits-all weapon for typical/common bear hunters. RH300UM's gun is a good fit for a guide. Extra horsepower for stopping them sooner, rather than later. 458 Mags are potent stoppers up close. But suffer from lower BC bullets at longer ranges, compared to 338s thru 375s.
We have one member (Alaskan Guide) who went with a .416. He split the .458 - .375 difference.
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bigngreen
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One if my first real stompers was a Mauser 98 chambered in 45-70 and being a stong action and just starting reloading I stopped on it, ran 520 great Hard cast and 300 gr hollow points with speeds right on the heals of the 458. I honestly have never seen anything flatten an elk like that, the 300's would mushroom the size of a silver dollar, the 520's I shot a bull through the shoulder after the bullet drove through a pine tree, really like the authority the thing had but recoil and trajectory we're a down fall, the 520's would flat eat someone's lunch, had that rifle knock a buddy unconscious once but I really liked it!!
bigngreen
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I really like the MCR PH rifle, it feels a little chuncky but that's what let's it hold 5 Lapua class cases down, thinking about trimming it up a little to feel better in the hand but that basic concept only tuned up.
HARPERC
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Was hoping you'd show up!
