Possible to convert a Savage99, BLR, or Rem7600 into a 375h&h/ruger

[curtism1234]

Obvouisly this is a case of me having absolutly nothing else productive to do at the moment but to think up something so obsurd. But I think the idea does have merit.


Lets say someone wanted a dangerous game rifle that was quicker to reload than a bolt but held more than 2 rounds (double).

If it was possible, wouldn't the Savage 99, Browning Lever Action Rifle, or the Remington pump be the choice

The 375h&h might be too long but the shorter ruger cartridge would be more likely to be doable.

Where would you start?

[Graybeard]

A .375 H&H, No I don't think so. I believe it's just too long to fit any of them. The Savage 99 was never made in other than short action rounds I don't think so you're pretty much stuck with rounds with an overall cartridge length of around 2.8" or so. The BLR I believe has been made in longer action lenghts for rounds with a 2.5" case length which I think can generally be expected to load to around 3" COL. The .375 H&H tho is a 2.68" case I think and makes up into a much longer round than 3".

Dunno on the 7600 but it would likely come the closest to working of them all. Even it tho likely will not work as the magazine is probably gonna limit you to shorter rounds.

Now if you can forget the H&H case and work with shorter action rounds then sure you probably can put something together.

I kinda think you'd do better tho with a Marlin or Winchester 1886 action and chamber it for the .45-70 or .450 Marlin or look at one of Doug Turnbull's custom .475s on the 1886 if you just gonna have a lever action thumper.

[Syncerus]

You can do a long-action BLR to .458, so something like the .375 or new .416 Ruger is probably perfectly do-able. A .30/06 BLR to 9.3x62 is probably easier and more interesting though.

[Graybeard]

The .458 Win case is only 2.5" long and bullets are generally kinda short so make up far shorter than a .375 H&H. That you can do a .458 has no bearing on whether you could do a .375 H&H.

[curtism1234]

Forgot the 99 was short action.

Now that it's mentioned, a 458 would be a good choice. It's the 300win mag and 338 case.
I don't know much about the 9.3

[Graybeard]

The .300 Win mag is actually a bit longer than 2.5" so isn't exactly the same but the .338 is another 2.5" round.

I don't KNOW for sure that the .375 H&R won't fit the 7600 but suspect it might not due to the magazine not being long enough. For sure it's long enough for the .458 and likely for the .338 as well altho bullets for it can be longer than for the .458.

Think of the 9,3x62 as a .35 Whelen using bullets .366" in diameter rather than .358".

[yorketransport]

You would be able to do either a BLR or BAR in 375 Ruger without any real problems. It might even feed through the magazine without any changes. Or as Syncerus said, you could do the new 416 Ruger for a real thumper.

[Mikey]

Of the 3 you mentioned, by maker,only the Browning is chambered for a magnum length round and I believe that to be the BAR and in 7mm Mag.  That would be the rifle to convert.

However, as far as a dangerous game round is concerned, I believe the largest and most dangerous man-eating Grizzly was taken in Alaska by a state game warden using a BAR in 7mm Mag, and this was the Grizzly that had just went and et some dumb hiker who thought he could defend himself against one of those with a 38 snubnose.........

[Hank08]

BLR is also made in 7 Mag.  Mikey, you may be right about the bear and the 7 mag
but as I recall the report that i got was that it was a 300 win. and he had to shoot the bear 6 or 7 times with it and that was after the hiker had shot it 6 times with the .38.  That was some bear and the pics of what was left of the hiker were terrifying.
H08

[lrs]

I have always liked the idea of a 9.3 x 62, in BLR.  I'm not proclaiming it to be the only, or even the best rifle for what you are describing.  It is just something that appeals to me.
The 9.3 has some serious hitting power, the recoil is manageable enough that you could fire it at a moderate rate if you had to.
I think you can still use a 9.3 x 62 in most parts of Africa, but I could be wrong.
I've never owned a BLR, but it has not been for lack of interest, just $$$.
However, if you changed the parameters to a "stopping rifle", I would not go with this combination.

[oldelkhunter]

 Out of all the guns you mentioned it could be done only with the BLR.  Why one would do that is beyond me as it would put a real hurting on the pullee of the trigger. I think Z-hat custom builds custom BLR's in those sizes...I would go with the 338 win and that should be just a rebarrel.

[bill439]

Winchester 1895 in .405 or weld two 1895 marlins together and make a 45-120 possible yes practable no. bill439