Rem .375 H&H 700 SPS, etc?

[Swampman]

If you dropped one of these barrled actions into a magnum CDL or BDL wood stock, would the stock hold up?

Can a Model 700 in .7mm Magnum be rebarreled to .375 H&H without other mods?

Why are the Remington African models so much more expensive than the standard magnum models?

[Wyo. Coyote Hunter]

  Swampman, I cannot address why African models are more expensive, except that they have cut checkering, usually barrel band swivels, a bit higher grade wood, all which add to the price.  If you want one of these, they are sometimes found at good prices because the heavy calibers can be hard to move.

Now for your question about the wood stock holding up to a 375 H & H, I have one that has been used quite a bit it is still fine. I think I had the action glass bedded when I had the rifle rebarreled. I usually do that with all rebarreled rifles, and free float the barrel ahead of the chamber area. I also have a .340 that has been rebarreled and in a wood stock. It has worked fine for several hundred rounds. If done correctly, I would say there should be no problem. They made the old .375 long before this plastic stuff they use for stocks today.

As far as rebarreling a 7mm to .375, I would say you will have little problem if done correctly. My .340 was a 7mm, it functions fine. The 375 was a .300 Wea. I cannot put 3 rds in the mag. and close the bolt. Maybe if I had  a smith look at it, it could be made to take 3 in the mag. and one in the barrel, but I usually only load 3 rounds in my bolt guns anyway. The Rem. action is long enough to take the .375, how the stock holds up and the feeding will be determined by the man to puts this together for you. It should be NO PROBLEM. I made my 375 on a #5 Douglas barrel. If I were doing this today, I would problably go to a 5A for a little heavier rifle. But I like heavy guns. Good luck.
p.s. If you make a 375 I would look for an action that has a rivetted extractor.

[Zachary]

I bought a Winchester .375H&H some years about (back in '02 or '03).  It was a stainless synthetic, not a safari model.  Anyhow, I also bought a McMillan stock and had a gunsmith put the barreled action in the McMillan and do some other work.  The first thing that the gunsmith said was "that's a pretty light stock, are you sure you want it in there?" and I said "yup."  Well, that has turned into my dream gun.  Why?  Well, you probably won't believe me when I tell you that with plain-jane Federal 300 grain soft-points I can essentially put 3 bullets into the same hole! (BTW, I did have the action glass bedded, trigger job with pull at 3 lbs - you don't want it too light on a .375H&H, polished bolt/receiver, and whatever other work that I forget about.)

Anyhow, that stock has help up very well, and I have shot quite a few hogs with it. (I got tired of seeing hogs run off even with well placed shots from a .30-06, so I got the .375H&H.  Now they just drop in their tracks.)

I really can't comment specifically with regards to a Remington BDL or other wood stock.  I can only generally say, or at least think, that it might depend on the actual blank of wood being used, as sometimes you may get a kinda crappy part of wood and not know it, whereas with synthetic stocks, there is more uniformity with production.  However, that been said, I would think that your standard Remington wood stock (with proper channeling and other minor fitting adjustments) should be able to withstand the recoil from a .375H&H.  I'm not making any promises, just my somewhat educated guess.

Zachary

[oldelkhunter]

The African Model  has a custom laminate stock which is pretty nice as well as a better grade barrel and action then most 700's. They are also hand fitted and chambered. It has 400 dollars plus of bottom metal made by Blackburn or Sunny Hill not sure which. It doesn't have that cheap Remington triggerguard assembly. It is the only 700 that will draw my attention

[Swampman]

You can get a blued steel BDL/CDL triggerguard & floorplate for $175.00.  I don't really like any other rifles besides the Remington 700s.

Accuracy matters to me.

[wackmaster]

The stock will take it no problem. I would have it bedded with steel bed. (I have a rem mountian rifle stock on my elk rifle 338-300 ultra )
your 7mm will convert to a 375 no problem , all you need is a full mag box. The box you have has a spacer in the back.(You can also remove the spacer if you wont)

[wackmaster]

Why are the rem african so spendy ? Becouse thay can!

[Swampman]

Humm!

I know where there is a new stainless .375 H&H take off barrel.  I just got a new 700BDL magnum stock.

I'd sure like to do it.