Won't see one like this in every hunting camp! This one is several years in the making. I always liked the idea of the .376 Steyr as a medium range .375 "Lite" for heavy North American game but absolutely detest the factory Steyr rifles that chamber it. Finally decided to put together my own vision of an all weather .376.
It started life as an Interarms Mark X '06 picked up in a pawn shop for $250. Sent it to McGowen for conversion and installation of their #5 contour chrome moly finished at 20.5". It then went to NECG for their Masterpiece fully adjustable rear and Holland & Holland style front with fine silver bead and flip over twilight bead. Stock is B&C Medalist that had to be inletted for the thicker barrel. Stock was then dipped in Reaper Black "Skull-Flage" (I'm still a kid at heart). Final step was to send to Robar for NP3 finish. It finally came back from Robar a couple days ago after a 4 1/2 month wait. Scope is Leupold VX-R 2-7x with illuminated German #4 in Warne QD mounts finished in NP3. Went way beyond my proposed budget but I'm pretty happy with the finished product.
I now have to get it out to the range now and I pray it shoots as good as it looks! I have a fair amount of 270 gr factory loads, but I have scrounged up several boxes of the discontinued Hornady 270 gr round nose bullets that I want to be the heart of my "bear loads." I'm going to try to do a black bear hunt in 2015 to put it to its intended use. In the meantime, I'll try to use it on some localized piggage!