Hi all, I'm about 3 months from decision time, and I just visited my gunsmith. I have a CZ Safari Classic in 375 H&H. He really liked the gun, is going to put a more subdued darker oil African style finish on the stock and recut the checkering. The rifle is already dual cross-bolted by CZ, glassbedded and has an extra recoil lug installed on the barrel by AHR amongst other things. He thought the stock was so nice and there would be a lot of work and cost in replacing the sights, barrel band etc, money that could be put towards an African hunt. My CZ Safari Classic in 375 H&H weighs 11 lbs with scope 10.25 lbs without.

He recommended 2 possible options (1 and 3) but I had spoken about option 2 earlier and he has the reamer.

1. Leave it as a 375 H&H (which I probably won't do lol), even though he showed me a very nice elephant and cape buffalo one of his customers had shot with a 375 H&H.

2. Rechamber to 375 Weatherby Magnum (which is moving up on my radar, I would really like to see what those 350g Woodleigh Protected Points will do at 2550 fps).

3. Have Clearwater reboring, rebore my rifle to 470 Capstick (which would mean I would shorten the barrel to 22"). He highly recommended LaBounty reboring (now clearwater) saying they were a good option if the current barrel shoots well which it does.

All of these options involve less work (and dollars) for my gunsmith, but I really appreciate him giving me honest and helpful advice.

Anyway I'm leaning towards the 375 Weatherby opton, due to cost, less recoil than the 475 Capstick (since the Capstick would be lighter than my 375 Weatherby due to losing 3" of barrel), and probably more useful for my North American hunting (elk, deer, and hopefully a big Alaskan Brown) as well as being enough gun for cape buffalo.

Regards,
Chuck