If someone purchases the African version in 375 Ruger and it proves to shoot well, function well, etc., and is a keeper, they could always restock with a synthetic if they preferred it instead of wood.

I strongly prefer synthetic stocks myself, and my own 375 H&H wears a McMillan handle. No, it's not "traditional" (how DOES "tradition" ever become "tradition" in the first place?) but it surely is rugged and stable, and it has surely worked just as well in hot, dry Africa has it has on spring bear hunts in BC as well as rainy elk hunts here in Oregon -- better than archaic oiled wood, that's for darned sure.

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