Mr. Hughes, I recieved the book today. Thank you very much. I have just had enough time to glance through the single shot section. I am going to like reading this one very much.

The Ruger #1 in 375 is here. I slapped a 2.5x8 Leupold that I had laying around on it. The rings are too high so I'll get some mediums in the next day or two. I put a better pad on it and glassed in the buttstock.

It shoots well enough and over the next few months I will start to get some sense of what I want in a custom. Frankly, I was surprised by the accuracy offhand. It hangs reasonably well. The bad news is that I was also surprised by the recoil. Its just a bit much at my current skill level. I kicked my loads up to 4000fpe for Jim Hackewicz's postal shoot from 24 hour campfire and I am not doing a good job shooting right now. I am so accustomed to shooting black powder and lead bullets in my Sharps that the raw power of the 375 Holland was a shock.

I appreciate the time you have given me on this subject. When I am closer to getting started I will discuss it in depth with you to see if it is something that you have an interest in.

I still can't get a PM to go through so I had to post this one on the forum.

Thanks again for your time,
Josh