Dave, I had two 375's in between the fingers of my left hand when I let fly on this one. I am sure that a bolt would have been faster, but not by much. Actually this Ruger 375 was the test bed to make sure that I didn't want the Hagn to be a 375 (Thank you Steve Hughes for the suggestion). I don't. This Ruger has had the stock re-shaped, a Simms recoil pad installed and has a mercury tube in it. After all that, during the summer I just can't stand the recoil consistently without a bit of padding. Winter time is OK. For an all-around rifle I think the 300win. mag. is the best choice. By the way, feral dogs hate 375 Hollands, I discovered that tonight.

Arctic, I am considering a Schmidt and Bender 1.1x4 Zenith Flashdot as the primary scope for the Martini and Hagn 300. I am not much of a Leupold fan. Is there a better scope out there that does not have an objective bell?

Josh