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mart
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Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H
      #28448 - 28/03/05 04:23 PM

After getting in on the charter program on the LH 1999 actions I finally got my barrelled action last fall. I fitted it to a LH Winchester take off stock and glass bedded it. I had a NECG front sight and a 3 blade express rear sight that I found on Ebay installed. The metal has been moly coated to deal with the wet conditions here and it is topped with a Leupold 3x. It shoots like a varmint gun with 300 grain bullets. Partitions and Vihtavouri N160 seem to be winning combo. I am really pleased with it. Mart

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Re: Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H [Re: mart]
      #28591 - 30/03/05 06:33 AM

Nice stick of wood, good clean lines, nice rifle.

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Re: Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H [Re: mart]
      #28606 - 30/03/05 12:57 PM

looks good--congrats---chris

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Re: Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H [Re: mart]
      #28621 - 30/03/05 05:58 PM

mart,
How smooth and tight is the MRC action? Is the barreled action CrMo or Stainless? Any work needed on the action like polishing the rails, ramp, or lapping the lugs? How was the trigger?

Sorry for so many questions, but am thinking about starting a new project and am considering the MRC action for it.

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Re: Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H [Re: mart]
      #28631 - 30/03/05 11:34 PM

I'm a lefty too, I love the look of that gun. Did you buid it yourself? How much did it cost?

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mart
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Re: Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H [Re: bonanza]
      #28666 - 31/03/05 05:09 AM

Thanks for the replies guys.

To answer some of the questions, the MRC actions are about as smooth as you would expect from an off the shelf gun. They could use a little work but they are pretty good. My action and barrel are chrome moly, not a fan of stainless. The barrel is one of MRC's, a number 5 contour. The stock is a Winchester LH take off stock. The footprint of the MRC is very close to the model 70. Some inletting is required but it works well.

A cost breakdown goes like this

Action-$350 (charter offer)
barrel installed-$300
Stock- $80
NEGC front sight-$70
3 blade rear sight-$55 (ebay)
moly finish on metal-$175
misc work-$100 (sights installed, bolt jewelled)

I probably could have gotten a Winchester LH 375 for the same money but gun nuts are never bound by logic.

I inletted the stock and full length bedded it myself. The rest of the work was done by my local smith. The rifle shoot more like a varmint rifle than a heavy game rifle. It came out weighing 9.5 pounds so is very comfortable to shoot from the bench or position shooting. It loves Sierra 300 grain boattails with almost any powder. Shoots them into tiny little sub 1" clusters. The 300 grain Partitions shoot well with Vihtavuori N160 (80 grains) but not well with 4350. Hornady 300 grain RN's and 260 grain Partitions shoot almost with the Sierra's for group size. All the 300's run right at 2500fps with the loads I am using. I will be using the 300 grain Partitions for my all around load.

I think a float and call trip for Spring black bear would be a great break in for the new shooter.

I have another MRC action, one of the short LH's. It is actually more of an intermediate length than a short. I have narrowed the choices for it down to three but waver back and forth from week to week. I can't decide between a sleek little octagon barrelled 257 Roberts, a classic light weight 7x57 for the sheep hunter in me, or a nice little mannlicher carbine in 9.3x57.

Thanks again for the replies. Mart

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mart
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Re: Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H [Re: DPhillips]
      #28667 - 31/03/05 05:13 AM

Forgot to mention the trigger. The triggers on both my MRC actions are very good. They are essentially a model 70 trigger. I have the 375 set at 3.5 pounds, very crisp and no slop. Mart

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Re: Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H [Re: mart]
      #28844 - 03/04/05 02:28 AM

Mart,

Lovely rifle. How common are wood stocks in Alaska? From what I have read many prefer synthetics in your home state.

Good hunting!

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Re: Pics of my Montana Rifle Company 375 H&H [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #28850 - 03/04/05 03:48 AM

Hmmm, out to go waltzing with bears? Nice piece, that man!

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