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Hoxviii · January 22, 2009, 08:04 PM

At a local gun store there is an absolutely beautiful Remington 1917 that I've been eyeballing for the past couple of weeks. Well, as of today he has a sale on where all bolt action rifles are reduced, so i decided to give it a look. It's in wonderful shape, nice bluing, and has a Weaver fixed 2.5 power scope with a pickett reticle.

The price he's asking for the gun is completely fair, the only thing I didn't know until today was that it's chambered in .375 Weatherby (I know it's a conversion).

So here comes the question: How stout is the recoil? What other cartridges would fall in the same recoil family?

I've fired a Remington 700 in .416 rem mag before and while I wouldn't claim it to be a pleasureable experience, it was controllable and repeatable to a point (after 3 shots I put it down)

And as for ammo, I reload so the $100+ per 20 for factory ammo is a non-factor.

January 22, 2009, 08:04 PM	#1
Hoxviii Member Join Date: January 5, 2009 Posts: 27	Need input on .375 Weatherby Magnum At a local gun store there is an absolutely beautiful Remington 1917 that I've been eyeballing for the past couple of weeks. Well, as of today he has a sale on where all bolt action rifles are reduced, so i decided to give it a look. It's in wonderful shape, nice bluing, and has a Weaver fixed 2.5 power scope with a pickett reticle. The price he's asking for the gun is completely fair, the only thing I didn't know until today was that it's chambered in .375 Weatherby (I know it's a conversion). So here comes the question: How stout is the recoil? What other cartridges would fall in the same recoil family? I've fired a Remington 700 in .416 rem mag before and while I wouldn't claim it to be a pleasureable experience, it was controllable and repeatable to a point (after 3 shots I put it down) And as for ammo, I reload so the $100+ per 20 for factory ammo is a non-factor.