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375 SHERMAN YUKON
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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 2913338" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>This is a little off the norm for most Sherman designs, but my cousin moved to Alaska and wanted something short and light that packed a wallop. He will be doing a lot of trapping, hunting etc, in bear country, and of course have moose to hunt. I decided to bypass the 338, and 35 bores and go right to the 375 and design it around a mono that you could run out of a Short Action if you chose. I built mine on a Rem 700 SA with a Hawkins DBM and his on a bone stock Tikka.</p><p>My 700 has #5 Benchmark 12 twist cut at 17 1/2" with a 3 port Alexander brake. Todd's has a #4 12 twist Benchmark cut at 18 1/2" with the same brake.</p><p>I've been testing them for a couple months with 248 HH and 270 SH bullets. The results are pretty impressive for a SA rifle that weighs 7.8 lbs with scope and is only 38 1/2" long. Todd's Tikka weighs 7.2 lbs. I can run the 248 past 2900 with the 248 and 2750+ with the 270. I finished load development for mine today with the 270 SH at 2715 and shot the best group to date at .183" for three shots.</p><p>Todd received his rifle a couple weeks sgo snd his son drew first blood with a Yukon on a young Alaskan Black bear. He shot it at 260 yards with a 248 at 2870. The bear was facing him and he shot it almost center chest with the bullet exiting his butt. He said he dropped lifeless with a short moan and that was it! It destroyed about every organ he had he said. Here are some pics of the two rifles and the group I shot today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 2913338, member: 13833"] This is a little off the norm for most Sherman designs, but my cousin moved to Alaska and wanted something short and light that packed a wallop. He will be doing a lot of trapping, hunting etc, in bear country, and of course have moose to hunt. I decided to bypass the 338, and 35 bores and go right to the 375 and design it around a mono that you could run out of a Short Action if you chose. I built mine on a Rem 700 SA with a Hawkins DBM and his on a bone stock Tikka. My 700 has #5 Benchmark 12 twist cut at 17 1/2" with a 3 port Alexander brake. Todd's has a #4 12 twist Benchmark cut at 18 1/2" with the same brake. I've been testing them for a couple months with 248 HH and 270 SH bullets. The results are pretty impressive for a SA rifle that weighs 7.8 lbs with scope and is only 38 1/2" long. Todd's Tikka weighs 7.2 lbs. I can run the 248 past 2900 with the 248 and 2750+ with the 270. I finished load development for mine today with the 270 SH at 2715 and shot the best group to date at .183" for three shots. Todd received his rifle a couple weeks sgo snd his son drew first blood with a Yukon on a young Alaskan Black bear. He shot it at 260 yards with a 248 at 2870. The bear was facing him and he shot it almost center chest with the bullet exiting his butt. He said he dropped lifeless with a short moan and that was it! It destroyed about every organ he had he said. Here are some pics of the two rifles and the group I shot today. [/QUOTE]
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