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Anyone shooting the .375 350 gr SMK?
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<blockquote data-quote="LR3" data-source="post: 375156" data-attributes="member: 15336"><p>LTLR</p><p> </p><p>With you knowledge of the big WBY 378s and now the 350 smks I would appreciate some advice for a friend. He has a 300 wby he s used for elk and now is planning to take large plains game in Africa and moose and caribou in Alaska. I thought that the WBY H+H would be reasonable but he also will be taking probably 400 - 500 yds shots and so it would seem the 378 with 260 Accubonds (from Midway) wound be a good choice - that s about 3100 fps. Probably with a accubrake would be good. Did you end up adding a brake and if so what type? I presume the 350 smks did fine in your 378? I ve seen people getting 1" 100 yds grouping with the ABs in the 378 - he wont be loading. I figured if its not that accurate, he could upgrade it - my 30-378 would never shoot accurately so Dan Lilja recommended a 30" barrel for it and Dave Viers added a Manners stock he custom cut, added a custom trigger, bedded it and now it regurlarly groups 6-9" regularly at 600 yds. It s a great carry gun although my 375 /408 CTs certainly are great for reaching out to beyond 1000 yds. Appreciate your comments about the 378. I also take to heart your comment about the ammo might be more difficult to get hold of if ones checked luggage is checked - clearly 375 H+H is easier to get hold of in Africa.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LR3, post: 375156, member: 15336"] LTLR With you knowledge of the big WBY 378s and now the 350 smks I would appreciate some advice for a friend. He has a 300 wby he s used for elk and now is planning to take large plains game in Africa and moose and caribou in Alaska. I thought that the WBY H+H would be reasonable but he also will be taking probably 400 - 500 yds shots and so it would seem the 378 with 260 Accubonds (from Midway) wound be a good choice - that s about 3100 fps. Probably with a accubrake would be good. Did you end up adding a brake and if so what type? I presume the 350 smks did fine in your 378? I ve seen people getting 1" 100 yds grouping with the ABs in the 378 - he wont be loading. I figured if its not that accurate, he could upgrade it - my 30-378 would never shoot accurately so Dan Lilja recommended a 30" barrel for it and Dave Viers added a Manners stock he custom cut, added a custom trigger, bedded it and now it regurlarly groups 6-9" regularly at 600 yds. It s a great carry gun although my 375 /408 CTs certainly are great for reaching out to beyond 1000 yds. Appreciate your comments about the 378. I also take to heart your comment about the ammo might be more difficult to get hold of if ones checked luggage is checked - clearly 375 H+H is easier to get hold of in Africa. [/QUOTE]
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