I have a Winchester Classic Stainless in .375H&H. I forgot how much I paid for it, but I think it was around $650 + shipping + FFL, etc.
I replaced the cheap factory plastic stock with a McMillan stock. I had the action glass bedded and pillar bedded, the action free floated, and a trigger job done on it. Oh, I also had the action lapped - it's now as smooth as silk - even smoother than my Tikkas (believe it or not.
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I must admit that I DID have a little problem, that could have been a MAJOR problem. When I took the gun to the range - when it was still kinda new, the ejector got stuck and jammed up inside. As a result, after you took a shot, when you turned the bolt and pulled it back, the cartridge would not kick out. Yea, people talk about how important it is to have a CRF in a "safari" type rifle, but here I was with the "ideal" safari CRF rifle, and I would be DEAD if that happened to me in africa.
Since, then, I took it back to the gunsmith who fixed the problem.
Now, since then, I have had no problems with the gun. I guess maybe it was a defect, since I haven't heard of this problem with any other gun.
How's accuracy? Read some of my other posts on this gun. It will shoot AMAZING GROUPS! Under 1 inch at 100 yards? No - Better! Under 1/2 inch at 100 yards? No - Better. With Federal 300 grain round nose ammo, it can shoot better than 1/4" groups at 100 yards - 3 bullets go virtually in the same hole!
The thing is that this gun kicks, and after 3 shots, my groups open up because I start flinching.
I won't go into the whole "is CRF necessary for african big game" argument, but since my gun had been fixed, it has become one of my favorite rifles.
Zachary
