My son just got a 300 H&H Remington Rifle model 721. It is in good shape but he is deciding if he wants to sell it or keep it. I don't know enough about it to give him a good opinion. What do y'all think?
300 H&H Remington Rifle model 721
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721 are amazing rifles. Way better than 700 in a lot of ways including g fit and finish.
Rare caliber, too. If he sells it… make sure he gets a lot! That’s an Africa rifle right there!
But I’d be wants to keep it, there is nothing in North America that rifle won’t hunt.
Sirhr
Rare caliber, too. If he sells it… make sure he gets a lot! That’s an Africa rifle right there!
But I’d be wants to keep it, there is nothing in North America that rifle won’t hunt.
Sirhr
PPS… I was actually thinking of the Remington 725 when I wrote my original response. But the 721-22-25 series rifles are all amazing and led to the 700.
I think the most coveted are the 725’s but nice 721 rifles are seriously collectible and shootable vintage rifles! ESP. In rare calibers.
Sirhr
I think the most coveted are the 725’s but nice 721 rifles are seriously collectible and shootable vintage rifles! ESP. In rare calibers.
Sirhr
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It is the parent cartridge of several modern magnums. Factory ammo is expensive and I don't recommend a newbie to reload it. It is headspace off the belt, which will need to be addressed at the web when resizing. I only use it with 190 SMK for precision shooting. My rifle is a modern R700 built by a custom rifle gunsmith. Randy Selby in WY. It is very accurate and extracts like butter. The rifle your son has is more of a collector piece. The 300 WM basically replaced it in the early 1960s rifle offerings, which is not that long ago in cartridge history.
I have a 1950's vintage Remington 721 in 300 H&H mag in the safe right now. Got it on a trade last winter with dies and ammo. It is going as my main rifle for elk this year maybe even for Julie deer too. She shoots well. If he is going to sell it let me know I might need a back up.
I have a 700 Classic in 300 h&h. It's a solid round that feeds very slick. It's pretty comparable to the 300wsm in power.
Griffin & Howe .300 H&H Magnum single shot bull gun, engraved “Ben C. Comfort” with his 1935 Wimbledon Cup-winning score. Built on Remington 30-S Express action serial number 23063 (made in 1932 per Remington), Griffin & Howe rifle number 1415 was “likely” (per G&H Archivist) completed in 1935. (Repeated attempts to locate any G&H records for this rifle were unsuccessful).
According to the chapter “Ben Comfort’s Sighters” from the book “The National Matches – 1903-2003, The First 100 Years” published by the NRA’s Competitive Shooting Division (NRA is the sponsor of Camp Perry’s Wimbledon Cup), Comfort had “…only just received his custom-built rifle. He had no sighting data for 1,000 yards…“, this passage supporting the G&H Archivist’s assertion that the rifle was made/shipped in 1935. This same chapter states that Griffin & Howe indeed built Comfort’s rifle on a 1917 action (the Remington 30-S being visually similar to a 1917 without the rear sight “ears”), and that it was stocked by G&H’s Ernest Kerner. Also, the chapter cites a 1936 G&H ad that the barrel was 30-inches long and tapers from a diameter of 1.3 inches at the receiver to 1.0 inch at the muzzle. The barrel of this rifle is, indeed, 30 inches long and measures 1.241 inches at the receiver and .941 inch at the muzzle – the slight difference a likely result of finishing. It also reports that Comfort’s rifle was a single shot, as is the subject (the magazine box is plugged with a carefully-fitted walnut insert)
According to the chapter “Ben Comfort’s Sighters” from the book “The National Matches – 1903-2003, The First 100 Years” published by the NRA’s Competitive Shooting Division (NRA is the sponsor of Camp Perry’s Wimbledon Cup), Comfort had “…only just received his custom-built rifle. He had no sighting data for 1,000 yards…“, this passage supporting the G&H Archivist’s assertion that the rifle was made/shipped in 1935. This same chapter states that Griffin & Howe indeed built Comfort’s rifle on a 1917 action (the Remington 30-S being visually similar to a 1917 without the rear sight “ears”), and that it was stocked by G&H’s Ernest Kerner. Also, the chapter cites a 1936 G&H ad that the barrel was 30-inches long and tapers from a diameter of 1.3 inches at the receiver to 1.0 inch at the muzzle. The barrel of this rifle is, indeed, 30 inches long and measures 1.241 inches at the receiver and .941 inch at the muzzle – the slight difference a likely result of finishing. It also reports that Comfort’s rifle was a single shot, as is the subject (the magazine box is plugged with a carefully-fitted walnut insert)
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In addition, Ben's ammo was custom from Western. He got to shoot in a match the day before to get his elevation and windage.
More info on the H&H.
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More info on the H&H.
.300 H&H: The First .30-Caliber Magnum
The .300 H&H Magnum cartridge was introduced in 1925 and was first loaded with cordite. Today,
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