Made meat with .375 Winchester

[Old Footman]

Had a great hunt in the snow the other day in which I had my Glenfield model 30A (.30-30) that was rebored by JES to .375 Winchester. This rifle was "ridden hard and put away wet" and it really needed to be brought back to life. Between the suggestions from "725" (CB member), the work from JES and me it came out pretty darn good. I took two nice does using a load that was worked up by "725". His load is a 238 grain Ranch Dog mold "boolit" with 29 grains of 3031 w/copper gas check. Both does were center punched at 80 yards and I put a follow up shot on the larger doe. I still need to figure out the posting of photos since I have a bunch from start to end on this project.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Awesome.

[Old Footman]

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Test on trying to post photo

[Old Footman]

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Looks like I got it

[Old Footman]

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What I started with.

[CastingFool]

Good job! Fresh venison is always good! Congrats on the 2 does ! I wish I could use the 375 winchester in my area, but case is too long. Length allowed is 1.8" max.

[Three44s]

That’s grand!

Good job!

Three44s

[missionary5155]

Good afternoon and Congratulations x2 ! Thank you for the photos.
That should keep the table time happy !
Jes does a good job! We have several and each is a fine cast shooter.

[725]

Well done. I have happened to see that rifle in the before and after condition and Old Footman did class job bringing back to life. Hoping for more photos.

[Texas by God]

Good job! And good job treating that rifle with the respect it sorely needed. So far my Jes 38-55 is perfect deer repellent. Maybe next year!

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[todd9.3x57]

good job!!!

JES made my win m94 into a 35/30-30 and it shoots great!!!!!

try some copper wool on the rust spots. i did and my m94(1972) looks great.

[725]

todd9.3x57 ~ I've used bronze wool with some kind of oil (doesn't seem to matter what oil) to work on surface rust. Has worked good for me. I've never found copper wool, but now I'll keep an eye out for it.

[Outer Rondacker]

great job. thanks for sharing.

[Smoke4320]

Congrats. Meat in The freezer

[Old Footman]

Thank you for your comments. I spent some time with files, scrapers, emory & sand paper, oil, etc on this project. Turned out to be a good working rifle. Again thank you for your comments.

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I also had JES cut down the barrel and magazine tube (725 recommended this to me). It now holds 3 cartridges in the tube and 1 in the chamber.

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Reshaping and finishing the stock.

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After working the metal I blued the rifle.

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Finshed

[725]

Like Victor von Frankenstein, you've given it new life.

[skeettx]

Well done both on the front (deer) and on the rear (rifle)
Thank you for sharing
Mike

[ChristopherO]

Thanks for posting. That cartridge is quite a long straight wall. Intriguing, to say the least. You did that old rifle proud and it paid off well.

[Markopolo]

wow!!!! great effort!!! on restoration and the fresh meat!!!!

[prisondoc]

Well done, looks great.

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