Champlin Firearms / Clayton Nelson .375 Wby. $5495
Champlin Firearms Inc., Enid Oklahoma in .375 Weatherby with a 26" sightless octagon barrel with a Pendleton muzzle brake as seen on many Weatherby rifles. Bore is as new. The proprietary Champlin action features three locking lugs on the bolt and a side safety that locks the firing pin. Bolt knob with one panel checkering. Canjar trigger and trigger bow floorplate release. Topped with a Leupold Vari-X III 1.5x5 scope with duplex reticle. Stocked in a very nice piece of English Walnut by Clayton Nelson when he lived in Enid, Oklahoma stocking rifles in house for Champlins. The stock features American Classic styling with a shadow line cheekpiece and a very well cut ribbon and Fleur-de-lis checkering pattern. Biesen checkered steel two screw grip cap and two screw inletted sling eyes. LOP is 14" to a fresh Decelerator pad. Weighs in at 9lb 8oz as scoped.
This piece has obviously never been hunted and remains in new condition with a high polish high luster blue that remains at 100% The original owner's name engraved on the top of the barrel ahead of the forend. The .375 Weatherby is a great cartridge without the notoriously punishing recoil of the .378 Weatherby. Ammunition is readily available but .375 H&H ammo can also be used to fireform cases. It can be loaded to its full potential or downloaded to .375 H&H ballistics. This gun brings back fond memories of my youth growing up in Enid, OK where I spent many hours in the gun vault at Champlin Firearms with my good friend Geaoge Caswell. These custom Champlin rifles are top flight in every respect.
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