Just received a 798 Safari .375 H&H I got off of gunbroker. These Zastava mausers have just been discontinued by Remington, I heard that EAA is picking up the line for import. I did not see an actual picture before buying and was pleasantly surprised with the wood on this stock. It has very nice grain. It is what Remington calls "realwood", basically a walnut blank split lengthwise with a maple center strip laminated in. It is claimed that it makes the stock stronger and resistant to warpage with the looks of walnut. I was not too sure about it, but it actually looks OK with the maple grip cap and forend tip. The blue is outstanding on this rifle, a deep highly polished blue that is seldom seen anymore. The only complaints so far is the nonstandard front sight dovetail (it is not 3/8, makes sight replacement problematic) and the fact that the action was a little rough upon receiving it. This seems to be the standard for the Zastavas. I applied masking tape to the bolt handle to prevent blue wear and cycled the action a few hundred times over the course of a couple days, it has smoothed up nicely. If anyone is looking for a controlled round feed .375 H&H or a .458 Win Mag, check these rifles out. They can still be found on Gunbroker NIB.

Very nice pictures. Let us know how it shoots. Thanks for sharing. All the best...
Gil

Sweet rifle beautiful wood and the .375 will definitely take care of businesses. Looks like you did good

Joe

I had a .375 and reloaded for it, that is a very versatile cartridge. The 250 sierra is a wonderful all around bullet in it. Hope you enjoy it. If you want those loads give me a shout back. Otherwise I'll let you have all the fun of exploring that awesome cartridge.

Thanks fnuser, I am going to handload for it. I have some 300 grain Hornady DGX bullets on order, and plan on using RL15 as I have plenty of this propellant on hand.

Beautiful rifle . That ought to be a accurate ,gun,too.

Hey Roky...that is a very nice looking rifle mate.

As you said, the grain in the walnut is very nice. I rather like the look of the Maple "stringer"...I think it actually adds to the look of the stock.

As Gil said mate...let us know how it performs.

Cheers, Vince

I am still waiting on the components to load for this rifle, as well as a 2-7 Leupold and Warne quick detach mounts I have ordered. I did get to shoot it last night though, a friend gave me a few 300 grain solids to try it out. I shot it twice, at 50 yards from a kneeling position the two shots were touching. I believe it will be an accurate rifle.