Montana Rifle Company Rifle in 416-375 RUM

Njguy66

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My dad passed away several years ago, and I have his gun collection and one his gun is a rifle from Montana rifle company left-handed with laminate stock stainless steel barrel tripod but it's in the 416–375 rum wildcat cartridge. I'm not sure why he had this gun built because he didn't even Hunt at the end. Unfortunately he was disabled so I know it's never been shot. Somebody got some keep because they have sentimental value but this gun I know it will get no yes, but I was surprised to find out. It was a wild cat cartridge so that threw me for a loop.. does anybody out there know anything about this cartridge and the rifle?

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Your dad really liked those RUM cartridges 🙂
It's pretty obvious, isn't it? It was a Remington man and so was I and still am. So I have four rifles of his all left-handed. I was gonna definitely keep one but now I may keep all of them although this Montana rifle I don't see where I could ever use it. I just found out recently after shooting a new hand that I bought three years ago that I'm left eye dominant. I know I checked it years ago and I was right eye dominant. I read that it can change over time when you get older, but it's rare. That being said it looks like I should learn how to shoot left-handed now so that I utilize my dominant left eye. I gotta figure out what to do with my right hand Remington 1187
 
That looks like it would be an awesome cartridge to play around with. Its clearly more at home in Africa, but being a reloader I'd enjoy figuring it out. If you've got a bunch of other cool rifles from him though, the oddball with no sentimental value is the last one I'd keep.
 
Pics of rifle?

OP, my dad and grandpa and I were in a gun store and the owner mentioned that he could get us a bargain on a certain big-bore rifle. My grandpa's ears perked up and to make a long story short dad and I ordered the rifle, it took many months for it to show up, neither dad or I ever shot it more than a few times, and when my grandpa died, even though he'd tinkered with it a bunch, he'd never hunted with it and it just held no sentiment for any of us and to make a long story short I sold it. I have never regretted that for a moment. I *think* we bought it in 1996 and I think I sold it in maybe 2016.

There's things I guess I'd probably own if I were infinitely wealthy but overall I have no need for anything (outside of muzzleloader seasons) over .30 caliber and even that (30-06) is hard to justify anymore. If a heffalump ever escapes the local zoo I have a 45-70 Marlin but I don't even load it to the pressures it could handle, and besides, some other dude would probably snuff it with a 5.56 77TMK before it got to my place anyway.
 
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