Looking to buy a Left Hand big bore bolt gun

I know a guy with a custom rem 700 in .416 rem he might be willing to part with if you have any interest.

He had it built years ago for a bear hunt that never materialized.

JMJ888 said:

I built the 416 RUM specifically to go on a brown bear hunt in Alaska next year which fell through for various reasons. I was going to get another Legend stock from Darcy but that proved to be problematic so I just put it in the wood stock I had (Long interesting story behind this stock).

I built it with the 350gr Barnes TTSX in mind and with RL17 2800fps in a 3.6" mag box is very realistic and I know some that have pushed them to 2900fps with longer OAL (duplicates 416 WBY for the sadists). At 2800fps sighted in 1.85" high at 100 its dead on at 200 and drops less than 8" to 300, and 23" at 400. Pretty much mimics the trajectory of a 30-06 loaded with a high BC 180gr bullet and generates over 6k lbs of energy at muzzle. The 375 RUM case got a bum wrap mainly because it was only chambered in 7.5lb Rem 700 push feeds with 13.5" LOP that kicked the snot out of people. Built on a 9-10lb CRF by someone that can make them feed they are great rifles.

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@JMJ888
...how much is the left-hand version of that stock? And why was it problematic? Too expensive? Minimum order size too big?

Whats left to do on the metalwork for the RUM?

Not sure what they run now but would guess in the $600 range…I bought mine as flat tops and had them CNC inlet.

Only thing that is problematic is getting them anymore. I think McMillan made changes requiring Darcy to order a qty of 10 at a time so waiting on 10 left handed people to order took a while. I have emailed him a number of times and can’t get any indication if they are still available. It’s sad because they are phenomenal.

Only thing left on my rifles is metal coating.

JMJ888 said:

Not sure what they run now but would guess in the $600 range…I bought mine as flat tops and had them CNC inlet.

Only thing that is problematic is getting them anymore. I think McMillan made changes requiring Darcy to order a qty of 10 at a time so waiting on 10 left handed people to order took a while. I have emailed him a number of times and can’t get any indication if they are still available. It’s sad because they are phenomenal.

Only thing left on my rifles is metal coating.

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$600 seems fair to me as I am a "begger-can't-be-chooser leftie"...Stupid question, do they come in non-flat top option? Stupid question #2, I take it the stocks do not come pre-cut for an action model like CZ 550 or Model 70, and I'd need a gunsmith to do that work? How much does that normally cost?

Lastly, if it's between the synthetic Darcy stock, and a synthetic from Wayne at AHR, which one would you choose and why?

I think the Legend stocks used to come inlet for the Model 70 as that’s what Darcy used to use on his Legend rifles…I think he has since built his own actions as getting Classic actions sort of dried up. They used to have everything inlet except the bolt handle and sling swivels as Darcy was particular about those being specifically inlet by hand. Between myself and another left handed friend I know we would order a few more if they were available.

I asked for flat top specifically because I was running a straight bolt handle, a barrel mounted second recoil lug, and Sunny Hill bottom metal and McMillan can get a little loose on Inletting sometimes.

Wayne built the fiberglass stock on my 500 A-Square CZ 550 and it was ridiculously nice…fit and finish was equivalent between the two but they are different stocks. Sold that rifle and regret the hell out of it. For hard kickers I would lean towards Wayne’s design but they are both good. Not sure Wayne is building them anymore but if he is I might have him do my 416 RUM.

Looking to acquire a LH .416 Rigby sometime this fall... say October timeframe.

I got really lucky (I think, anyway, lol) and managed to land this sweet rifle (different scope setup on it now) on a wishful trade offer that happened to work out. Though it’s not one of the common big calibers, it has a ton of support from the creator of the cartridge, so I think I’m going to be very happy with it. Being left handed, sometimes you have to step into uncharted waters to get what you want! .416 B&M

Big_Easy said:

Yeah I saw that one. I was thinking of bidding, It's certainly nicer than the old 458 Win Mag I sold off; but not holding out any hope of winning it. I've lost several auctions recently to folks getting into bidding wars. And I'm not about to pay 10+ grand for something. Or in the case of that recent .577 T-Rex...$16K. I think I'll probably end up taking @BeeMaa advice and buy a Blaser R8 in .500 Jeffery. I mean they have left hand stocks, and they come in Green, my favorite color. Still trying to find one less than $10K though, maybe find a way to $8K.

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The change you find a Blaser R8 in 500 Jeffery for under 10k are probably less than winning the lottery.

Also if 458 is not enough you can forget the 416's. I think the best budget option is to buy a used 460 weather in left hand model.

Whit said:

Looking to acquire a LH .416 Rigby sometime this fall... say October timeframe.

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I've seen 4 listed so far this past year. I was lucky and able to buy one at a below average price. They pop up every few months, just have to be ready when they do, they usually sell for $7.5K - $10K. I also just pickup up one of my dream guns in LH, so I'm probably done buying for a while...At least we won't be bidding against one another for the same rifle.

DieJager said:

The change you find a Blaser R8 in 500 Jeffery for under 10k are probably less than winning the lottery.

Also if 458 is not enough you can forget the 416's. I think the best budget option is to buy a used 460 weather in left hand model.

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I got a quote from one of the Blaser dealers last year for a LH professional Success R8 in 500J for $8,100 plus tax and ship. But that is for the synthetic stock, not a nice wooden one. He offered me a reasonable discount to take one off his hands that had a poor color combination on a LH stock. It was pretty funky looking though so I declined. So as long as a nice wooden stock isn't a must, they can be had under $10K...or at least last year they could be.

I did this exact post a while back and got a nice left handed rifle off this site. Just beware of the scammers I had a few hit me up.