Interarms MarkX .375 H&H Whitworth Express

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Bought one of these yesterday for a hunt this year for bear and exotics. In great shape how do these rifles sack up against Rems. Brownings and others?
 
it is one of the nicest commercial 98 mausers made. unless one had a fn built mauser doubt you could have a better gun. jmho,bobn
 
Never had a 375, but have had the MK-X in a 7 mag at one time and had a 338-06 custom built on the action. Generally speaking they are tough as nails, reliable rifles that are not quite as refined as other brands. I doubt if you'll find one to be quite as accurate as some other brands, but certainly good enough for any hunting application. If I wanted a DG rifle they would be near the top of my list.
 
Only complaint anyone has ever voiced that I've heard about the Mark X 375s is that the barrel steel is on the softer side. Of course the guy who made that complaint had rechambered his for a wildcat...

Jimro
 
I have had a few interarms mauser style rifles. 222, 223, 243, 30 06 and a 375.
.... I shot it quite a bit with the 235gr bullets. regular rock buster. unfortunately I never had the money to go on a big game hunt with it.
bobn
 
Standard commercial Mauser 98 action. I have never heard of any problems with them. I think these were made by CZ back in the 1970s and 1980s, no?
 
I believe that the MKX is Manufactured by Zastava in present day Serbia.

My father had bought a MKX, 30-06, back in the sixties and while it was considered a budget rifle it was accurate enough to bust a sheet rock bucket at 200yds offhand, with open sights. They are a version of the Mauser '98 and quite serviceable.
 
I had one years ago. It was a great rifle, accurate and solid. The only bad part is that Mark X rifles tend to be a little on the light side, but that's not really a problem with the 375 as they are fairly tame. 270 gr at 2,500 fps is just perfect.
 
Whitworth in Manchester England made up the Zastava actions into fine Express rifles by polishing the actions and giving them a set of serious flip up iron sights for both close-in DGR and longer range work. The wood was also upgraded significantly -- some are downright handsome.

They were marketed here by Interarms along with their own Zastava rifles that were assembled in Alexandria VA.

There is no comparable DGR rifle available at that price mark even at the prices being asked now for them.

Oneb
 
You can find the Whitworth express rifles in very good to excellent condition for around $850-1000 if you know where to look.

Whitworth .375 H&H in Very Very Good Condition.. Screw Island rear sight and Front sight.. 850.00 to your FFL in the Lower 48...

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That sounds about right to me too. Back a few years when Winchester stopped making 375 H&Hs, the Whitworths were commanding a lot more -- @ $1400.

I got mine at an estate sale for @ $400 ten years ago.

Oneb
 
Mark X

I've owned 25/06, 30/06, 7mag and 375 H&H in Mark X line. All preformed as
good or better than 70s or 700s of the day. I did shoot a lot of 235gr Speer
bullets out of it. Never got to carry it for big game, did shoot a 6pt. Buck with
it. One shot, one kill! I had a Sako 375 at same time that I carried the most.
I have just recently started to sell off all my big stuff. I still have a lot of 375
ammo and components, in case a good deal comes by. The only Mark X , I
have left is the 25/06. It makes good coyote popper!
 
375 H&H

Going to load some Speer 230's this weekend and hoping to post pics and targets soon. It had weaver bases when I got it so I'm using them with some vintage weaver steel ring and a Leupold VXIII 1.5x5 20mm. Noticed at low magnification see front sight will taller rings solve this?
 
Mark X

I have on in .308 with the full length stock. Turned out to be a very accurate bargain that I could never talk myself out of selling. It liked simple rem. 165 gr. corelokt bullets. Premium accuracy at budget prices.
 
My father has had one in .375 H&H for 25-30 years. He loves it, and loves that it's easier to pack than heavier rifles like his .416 Rigby.

But... He didn't appreciate what that weight did for recoil. So, he let his preferred gunsmith talk him into this:
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It looks good when fired in low light, made it louder for the shooter and spectators............and that's about it.

Shooting it now versus before the "Porting", I don't notice a difference in recoil, but, it does catch people's eye at the range.
 
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