[AnAmericanMother]

It's my daddy's .348 (actually, that's not his, just one that was auctioned online recently - but it looks just like it, it's in prime condition).

He bought it for mama in 1954, they were going to hunt Kodiak bear in Alaska.

He was looking at a Holland & Holland in .375 for himself, then mama turned up pregnant with me.

Every so often, dad turns to me with a sorrowful look and asks, "Why couldn't you wait until I got the H&H?"

Why, indeed? Although reloading for it keeps us fully occupied. Thank goodness an outfit in Wisconsin is turning up new brass, it's hard to find brass now.

[elcid1970]

Take a brown bear with a .348? I'd be more comfortable with the .375.

I have a classmate who hunts in Africa. Owns inherited fine double rifles. But his `bread & butter' rifle is a pre-64 Model 70 in .375 H&H. Works on everything up to and including buffalo. The `30-30' of Africa.

BTW, I fired his .375 with reduced `Cream of Wheat' loads, then full factory loads. Not that bad.