This is a great story, and reminded me of my .375 story. Years ago, while stationed in interior Alaska, I had purchased 20 boxes of Win. 300-grain Silvertip .375 H&H ammo from the Post Exchange (PX) for $1.00 per box on clearance sale, because they were no longer selling .375 H&H rifles. I didn't have a .375 H&H yet, but, hey, you never know! The same ammo was selling for $15.00 per box at Frontier Sporting Goods in Fairbanks at that time. Well, several monts later, in the Fort Wainwright Daily Bulletin unofficial section, a young Captain advertised a .375 H&H for sale. I went and looked at it. It was a Model 70 Super Grade made in 1949. It had a Lyman Alaskan mounted on it in a Jaeger detachable sidemount. It also had a Lyman No. 48 peep on it, and was in almost unfired condition. Seems the seller had traded an M12 Win. 12 ga. shotgun for it at a road house in B.C. on his way up the Alcan. He fired the .375 once, and decided he preferred a .243!! I got this rifle for $125.00!!! How's that for a .375 story??

Keep yore powder dry!!