My 375 H&H - custom built on a VZ.24 action (pictured below) - has a 20" barrel, is well balance and very handy in the bush, isn't any louder than the 375s with longer barrels I've been around, still gets right at 2500 fps with 300 grain bullets with factory loads (a bit more with handloads tailored to the rifle; velocity loss, if any, with shorter barrel is inconsequential for all practical purposes), has 5+1 capacity, a MPI Kevlar stock, ghost ring & post (with flip up white night bead) iron sights, flush QD sling sockets, weighs in at 8.5 lbs all-up (i.e. as pictured with scope and sling, but unloaded - 8.52 lbs on a calibrated scale), and is my "go to" rifle for general walkabout in Alaska and Africa.
