.416 Rigby....what was I thinking?

[Anonymous]

Picked up a lovely and well loved Ruger RSM in .416 Rigby.

What was I thinking? Other than my median bore size is now .330.... :grin:

 

[FOTIS]

Love the 416's. Great choice, in a fine rifle!

 

[DrMike]

Yeah, having a mean of .330 is hard to take. Congratulations on picking up a rifle chambered in a great cartridge.

 

[JD338]

I hear ya, I have a Mark 5 Euro in 416 Wby.
Love the rifle and oh man, the power.......

JD338

 

[Guy Miner]

BOOM ? :grin:

 

[taylorce1]

My buddy has one of those, touching a few off from the bench will get your attention. However off hand shooting gongs at 50-100 yards isn't that bad at all. That rifle is pretty darn accurate as well.

 

[Rigbymauser]

Picked up a lovely and well loved Ruger RSM in .416 Rigby.

What was I thinking? Other than my median bore size is now .330.... :grin:

You wasn´t thinking, you were acting. Called upon for the need of more power.

Thinking in many cases won´t move a whole lot... but acting makes the intire difference :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

The guy I picked it up from loves the Rigby...he still has a couple more.

He's taken 3 large brown bears and two moose and has yet to recover a bullet. One of the moose and one of the bears were shot clean through end to end. That's pretty impressive when you think about how much critter that actually is.

 

[FOTIS]

There is no replacement for displacement!

 

[SJB358]

Awesome score buddy! Those have always been some sweet rifles and well built too. Can't wait to see some pictures of it.

 

[Anonymous]

I have to decide if I want to scope it...I've got a rather nice NECG receiver sight for a Ruger just looking for a home- it would require doing something about the standing leaf sight though....

I picked up a Leupold 3x but I don't think it has enough eye relief for a tank gun. I'm sure it could poke you in the eyebrow pretty badly.

Started looking for ammo over the weekend- may be the longest pole in the tent. I found one box in the Interior at the whopping price of $285. My press is too short to stroke a Rigby through as well...which will mean new loading gear.

This is turning out to be quite the project.

 

[SJB358]

Oh man, a new loading press AND a new rifle! That is better than most of my Christmas's!

 

[DrMike]

Just wait until you begin to feed that cavernous maw with powder. Then there are dies and the bullets and... Yup! Better than Christmas! :mrgreen:

 

[Anonymous]

At a 100gr or so per charge that'll make a pound of powder disappear in a hurry.

Good news is, i don't think I'll shoot it much. My neck won't take it. I do expect it will be a slower recoil impulse than my .375 Ruger due to sheer weight- so it might not be as bad as I think.

 

[FOTIS]

You're not kidding

120 gr RL19 with 330 GS customs in mine or
117 H4350 with 300 gr TSX

 

[JD338]

Buy your powder in 8 lb jugs. That will get you around 500 rounds.

JD338