Along similar lines, the .458 win does do now what it had been promised to do, but had been unable to do given the bullets and powders around when it was introduced. Don Heath wrote an article quite a while ago -- after 1991 -- bemoaning a lot of cartridges and rifles, the .416 rem in mod 700 among them. Cloudflare sets this cookie to improve page load times and to disallow any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. Two huge pigs later, both one shot kills..its amazing to use a 416 Weatherby. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". I'd go with the .416. Expectional free range common reedbuck. I have heard Rigby brass, loaded to the 40,000 CUP range, does indeed last forever! Bob my friend from Sydney went to Safari firearms yesterday to pick up some stuff & looked at the Marlin 35 REM for me, they want $1900 for it with a tasco scope, & $1600 with out scope i think its a $900 rifle at the most thank you for the lead but i will not pay that much. It offers an effective low-recoil option in double rifles. Over the years Ive hunted with most of the .416s and their brethren, and Ive had all of them on the range. All Deals; Today; Categories . Allen, I'm surprised at you. Look in your loading manual. While perfectly adequate for buffalo, I believe the .375 is marginal for hippo and elephant. And it delivers over three foot tons of ME for you to use. HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of sessions and to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. Developed by Roys son, Ed, the 416 is a necked up version of the 378 exceeding the power and energy of the 416 Rigby, the 416 Remington Magnum and the 458 Winchester Magnum. At 200 yards, the 378 Weatherby Magnum has as much energy as some of the "legal" rifles at the muzzle. Ed Weatherby, Roy's son, designed the heavy-game cartridge by necking up the .378 Weatherby Magnum to .416. To understand the development of the .416 Remington, you'll need to look at the environment in Great Britain after the end of the Second World War. I do practice a quick second shot at the shooting range. Griptonite stock with tungsten Cerakote barrel and action. All ammunition is shipped domestic ground and an adult signature is required. We do not accept returns on ammunition. Copyright Complaints: Please direct DMCA Takedown Notices to the registered agent: .416 Rigby with maximum handloads (400 gr at 2710 fps). The .375 Remington Ultra Mag is a necked-down .404 Jeffery with the same nominal case length as the .375 H&H and Weatherby but a larger case diameter of .550-inch, with the rim is rebated to .534-inch. 378 Weatherby Mag 300 Grain Soft Point 20 Rounds Weatherby Ammunition 378 Weatherby Magnum. This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. A TRULY THE MOST AWESOME HUNT AND RIFLE. As near as I can tell thats just a storybut you dont want to expose any ammunition to direct sunshine, especially in hot climates. "Lots of 'what ifs' ran through my mind about that event but the most important one was, there must be some reason that bear guide carried a .378! I have often wondered if the 378 would have a better reputation if the bullets had been stronger 40 and 50 years ago. The Jeffery case could be crammed into a .375-length action. The other 416's are equally efficient. High gloss Turkish walnut stock. The action was milled out to accomodate a 95mm (Sorry, don't know the inches)internal magazine box and the feed ramp polished and shaped to feed slick. The shot was taken at 250m due to the mist AND rain. I have not yet had a chance to shoot it, but I certainly like the way the rifle "holds." Working fast and quietly, Remington struck first in late 1988 with their .416 Remington Magnum. I would go with the .416 also. The block also does not include the 375 Weatherby Magnum or the 220 Weatherby Rocket. It may not display this or other websites correctly. I tried to work the bolt fast, but I was already too late; the elephant was down and still before I could bring the rifle to bear, and it was all over. My .338 RUM and my .338 Win Mag are both Weatherby's. Even the 378 will make you sit up and take notice. This is the main cookie set by Hubspot, for tracking visitors. The older 460 factory ammo at 500gr./2700 ft. per sec./8092ft. I feel like the original velocities of the Rigby have been killing effectively since the cartridges creation and I do not feel the necessity to load mine hotter. Would the 375 RUM have better case life? I guess out of all the .416 discussions I have seen the thing that intrigues me most is that the Taylor which offer so many advantages has never become a reality. The .416s (and similar) are not only perfectly adequate for the very largest gamebut just might be better than a true big-bore of .450-plus. In late spring 1989 Ed Weatherby and I used his new cartridge in Botswana, taking several buffaloes. Just be certain that you send your ammo to your PH with enough time to confirm that it was received in good condition. I have not played with it in a few years, but with the high bc bullets available now, I have dusted it off. Does Weatherby recommend specific ammunition for each caliber to get the best accuracy? 375 Weatherby 375 RUM 416 Remington Mag 458 Winchester Mag 458 Lott Long actions with a bolt face .Dia of .585 +/-30/378 Weatherby 338 Lapua 338/378 Weatherby 378 Weatherby mag 416 Rigby 416 Weatherby Mag 460 Weatherby Mag 470 Nitro Express . If budget is a concern (in both rifles and ammo) then the .416 Remington or .416 Ruger are sound options. Available in 12 and 20ga., 3" chambering. Coming home with this exciting news, and worried that AGS was gone for good, I looked up prices some online store is selling AGS for $200 per 25. Further, the case is not so fat, so you should be able to fit 1 more in the mag compared to the rigby. The .411 KDF used a .411-inch bullet, as does the .400 H&H (developed in 2003). Ive used it at high temperatures in Cameroon, the Zambezi Valley and coastal Mozambique. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Its case is a belted version of the big .416 Rigby case, meaning it requires an extra-large action. I have the Rigby version which, when compared to the Weatherby, is a pussycat. GOING TO AFRICA TAKE ENOUGH GUN. Shooting uphill, the 400-grain bullet entered just in front of the earhole and exited on the opposite side. My .375 RUM is on a custom Rem 700 and I've taken it on two hunt trips to Africa. Now, the .458 Lott is getting loaded modern hot, which some folks say misses 1/2 of the point. outperforms it in every way and is logistally better from every standpoint of consideration. Your thoughtsgun). Further, it gets the performance with about 20 grains less powder. I hit him on the shoulder with the first shot, then again as he turned away. I doubt there was any problem doing that even with older brass (and for many years the only brass readily available was Weatherby with the belt turned off) but today's fine brass from Norma and Federal is very stout. I had my first .416 Rigby at that time, a Dumoulin. The .378 recoil with a brake is not, at all, murderous. By 1958, he had his own Mark V Action that easily held the cartridge and two below it in the straight-feed magazine. Estate Sale. 11 0. I see no fleas on the rem cartridge brass is available at a very reasonable price compared to .416 rigby. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. The rifle I shot didn't, but it was not the beastly experience some would have you believe. Capacity: Floor Plate. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. Top mounted fully adjustable Green Laser: 532nm, Max output <5mw, Class IIIA Laser. Available in 12 and 20ga., 26" and 28" barrels. Handguns; Rifles; Shotguns; . Chatfield Taylor, John Wooters and Maj John Kingsly-Heath all considered it to be the best combination of recoil, accuracy and economy in a DG rifle yet with all of their praise the cartridge still never became a reality. Griptonite synthetic stock. I load the .300 RUM hot, mainly because it shoots the hot load more accurately. Weatherby Mark V Dangerous Game .416 Weatherby Magnum 2-Round 26" Bolt Action Rifle in Blued - DGM416WR6B. Available in 12ga., 3" and 3.5" chamberings. Your email address will not be published. Available in 12 and 20ga., 26" and 28" barrels. Available in 12 and 20ga., 26" and 28" barrels. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". As I understand, the 416 Rem has since been dialed back from initial publicity specs. I have both "controlled " and "uncontrolled " bolt action rifles. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. In terms of ammo availability, the .416 Rigby and Remington are the most common, probably followed by the .404 Jeffery; most of the rest are available from more limited sources. When creating their modern .450/.400-3 load Hornady settled on .410-inch as the best compromise. Elastomer stock. This is the main cookie set by Hubspot, for tracking visitors. One way to think about this is as such: a foot-pound is a unit of energy equal to the amount of energy required to raise a weight of one pound a distance of one foot. HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of the visitors to the website. But I am not sure why you really need another 2100 ft.lbs over a 458 lott. No buffalo or elephant will notice a difference of 50 feet per second one way or the other. 1's in big chamberings pretty tolerable if you use iron sights--or get a small scope down low. One of my #1s has a redfield widefield 2-7x It has been comfortable. Ultra-high velocity, magnum ammunition is how Roy Weatherby got started in the 1940s. I have learned a while ago not to give up good shooters. JavaScript is disabled. There's no need to justify it. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category . Multiple camo patters available. I found that the Hornady 500 gr solids showed 2.5 inches deviation at 8:00 (very sad), whereas the 500 gr Speer AGS was 1.5" at 12:00 (which is very close to optimum by my reckoning) at 100 yards. The 416 has quickly become one of the best all-around cartridges for Africa. While a .460 Weatherby Magnum will have greater killing power than a .416 Weatherby Magnum is true. Thanks for any feed back. However the 30/378 with 210 grain partitions has jaw dropping ballistics. I won`t hesitate to hunt anything anywhere with any of those four rifles, where "legal". I wanted to get a really good measure of the variation in POI for different loads. It has considerably more punch than the Rigby. With practice, a scoped .416 can certainly be used on plains game out to 250 yards or so, but it is not as versatile as a .375 for plains game. Looking at my 2010 Weatherby catalog: 300 Wby 200 Partition is 9.8 in low at 400 yds with a 300 yd 0. The morning air was chill as we poled silently down the channel, hearing the dawn chatter of birds and monkeys as we glided past palm islands. The wildcat .425 Express, developed by Cameron Hopkins and Whit Collins, uses a .423-inch bullet. THE 416 IS THE BEST CHOICE. My use will be for elk and bear. than the 375 but I can't dismiss the better longer range capabilities of the 378. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Lee even offers a set of dies priced like 30-06 dies. 470 N.E. I'm not going to mess with that load. Combining 1911-vintage propellants with use in the tropics, .416 Rigby ammo was always loaded to low pressure. I still trust the .375. Primarily because they work! The ballistics are similar arent they? I just bought a new .416 Rigby #1 and my underconstruction .416 Taylor is back in the shop doing a few more little things to it. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Recoil is pretty rough. Developed by Roy's son, Ed, the 416 is a necked up version of the 378 exceeding the power and energy of the 416 Rigby, the 416 Remington Magnum and the 458 Winchester Magnum. In a heavy gun with a good muzzle break I do not think recoil would be an issue. The 460 I fired had a muzzle brake and was a little kinder to the sholder than the 416 that didnt. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. I concur. Available in 12 and 20ga., 26" and 28" barrels. Matte finish with synthetic stock. Jeffery introduced their .404 in 1909. The best brown bear tag in North America. Retained as a proprietary cartridge, rifles and ammo were only available from Rigby. It may not display this or other websites correctly. I have at least one Mk V in all of the calibers mentioned except for .460 and .30-30. Available in a variety of calibers, the Weatherby Vanguard Weatherguard is a bolt-action rifle with guaranteed sub-MOA accuracy. Must be 18 or older to purchase rifle ammunition. Theyre all good, and on game much the same. You get near 416 Rigby performance out of th 416 Remington and when its all said and done its not a bad way to go. I chose the Rigby because of nostalgia and personal taste in gun appearance and fit over the 416 Weatherby. The buffalo was my first buffalo with a .416. There is a great deal of similarity between the Wby 378 case and the 338 LM case. It is built with a Monte Carlo style stock with grip panels and. Ronnie MacFarlane ground his pole into soft mud and I did the same, getting some stability with one hand while I reached for the rifle in the prow. Factory-equipped choke is an extended Full and fluted for tool free removal. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Too bad. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Founded by Roy Weatherby in 1945 in South Gate, California, the original rifles were custom guns made to order on Mauser actions. I know it is close and the .416 would have more velocity at the same weight of bullet, but the BC of the .375 is much better. Available in 12 and 20ga., 26 and 28" barrels. Any action that can handle a 375 H+H will handle the 416 Remington. The .340 Weatherby has a lot more reach than the .375 H&H, but both are wonderful cartridges. 5,5 mm 5,6 x 52 R 500 Jeffery . Adopted by several African game departments, the. The behemoth .30-378 Weatherby is the largest of the .300 magnums. I've heard of hunters shooting Cape Buffalo in spooky situations and reporting no remembered recoil. The .416 and the .240 Weatherby are the only 2 cartridges in the line that do not have a longer throat as even today's Weatherby's do not have the publicized freebore that was promoted back when the Mark V's were made in Germany with a lot of 12" twists across the range. The .450/.400, with a 400-grain bullet at about 2,100 fps, is much slower and produces less energy, about 4,000 ft-lbs. I have read this and found it very interesting. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. There is a bit of controversy regarding this bullet diameter. The 416 has quickly become one of the best all-around cartridges for Africa. It may not match the exact item that you are looking at. A brake would almost be neccesary unless this was a safari only rifle. [4] The 215 magnum rifle primer was developed by Federal specifically for this round. This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. It is very similar to the .340 without a brake. He wanted a magnum version of his Model 77 that could house the .416 Rigby. The .378 Weatherby Magnum was designed by Roy Weatherby in 1953. I was running into very large pigs and after having one charge me at less than 5 yards, the 375 H&H just didnt stop it. (It's amazing how much passion some people inject into this debate -- but then, when they have faced dangerous game, and want to KNOW they've done everything they can to avoid getting tossed on some dagga boy's horns, I suppose there's good enough reason.). I don't know the difficulties of getting an American made custom rifle into Australia, but if it is not a big problem . Available in 20 ga. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. We will inform you when the product arrives in stock. It is used to enable interoperability with urchin.js, which is an older version of Google Analytics and is used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. Rather than an oddball limited to handloaders, the .416 was a common caliber! Available in 12 and 20ga. If it makes you happy by all means buy it. Google Analytics sets this cookie to store the traffic source or campaign by which the visitor reached the site. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. It drives a 500-grain bullet to 2,600 fps, for over 7,500 ft.-lbs. A .416 (or similar) is more difficult to shoot well than a .375 and does not shoot as flat. Further, in my rifle, I have been blessed with a very very tight 1-hole 3 shot group (maybe I will try to repeat the deed) -- which was in my first sight-in target for the rifle (you see two holes as I walked the zero to the x-ring, then 1 very slightly ragged hole cutting the ring at 4:30). The Electronic Control Panel adjust the brightness level of the illuminated P4 reticle, changes the reticle color from blue or red and turns the Laser On/Off . Neither the .300 RUM nor the .30-.378 have approached the .300 Weatherby Magnum in popularity. Then the 340 weatherby is just a tad slower and has some drawbacks but will have 3 in the magazine versus two with the 378's. So here is the question and dilemma I have Number 1. I'm leaning to the 378 because of bullet selection - Cutting Edge has a .375, 375gr bullet with a BC of .940, where the .416 Cutting Edge 375gr is around .825. The rest of the group, including the more recent .500/.416 (Krieghoff), .416 Ruger (Hornady/Ruger), and current loads for the .404 Jeffery, all propel 400-grain bullets somewhere between 2,350 and 2,400 fps, with energies at or approaching 5,000 ft-lbs. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Weatherby MBT20N308NR4B Mark V Backcountry 2.0 Ti 5+1 Cap 26" Graphite Black Cerakote Rec/Barrel Black with Gray & White Sponge Accents Peak 44 Blacktooth Stock Right Hand (Full Size) . Fax (520) 622-1205, African Wildlife Consultative Forum (AWCF). These days there is so little dangerous game that is being hunted, what what there is of it, a 375 H+H handles it well enough. There is a rumor out there that, because of its higher pressure, the .416 Remington can have sticky extraction. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. It weighed 397 grains. The one bullet I recovered went through the upper leg, the top of the heart and lodged on the other side. Far from it. I'm thinking that a few years down the road I want a rifle in one of these chamberings. I have loaded and tested all of these with the exception of the LOTT which I call a "me too" cartridge as it offers nothing the others do in practical terms. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. The year was 1985. Oct 4, 2015. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Which is exactly why I normally have a rifle in each factory .25 caliber made (except for the .25 WSSM, though that might change.) They're all great. Nothing runsit blasts them so hard they just collapse. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. 3 Item (s) Show: 24. The group pictured at the bottom is a 500 grain TSX seated long at 2,640 FPS. Cloudflare sets this cookie to improve page load times and to disallow any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. You are using an out of date browser. The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is deleted when the user closes the browser. I was worried for a hot minute that the .460 might be more accurate, but I had impressive results with both during my last couple trips to the range. Anyway, the old 270 grain Spire Point at the speed of light was very impressive on deer and elk. Required fields are marked *. More to the point, in the rarified air of hunting the worlds largest game, they can out-perform the big-bore cartridges. I"ve shot a few there with a pistol. Matte finished metalwork and walnut stock. if i had a 378, the matchking would not be on the list for anything but target shooting. Best, John. Of course, you can increase the velocity on a big bore. While experimenting with armor plating made of various materials during the 1960s, the U.S. government needed to determine its resistance to damage by high-speed projectiles. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. It does not store any personal data. Matte finished metalwork and walnut stock. I does have plenty, but not as much as some of the exaggerators claim. Blaine - interested in your like for the Hogue with the block. I have a .416 Rigby and .458 WM, so have no first-hand experience with either of the Weatherby cartridges. Across those four decades, he forever changed the way we look at and judge firearm performance. Available in 12ga., 3" chambering. wyatt, it might depend on who makes the brass, and who loads it. 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