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Also, I was talking about shooting the two cartridges in generally available factory rifles. I've never run across a rifle other than a Weatherby chambered for .416 Weatherby. And not many of those, either.
I don't like the stocks on those things. The largest Weatherby I've actually ever shot has been a .340, and I don't care to shoot anything bigger. According to the company their stock is supposed to mitigate recoil, but I don't see how they arrived at that conclusion.
Understood. I have a Weatherby Mark V in a .416 Wby and love it....beautiful blonde stock with smokey streaks. I'm one that does find their stocks to be more comfortable than a standard straight comb stock. It doesn't reduce foot pounds of recoil, but you'll feel it differently, in my opinion. With either stock, you're going to get the equal and opposite reaction to the bullet leaving the barrel as Newton promises you would but, you can get it more in the cheek bone area with a standard stock, or you can get more of a straight back recoil away from the cheek and into the shoulder with the Weatherby stock. It's all personal preference.
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Re: Which .416