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allenday
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Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???
06/08/07 12:53 AM

I don't see how in the world a 416 Taylor is going to match 416 Rigby and 416 Rem. Mag. ballistics without extremely high operating pressures for hunting under all conditions in Africa. By every known law of physics, it couldn't be any other way.

Nor do think it's very smart to select any rifle for safari use that does not have available to it properly headstamped ammunition, plus creates a potential boondoggle that means, in practical terms, that a potential resupply of ammunition for same is only avilable on your reloading bench back home - some 10,000 miles away! Brilliant, huh?

I realize that part of the draw of the Taylor is the fact that it'll fit into a standard-length action, which to me is a step-over-a-dollar-to-pick-up-a-dime strategy. So what if it will? If the net result leaves you with all of the other previously-mentioned Taylor drawbacks, who in their right mind would care?

Get a good, solid, Mauser-type action, send it to an expert custom riflesmith, and have him totally rework it to accept the much more practical and logistically smart 416 Rem. Mag. instead. A 416 Rem. Mag. does not mean you have to resort to a Model 700.

My own 416 Rem. Mag. was built on a Model 70 action that was reworked completely, including a specially-made custom magazine box and follower, an opened-up loading port, bolt-face, feed-rails, bolt-stop, ejector, and extractor. It feeds perfectly, holds an extra round down, and it's just as light and handy as any 416 Taylor. The bolt-throw's a half-inch longer, which scarecly qualifies as some earth-shattering big deal! If you can live with the slightly longer bolt-throw on a 375 H&H, you can live with it on a 416 Remington, pure and simple. Besides, once the action work is properly completed, it NEVER has to be redone again, although you can surely rebarrel as needed, as many times as is necessary............

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.416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	02/07/07 02:54 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	allenday	24/07/07 12:09 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	25/07/07 01:50 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Ripp	25/07/07 10:58 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	fivebigbores	25/07/07 12:49 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	bulldog563	27/07/07 01:52 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	allenday	06/08/07 12:53 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	06/08/07 01:16 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	25/07/07 12:42 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Ripp	25/07/07 11:10 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	25/07/07 11:37 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	DoubleD	26/07/07 02:43 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	26/07/07 06:41 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	szihn	26/07/07 07:42 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Ripp	26/07/07 12:36 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	szihn	06/08/07 02:22 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Schamankungulo	06/08/07 09:37 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	DarylS	06/08/07 11:30 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	szihn	07/08/07 12:55 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Schamankungulo	07/08/07 04:32 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Ripp	25/07/07 11:50 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	26/07/07 02:29 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Marrakai	24/07/07 12:21 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	ALAN_MCKENZIE	09/07/07 09:27 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	jimatcat	22/07/07 11:33 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	BFaucett	04/07/07 04:52 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	04/07/07 06:53 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	BFaucett	04/07/07 08:20 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	szihn	09/07/07 02:17 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Marrakai	02/07/07 09:20 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	9.3x57	02/07/07 11:37 PM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	JLS	03/07/07 03:33 AM
Re: .416 Taylor: Who's got One???	Marrakai	04/07/07 12:27 AM

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