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hunter_angler
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Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s
14/12/10 05:27 AM

Man, is this a thread from the dead, or what?

To me, Weatherby calibers (in their factory loadings) represent the ultimate extension of the obsession with velocity.

Works well enough in the small/medium bores for flat trajectory, but in the big guys (460, .416 even .378) look out! Killers on both ends, but maybe more likely to stop a second shot by the hunter than a charge by the hunted.

Personally I think the British back at the end of the 19th century figured it out pretty well. Get a big heavy bullet with good SD moving at 2150 or so FPS and it will git 'er dun within the ranges at which dangerous game is hunted.

If you want that kind of recoil/noise, I think you are better off trading velocity for greater bullet diameter/weight, as per Mr. Shakari above (of course for all I know, he is shooting 600 grainers at 2500 FPS)! Otherwise I think handloading down to at least .416 Rigby ballistics (I would more likely approximate the .400 Jeffery) makes a lot of sense.

Just my $.02. But maybe I am just getting old...

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weatherby 416 magnum ??s	kos	29/01/03 06:47 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	holland465	24/02/03 07:54 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	shakari	10/02/03 12:52 AM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	mikeh416Rigby	27/02/03 06:57 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	Aussiesteve	13/12/10 01:34 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	hunter_angler	14/12/10 05:27 AM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	Huvius	15/12/10 11:41 AM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	szihn	14/12/10 10:14 AM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	Altamaha	14/12/10 10:37 AM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	hunter_angler	14/12/10 11:03 AM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	Altamaha	14/12/10 12:19 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	tophet1	14/12/10 12:48 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	Ben	14/12/10 01:22 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	Rule303	14/12/10 08:04 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	Ben	15/12/10 10:38 AM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	tophet1	15/12/10 11:40 AM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	Rule303	15/12/10 09:24 PM
Re: weatherby 416 magnum ??s	hunter_angler	16/12/10 01:52 AM

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