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416 Rigby rifle, 300 grs Barnes TSX

Mauser M98 in 416 Rigby, 400 grs Trophy Bonded Bear Claw

This is the M98 built at the Mauser factory in Germany.

Greylag goose shot with my Mauser M98 in 416 Rigby, 400 grs Trophy Bonded Bear Claw. Red deer with the same 416 Rigby rifle, 300 grs Barnes TSX.

This is what I did, facing a similar dilemma: I bought a Krieghoff in 470 NE many years ago, because I wanted one.... although I knew I probably could not find time in the years to come to travel to Africa and use it on dangerous game. I actually shoot it on regular occasions, practice...

I have used a rifle in 7x64 for several years now, a good old Brno ZG 47, but with a modern McMillan hunting stock. I'm so happy with this rifle that the other rifles I have (mostly in larger calibers) usually stays at home. Great accuracy, modest recoil and reliable performance on animals...

I’m lucky having steady access to superb cast bullets to my 470. These bullets are just above 500 grs, with some fast burning powder and a dash of dacron I load these bullets to 1600 fps. This makes for great practice without the punishment of full power loads. I do not see a systematic...

I have done some testing of 185 grs Hornady CX in 338 calibre (my rifle is 338 win mag). Picture below shows this bullet after being shot into water jugs at 20 metres with v0 at 600 m/s (left), 700 m/s (centre) and 900 m/s (right). As can be seen, the bullet lost its petals with v0 of 900 m/s...

Congrats with a great rifle! I've had my Mauser M98 magnum in 416 Rigby for 8 years already. Before purchasing the Mauser I was planning to get hold of the then new Rigby Big Game, but the LOP was too short for me. Yes, they could make a custom stock, but then the price would be different, and...

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In the book «Dangerous Game Rifles» by Terry Wieland, he elaborates on how Jack Carter developed the bonded bear claw bullets, how good they performed, and later when Federal took over the production how performance dropped – now with bullets coming apart upon impact, apparently due to changing...

I think you miss my point, perhaps unintended. My point is that SD is one of many factors contributing to straight line penetration, recent testing including new design solids clearly illustrates that SD is of much smaller importance than bullet design. SD is only a factor for bullets with the...

@Red Leg : When something is theoretically true and technically demonstrable, would you not consider it a fact? @Gareth Roriston : I would never think of using a bullet of any kind or caliber for elephant hunting if it was not thoroughly tested. Apparently not much real world experience from AH...

Sectional Density (SD) is only one of many variables when it comes to bullet penetration, both for solids and softpoints. Actual testing of bullets, instead of just repeating the outdated paradigm of relying entirely on SD, clearly demonstrates the intricate relationship between bullet design...

Just for fun… and I’m not going to compete against the scientific testing done by @michael458 . I shot a 410 grain Woodleigh RN SN and a 400 grain Swift A-Frame from my 416 Rigby into some water jugs. Distance to target was 30 meters. The Woodleigh bullet was a fairly mild load, roughly “Nitro...