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The .416 Rigby is a treasured heirloom
Thursday, January 09, 2025, 07:40

Of all my rifles it's a keeper. The boys are fighting over it and I'm not yet gone. All my dreams and hopes are absorbed in that special rifle. Sitting out winter storms with it in my lap and reading African or Alaskan classics is a special treat. I even had a nightmare once that Tigers were on the loose! I shot them all night with this .416! LOL

I had a couple .416 Remington's in 700 Customs and they are good guns too. Based on the 8mm Remington Magnum case actually! (basically .375 H&H straight, necked down) The pressures are higher than the huge Rigby of course. I thought the .416 Remington would flop but it seems to have a considerable foreign following abroad. Anything to do with .416 is expensive, but you don't shoot them that much, it's a specialized tool. For the record I tried the Remington M77 African Express and literally hated it compared to the BRNO. It looked the part but handled like a 2x4.

Factory Rigby ammo is a bit subdued in the short barrel but I can "step it up" to whatever blast and recoil I can muster. The Rigby is basically a "beltless" big Weatherby case, same as the .460 etc. You can make .416 Rigby by turning off the belts of Weatherby cases, according to Jack O'Connor. It was a favorite of his.