.416 Remington Magnum
Announced to the hunting world in 1988, the
.416 Remington Magnum is best described as
.416 Rigby
performance in a
.375 H&H
size package. Simply described, the .416 Remington Magnum is nothing more
than the 8mm Remington
Magnum case necked up. Like Rigby's .416, Remington's .416 is loaded
in the neighborhood of 2400 fps with a 400 grain bullet. Unlike the more
massive Rigby cartridge, the Remington cartridge will work in more readily
available and therefore less expensive rifles such as the Remington Model
700, Winchester Model 70, Savage Model 110, and other rifles with actions
of similar length. This, plus the lower cost of its factory ammunition will
likely cause Remington's version to become the most popular .416 ever
introduced.
Like many other factory cartridges, the .416 Remington Magnum is quite similar
to a wildcat cartridge or two with earlier birthdates. One, the .416 Remington
bears the a striking resemblance to the .416 Barnes Supreme, a wildcat introduced
during the 1950's. Another quite similar in looks and performance is the
1970's vintage .416 Hoffman.
The .416 Remington Magnum is the most outstanding factory cartridge introduced
in many decades. By the 1950's, all the slots in the cartridge lineup have
been filled except for one that shot as flat as the
.375 H&H Magnum
and packed more punch than the
.458 Winchester
Magnum, all at a level of recoil that wouldn't send fillings flying through
shooter's teeth. The .416 Remington Magnum meets these criteria and then
some. In addition to becoming extremely popular for hunting African game,
the .416 Remington will surely become the brown bear cartridge by which all
others are compared. It is also becoming extremely popular among elk hunters
who believe a trophy bull at long range justifies the use of its power.
For big and potentially dangerous game, stick with various 400 grain bullets
in the .416 Remington Magnum. For moose, elk, and larger African Antelope,
a 350 grain spitzer shoots relatively flat and hits hard away out yonder.
Many powders will make this .416 sing its awesome song. They include
H414,
H380,
IMR4320,
Reloader 15, and
W-760.
Source: Hodgdon Data Manual, 26th Edition
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