James
.30 Stingray
Posts: 411
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Post by James on Aug 9, 2015 13:54:39 GMT -5
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Post by Markbo on Aug 10, 2015 21:41:33 GMT -5
Hopefully plains game in two years. God willing thats when I hope to go too
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Post by CraigC on Aug 11, 2015 10:40:06 GMT -5
Sweet! Have you got an outfitter picked out yet? Great pics, James! I have a feeling I'll get too attached to the .416 and will have to have the .500 built on a new action.
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Post by tek4260 on Aug 11, 2015 14:02:10 GMT -5
I know the thread is geared towards the cartridge and the hunt, but I've got to ask what you think about the SST on your rifle? I need to get mine out of the safe and measure what they break at both set and unset.
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Post by CraigC on Aug 11, 2015 14:55:12 GMT -5
It's just over 3lbs unset and right at 1lb when set. I'm not sure how much I'll ever set it in the field though. It's pretty nice unset.
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Post by tek4260 on Aug 11, 2015 19:30:08 GMT -5
I got used to setting mine during the summer and when I took it hunting, that habit cost me a deer. Seems that when it's cold out and you have your set trigger in the ounces range, you can't feel it through gloves.... I saw the deer, took the safety off, set the trigger, and just as I saw the deer come into view in the top of the scope, bam. I had placed my finger in the trigger guard as I brought the rifle up, as always, but I never felt the trigger in the cold through the glove. Most of my rifles are sub 2# and I can feel them through gloves, but not that CZ when it is set.
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Post by CraigC on Aug 11, 2015 20:47:39 GMT -5
I had that happen when I first got my Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken. I was used to the Lyman, which was only acceptable when set and probably still at least 3lbs. The Pedersoli is mere ounces and it let me know real quick! Now I only set it when testing. Probably do the same with the .416.
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Post by Lee Martin on Aug 12, 2015 21:36:56 GMT -5
The .416 is a damn fine caliber. I have the Remington Mag, Rigby, and this .416 Taylor: It's on a Mauser 98 (CZ-24 to be exact) and Shilen blank. It isn't my prettiest .416 but it'll shoot. Five shots at 100 yards with a wide duplex 2.5x (400 grain Hornady at 2,350 fps): As for those CZ 550's Craig I think they're the best Magnum out there. Considering their Brevex Mauser lineage they're hard to beat. In fact I have a standalone 550 action in Rigby that'll become a .600 Overkill soon. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
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Post by CraigC on Aug 13, 2015 20:11:22 GMT -5
Awesome rifle, I love that little Leupold 2.5x!
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Post by whiterabbit on Aug 20, 2015 11:55:39 GMT -5
Lovely rifle. When it was my turn, I converted my 416 rigby to 510 wells express. 500 jeffery wound up #2 when the money hit the table. Only has history back to the 1950's, so it does not quite have the pedigree that the rigby or the 404 jeffery have (or the 500 jeff of course). However, being ably to use any brass from 378 bee on up is compelling. I dream of owning a 500 linebaugh to have a matching caliber pistol, and getting the wells to feed is easy when starting with a 416 rigby gun. Mine is utterly flawless when feeding and extracting. Period. For stock cracking, I cracked my american stock. it was for the best, I like the bavarian stock better. You have two areas to watch out for. The tang is the first area to clearance or verify clearance. The second is behind the bolt handle. Both areas are subject to contact no matter how well you bed the recoil lug. Getting those two areas right (for me included adding a little strength to the magazine well area) solved the issue completely. My only real problem is not being physically strong enough to shoot more than 3-5 rounds when loading an 850 grain cast bullet to 1900 fps, much less to full power. But 1500 fps as a level 2 reduced load can be shot all day. And at 12 pounds, the rifle is stable. It's actually kind of hard to miss the plate at 100 yards. In either case, PacNor can cut you a barrel and even chamber in either wells or Jeffery if you don't want to do it yourself. And of course will even spin it on your action for a nominal fee.
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Post by whiterabbit on Aug 20, 2015 12:00:47 GMT -5
Only reason to go back to 416 is exactly due to the idea of using it for plains game, overkill or not. Feels better than using a 50 cal.
But if I did that, I think my 7x57 would get jealous!
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Post by CraigC on Aug 21, 2015 10:27:27 GMT -5
Great posts! An 850gr cast bullet, now that's a chunk of lead! I like the Bavarian stock better too. When the time comes, I'll have Jack Huntington build the rifle and whittle a new stock out of some English walnut.
I had big plans for the Mauser 98 sporter "guild gun" that I bought on Gunbroker a couple years back. It was still an 8x57 but had been fitted with an English style sporter stock, double set triggers and a steel Redfield receiver sight. Unfortunately, they also removed the serial number from the receiver and the idiot dealer it came from used the number off the bolt.
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Post by oldjjmiller on Sept 1, 2015 17:07:14 GMT -5
The most fun I have had in a long time was loading a 350 gn RCBS cast in a 416 Rigby and going whitetail hunting. I took 2 doe and a great eating jake turkey. No recoil, did the job and was just a hoot !!
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Post by oldjjmiller on Sept 1, 2015 17:39:15 GMT -5
The most fun I have had in a long time was loading a 350 gn RCBS cast in a 416 Rigby and going whitetail hunting. I took 2 doe and a great eating jake turkey. No recoil, did the job and was just a hoot !!
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