In the Rem 700 I had, I used both Re 15 and Varget with 400 grain Hornadies. Can't remember the exact loads but I think the Re 15 was in the low 80s and varget a bit less.

Accuracy was excellent and velocities were up to 2450 plus with full accuracy. Velocities of 2500 were not hard to get but accuracy fell off once I passed 2450 with 400s.

Remington factory ammo average 2410 and shot groups of about 1.5" 3 shot triangles.

Mike

Reloader 15 seems to be the most accurate in my rifle, a Winchester M70 Safari Express.

2400-2450fps seems to be about all a 400 grain bullet will do out of the Remington, and that's probably enough.

Joe.

Rem. factory: 2395 fps.
80 gr. RL-15, 400 gr. Nosler averages 2391 fps.
80 gr. RL-15, 400 gr Hornady FMJ averages 2394 fps.
82 gr. RL-15, 400 gr Hornady FMJ averages 2472 fps.

What more could you want?

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Originally posted by Will:
Like JMac, the 416 is pretty easy to load. In my Mod. 70:

Rem. factory: 2395 fps.
80 gr. RL-15, 400 gr. Nosler averages 2391 fps.
80 gr. RL-15, 400 gr Hornady FMJ averages 2394 fps.
82 gr. RL-15, 400 gr Hornady FMJ averages 2472 fps.

What more could you want?

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These are the same loads I settled on when I owned a 416Rem. Can't do any better with a 404 or a Rigby, and why would anyone want more than this?

410 gr Woodleigh FMJ or Weldcore, 85 gr Vv N540, 2525 f/s.

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Jim

Currently, I'm quite happy with 350-grain Speer Mag Tips and a LOT of Hodgdon BL-C(2). I'm getting a tad over 2700 FPS with this load.

Russ

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I like RL15, it is my prefered powder. I just bought a 5 lb. can of it. It seems to produce, on average, the highest velocity for 300-400 gr. bullets in the 416 Remington Magnum. I'd also like to try Hodgdon's H4895.