So far I can only find Norma listing .416 Rigby cases. Are there any other manufacturers who sell empty cases in this calibre?

I believe you can buy BELL brass for the Rigby
from Midway.

See also; BeLLAmmo


Les

Betram make cases there soft however and only good for mild type loads. I have about 100 or so kicking around.

PC,

Would you mind terribly measuring the water capacity of your Bertram cases and letting me know what it is? I would appreciate it to no end.

Thanks,
Scott

Well

Horneber, Kynoch

/ JOHAN

I have had/have great problems with Kynoch (kymanco) brass some of my 500 Jeffery cases are too short about 3-4/10 mm.
Norma is a very fine product.

Andr�

I'd advise against the Bell cases. I had very bad experience with them. The necks were too thick and I don't own a neck turner. After I got the Norma cases, I've been very happy with them. Some are already on their 5th firing with no problems.

Thanks for the info.

UK members may be interested to know that Wilson & Wilson are listing Norma .416 cases at �83 per 100.

I beleive Bertram is making cases for Kynoch

I also had problems with 416 Rigby brass made by Bell and also some made from 460 Weatherby. I got a box of loaded Bell brass and fired a few rounds off and two of the cases split over the shoulder. Upon close examination with a magnifing glass I found another case that had a hairline crack over the shoulder. I pulled the bullets from the remaining cartridges and found that it was all virgin brass including the one that I found with the hairline crack. At a gun show I bought a box 416 Rigby that was made from 460 Weatherby and had exactly the same problem as the Bell brass. First round I fired cracked. Examined the rest and found four more with cracks. Pulled all the bullets and found they were also virgin brass. I am going to anneal all the uncracked cases to see if I can salvage them.

Hart

Hart,
Just a thought, but since and many others have never had any problems with Bell brass, perhaps your chamber is a tad oversize, might be worth a chamber cast..or...that brass could be some of the old Bell brass, as it had some serious problems at one time (several years ago) but all that has been fixed I understand...I say this because split shoulders can be a product of fireforming also.

Ray, I thought so at first also. I measured the fired cases at the shoulders and they were just a few thou larger than the new brass. I think the problem is poor brass as I found 5 split shoulders in unfired brass. I do not know how old the brass is. I have fired about 10 rounds of Norma brass so far and they seemed OK. I have a feeling that the previous owner sold the gun because of the problem he may have had with the Bell brass. There were two cases missing from the box I got when I bought the rifle.

Also, Ray, please go to the reloading forum. I have posted a question about the use of foam ear plugs that you were looking for in the Africa forum.

Thanks, Hart