Dear friends:

At the end I have a clear choice of sizes, I am in a dilemma between 416 and 458 Rigby Lott. As you know my intention to buy a rifle in a large caliber Ceska by other threads of discussion that I ask you open council final. The 416 Rigby has the disadvantage that it is expensive ammunition. What do you think? What I choose?.

Thank you,

Oscar.

Buy a rifle/caliber you can comfortably fire. You'll enjoy it more.

Oscar, is there a chance that you shoot these two calibers before you make your decision? You may not like one or the other. The Lott really is a handful off the bench to the uninitiated -- but you could grow to love it!

Hello and thanks Eurocentric and Witworth:

As for power shoot with these calibers, I do not know anyone who possesses one of these rifles. I like very powerful weapons, and finally, I'm very undecided. Let's see if I can advise a few other things. We thank the soul in your responses.

Regards,

Oscar.

Ovny, I like both rifle chamberings very much. I have both 416 Rigby and 458 Lott. The 416 Rigby can have an advantage for greater range with flatter trajectory or less arc in flight for longer shots, but the 458 Lott has more advantage with weight in motion for stopping power or better said knockout power. Both chamberings have great handloading opportunities giving better bullet and velocity combinations over commercial offerings. I like them both. Guess I'm no help here. Rodney.

Hello and thanks Rodney:

I wish I could buy two rifles, one caliber 416 Rigby and another in caliber 458 Lott, but I can not, my economy will allow me. So I try to clarify that caliber buy, taking into account that is a whim, I can not go to Africa to hunt and I will not shoot too. It is for the sake of having a large caliber.

Regards,

Oscar.

Oscar,

The Rigby is a nifty cartridge and can generate a lot of power. Ammunition is very expensive and hard to acquire in many places.

The Lott is as or more visually impressive, generates more raw power, recoils more stiffly, ammo costs less, and it can use relatively readily available .458 Winchester ammo.

I believe you mentioned in one of your other threads that reloading is strictly controlled where you live and this is a problem.

Only reason to go to the Rigby is nostalgia. Lott is a more practical choice even if you don't reload.

I think what you really want is an honest to goodness elephant gun even if you'll never go elephant hunting. If you get a 416 Rigby you'll always have at least a little regret that you didn't get something bigger. Go for the 458 Lott. I frequently shoot mine off the bench which clears the sinuses and provides free chiropractic adjustments.

My regret; I really should have a 460 Weatherby Magnum.

Hello friends:

Uf really the price of 416 Rigby me off the idea of buying. As for the 458 Lott, his excellent answers, because I opened their eyes. If the Rigby is powerful, but Lott is even more and that I love. Perhaps the distances to which Rigby is effective are superior to those of Lott, but I like both good but I'm realistic as I think I am inclined more to the 458 Lott. Even I have a lot of time to save money, and perhaps at that time to achieve clarify my ideas.

Thanks mstarling and Grumulkin;

Sincerely,

Oscar.

The Rigby has two advantages in my opine.
If you a romancing an historical round it's been there and done that. The other advantage is the long .416 bullet that has great penetration. All of the .416s have this reputation! In the recoil department, I don't think you will have to worry about not knowing if your touched one off.
Once again, just my opine. Now, go buy the one you'd like to have. It's your money!

Well that settles that! I think you need a .458 Lott!

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Originally posted by Rusty:
The Rigby has two advantages in my opine.
If you a romancing an historical round it's been there and done that. The other advantage is the long .416 bullet that has great penetration. All of the .416s have this reputation! In the recoil department, I don't think you will have to worry about not knowing if your touched one off.
Once again, just my opine. Now, go buy the one you'd like to have. It's your money!

Rusty, you're right, but as I have said on other occasions, the munition of this great cartridge is very expensive, another drawback is a cartridge that requires a lock, a very long, thus manipulating the rifle is more complicated and makes weighing over the weapon. I do not know if Lott has 458 poor penetration, but I have read quite a few opinions about him and all agree tremendous power to stop it has. As a negative, its setback jejejeje. You are wrong in something, it's not my money, money is my wife and me, and there is the danger jejeje, you understand me.

A friend greetings and thanks,

Oscar.

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
Well that settles that! I think you need a .458 Lott!

Witworth, jejejeje, you know what I want and what the end hare, although I would many laps. Thanks and regards,

Oscar.

.416 Reminton duplicates .416 Rigby in facrory loadings. Ammo is cheaper if you don't reload.

Hello and thanks Lavaca:

The problem friend, who is the only rifle that I can afford is the Ceska 550 (I have it in a 375 H & H Magnu), and this caliber rifle in the 416 Remington Magnum does not make them.

Regards,

Oscar.

Hey, I do not write in this magnificent forum for some time. I stopped writing because I have momentarily abandoned the project to purchase a large caliber rifle. I bought a Norinco pistol from the 45 ACP caliber, but I've begun again to save for the big rifle.

Happy Holidays,

Oscar.

you can load the 458 lott down to rigby... 400gr at 2400fps, if recoil may be an issue... and a 500gr at 2300 ...

yeah, sure, you can really upload the rigby and get about the same power.

except the 458 has a choice of CHEAP bullets to shoot for cheap practice loads


get the lott, its the perfect COMMERCIAL all around true bigbore

Thanks Jeffeosso, by the way, the rifle Ceska 550 of the 458 Lott, is only 23 $ more expensive than the rifle's 416 Rigby.

A thousand thanks,

Oscar.

If you want an elephant Rifle then you want the
CZ 458 Lott.

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If you want an elephant Rifle then you want the
CZ 458 Lott.

This is my rifle, but I am not going to be able to go hunting an elephant, but I have this quirk and with time I will get jejej.

Oscar.

I would say from reading all your post, by the 458 Lott and you will be happey.
Bill

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I would say from reading all your post, by the 458 Lott and you will be happey.
Bill

Yes, I'm going to by that caliber, what happens is that the savings rate that I am going to take years jejeje. I tell you when I got up, because I always lame some money from my wife's purse behind.

Oscar.