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Compression and the .416 Ruger

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24 May 2008, 06:41
GAHUNTER
Compression and the .416 Ruger
One of the knocks on the .416 Remington has always been that to achieve the advertised velocity (2400 fps) with 400-grain bullets, you have to compress the power so much that, in a hot environment, you can get a dangerously high pressure spike (and a stuck bolt). This can be a bad thing, so the tell me.

My question is, will the .416 Ruger suffer the same problem?

I have no idea, myself, and was just wondering.
24 May 2008, 07:07
boom stick
What is wrong with 400 @ 2300?


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24 May 2008, 07:20
dirklawyer
Old wives tale, don't believe it. If you can shoot a 416 Rem mag in the middle of a Georgia summer, etc. then you can shoot it in Africa. The stuck bolt crap and the extraction problems are limited to a FEW push feed actioned rifles. It's not an issue with the 416 rem mag it will never be an issue with the 416 Ruger.


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24 May 2008, 07:23
jeffeosso
GA,
No, you don't have to compress. Use win760 ... the hornady starting load gave me 2385fps, and i never tried to get 1fps mpre from my 416 rem.

the 416 ruger would be about the same size/capacity.

its the 458 winmag that has the legacy of compressed loads, and that can be remedied with modern powders...


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