i have the ruger guide gun in 416 ruger and have been shooting it for two years now. havent had the opportunity to hunt with it yet and was wondering if anyone has and what game your hunting and how do you like it.

My 416 Taylor is almost the same deer and bear what is not like about a 416 bullet traveling at what ever velocity.

Bang dead.

I have a 20" barrel Ruger Alaskan in 416 Ruger. I really like the cartridge. I moose hunted with it a couple of years ago in factory form, with the Hogue stock. It is currently having the stock replaced with a McMillan classic. I loaded 350 grain TSX bullets. I shot a young fork-horn moose at about 80 yards, frontal / slightly angling shot. I was rather impressed with the impact visuals. It looked as if rocked back and was going to sit on his butt, but tipped to his side prior to, and was of course very dead.
I have purchased some 350 grain TTSX to try, but I am plenty happy with the TSX version for my intended distances.

The 416 Ruger and 375 Ruger are definitely favorites. I am also a fan of the 416 Rem and 375 H&H. Though, I usually grab the Ruger versions.

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Originally posted by Tanoose:
i have the ruger guide gun in 416 ruger and have been shooting it for two years now. havent had the opportunity to hunt with it yet and was wondering if anyone has and what game your hunting and how do you like it.

The 20"-barreled Hawkeye "Alaskan" Stainless .416 Ruger is sweet.

Take it out of the Hogue stock and put it in one of the old "canoe paddle" M77 MkII stocks.

The barreled action weighs 5.5 lbs.
The stock weighs 1.5 lbs.
So the rifle weighs 7.0 pounds dry.
It becomes "bitter sweet" then.

Makes a better survival tool too.
Darn serviceable as firearm and canoe paddle.
Rip
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Laughing out loud about the "survival tool". Though, fully agree those are extremely tough stocks. I would have no issue using them, other than reduction of l.o.p. is not their strong suit. The plastic ones on the newer ones also seem sturdy. I have been considering putting 375 & 416 Ruger Alaskans in these, not sure how well they will take bedding if needed.

Plastic on anything rifle or shooting related

Contrary to what environmentals are claiming plastic is far from permanent !

1974 Kershaw Outlaw Bill, served me well over the years, I took very good care of this knife, the edge carefully cared for, not a scratch but sadly the grippy composite handle is not faring well at all, has become gummy and sticky and soon if will be no more

This knife skinned many a animal and sadly it now resides in it's box slowly turning to a sticky mess



1972 Styer Mannlicher .... the plastic and composites in the rotary magazine is falling apart

Early 70's rubber folding knife handle: Technology has certainly improved since then.
Even this century there have been some bad recoil pads that turned to mush (LimbSaver) though improved formulae resulted.
Ain't it funny though, I love the synthetic and stainless rifle, but abhor the rubber-handled knife.

That plastic magazine should have been treated like a disposable from the outset, should have been designed to be affordably replaceable like those newfangled diapers for infants and adults.
Ain't it funny though, I abhor a rotary magazine on anything but a toy like the Ruger 10-22.

Rip
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Most of my experience with 400 grain bullets. Hornady round nose for practice and Swift A-Frames for taking care of business. 6 shots = 2 zebra and 2 cape buffalo bulls and 2 cows. R-15 is good but MR-2000 higher velocity. Great fun shooting 350 grain gas checked lead bullets from Montana Bullet Works with case full of IMR 7383 surplus powder. Definitely get a taper crimp die from Lee. Get a NECG peep sight for Ruger bases for a scope back up and for using as a bear protection rifle in Alaska and Hudson Bay. Check Nosler on line loading data. Case capacity with 400 grain Partition seated is 80 grains of water for the 416 Remington and 76 grains of water for the Ruger.

Im with Alf, I normally dislike Stainless steel and plastic with the exception of perhaps rainfall and snow areas like Alaska, and Northern Canada..Even Idaho when the snow is deep..but I still mostly always use a blue rifle and a wood stock..

"Good Wood" properly cured and fineished is as stable as plastic IMO, Factory wood may not be for 10 years of its stock life...Ive hunted all the bad weather spots in the world with wood and have never had that perceived problem of warpage, but I know it has happened, but I have also seen plastic stocks set too close to a fire bend and the same from riding in a hot trunk of a car...so there ya go, its a crap shoot..I like wood personally..

I built a couple of them before Ruger came out with them. I just opened up a 375 Ruger case to 416 and 404..I never used either on game but Ive used the 416 REm and 375 H&H as well as the 375 Chatfield Taylor, and the Rugers are just as good or better..

It's as good or better than my 375 H&H or my 404 Jefferys, but Im not going to run out and buy one to take the place of either the two...

Its a well thought out designed case on a proper size action..

I used the same loads that were in Gun magazine, article by that now older gun scribe that last name began with an S and wrote a lot of aritcles..He used RL-15 and I agree that it was the best powder I used to test with..I used 77 and up to 78 grs. the author of the article in Guns Mag said a max load was 82 grs... but better check on the internet or a reloading book to be sure..The Ruger 375 in the data Ive read had more case capacity than the H&H case and got a little more velocity..

The 416 and 375 Rugers are great calibers IMO..

Love mine. I've taken squirrels, deer, wolf and cape buffalo. Kind of covers everything!

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Love mine. I've taken squirrels, deer, wolf and cape buffalo. Kind of covers everything!

Mine has accounted for a few porcupines.

I would bet that my daughter is maybe the only female in the states that has shot a porcupine with a 416.

416 Ruger is a great caliber. And it can fit a smaller rifle than a heavy safari-type.

It will probably be my next 416 after several 9.5#--10# Rigbys.

I have been taking mine to Africa for the last 5 years now and have shot everything from a warthog to eland with it and it has performed flawlessly, probably my favorite rifle.