Anyone had any luck shooting the 400 grain Partition in a 416 Remington?

While my Winchester shoots the 350 Speer and 350 Barnes Xs (3 shots) under an inch, it sprays the Partition over 2-3 inches.

Although the Barnes will likely do anything I need a 416 to do, in my heart I'd prefer a 400 weight bullet.

If I can get it to shoot!

Any suggestions?

JMac,

No experience in the Remington version, but my 416 Taylor did not care for them.

Huge groups, not even worth measuring. This with several types of powders. I finally gave up, and set my last 50 or so to a friend with another 416, I forget which one though. He never told me how they worked out.

Have heard good reports from Ray though...

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Brian

JMac - I have always shoot 410gr Woodleigh Weldcores and Solids in my .416 Dakota. While I am a Nosler fan for my medium and small bores, I have not shot the new .416 Partitions. No matter what I do to my load development, the Woodleigh�s always want to make cloverleaf patterns on my target. Nothing seems to phase their accuracy and they perform great in the field. Since Trophy Bonded will soon be available once again, I doubt that I will even try the Partitions.

Ray had several clients use the Partitions this past hunting season. I think his field reports were favorable on the bullet. However, if you cannot get the Noslers to group with basic load development attempts, you might want to try Woodleigh or TB.

I have a few tricks to play with yet but don't have too many hopes for them. I'm having a hard time getting 2400 fps with RE-15 and the groups are probably over three inches. IMR-4064 is a little better in the accuracy department but still a little slow.

The Noslers are pretty long and eat up a lot of case and I'm not real fond of the idea of a super-compressed load. Anyone know, off hand, how long a 400 grain A-Frame or Woodleigh is?

I may just try the Swifts or Woodleighs.

Thanks, Joe.

Joe,

I don't have any Swifts of Woodleighs to measure.

I do have one 370gr North Fork bullet in .416". It measures 1.438 inches long. That compared to a normal Hornady RN which measures about 1.340 inches long.

Last week, I ordered two boxes of Mikes NF bullets in 370grs, should get here anytime now.

Given the smaller Taylor case, I'm hoping to reach the magic 2400fps with this slightly lighter bullet.

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Brian

Joe - The OAL of the 410gr Woodleigh Weldcore (Mark II Jacket) is 1.334". The measurement from the base of the bullet to the cannelure is +/-0.507".

The 416 Noslers are excellent on Buffalo. they will smash a shoulder and make an exit wound half the time, and that about says it all...Several clients used them this year and the PH's were very impressed...I loaded some up for one PH and thats what he is using in his 416 Rigby along with some Northforks.

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Ray Atkinson

ray@atkinsonhunting.com
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We're getting closer....maybe.

I snuck off yesterday and got to shoot a bit. Seventy-eight grains of IMR-4064 gave 2436fps and a 1.350" group. Just one group but promising.

Now we'll see if it will do that good all the time.

The Nosler runs about 1.485" overall length and .710" from the base to the cannelure. That long shank eats up a lot of boiler room.

Thanks for the comments, Joe.