Very nice looking Mauser!

Finally shot the Taylor today. Did first shot offhand JUST IN CASE, after the shot I turned to my girlfriend with a big smile and said "That wasn't bad."

All in all I fired 14 rounds today wearing just a T-shirt and no problems. Albeit the loads have yet to reach full potential, (350gr doing 2350fps, 400gr doing 2150fps) it still shouldn't be that bad. I was VERY impressed to say the least. I am generally pretty recoil proof (NOT counting handguns past 45 Colt, they scare the living hell out of me), but that doesn't mean I enjoy getting the snot knocked out of me. I didn't experience any of that with the 416 Taylor, I would think that ANYONE could shot one of these if properly set up.

I have been on the receiving end of alot worse, mostly 12ga shotguns in various forms (and ex-mother-in-laws). Nope, accept for a little bit of muzzle left it was a pleasure to shoot. The 4 miles of eye-relief with the Leupold is ALWAYS helpful.

VZ-24 w/hinged floorplate, Decelarator (sic) pad, 23" #5 Douglas barrel, laminated stock with crossbolt and a 2 1/2x Leupold.

I plan on chopping a few inches off the forend and adding a barrel band but that is about it for now.

Very nice!!

I really like the barrel taper and coating.

Mike

HI,

Very nice rifle, who did the work and what is the weight of the rifle?,Kev

Thanks. You know me Mike, Steelhead on 24 Hour.

Harvey King in Selma,AL did the work. I actually bought it from SamB (Firefly arms?)on this site last year. It was a 35 Whelen at the time. Harvey did the barrel and feed work, along with recoil pad and blueing.

Sam already had it ready to go, I just decided to add a 416 to the battery.

Oh yea, weight is just a hair over 9 1/2 pounds with scope on board.

Good work, nice rifle, sensible caliber.

I found that with my Taylor those vel. are nice to shot add nother 100fps to the 350s and then 200 to the 400gr bullet you well notice the recoil a bit more.

But the more I shoot it the less recoil sensitive I become or is it being brain numbed.

I loaded some 300gr bullets at 2250 they are very nice to shoot. Then push them to 2620 that is a little more stout.

Two weeks from now we are having doe only hunt I plan to wack a few ith it then

Have fun

Very nice Rig...the .416 Taylor seems to appeal to me I's like to re-do a stainless Ruger .338 into one one day.

Welcome.

As you found out, shooting the larger bores off-hand is usually not as painful as most people think.

How was the accuracy?

George