I am to pick up my new (built) 416 Taylor this afternoon. Now starts the fun of developing loads for soft and hard. I have never shot any thing bigger than 375. I am not a wimp but has anyone used one of those lead sleds for the bench when shooting more than the normal amount of rounds getting things fine tuned. Thanks.

i love the leadsled.. if you do a search in bigbores, you'll find some good ratings on it.

frankly, the taylor will kick about the same as you 375, with 400gr at 2300, and it's surprisingly plesant to shoot.



jeffe

I agree totally. I have owned a couple of Taylors, and they are both very mild in the recoil department. When loaded to within 100 fps of my Ruger Rigby, they are pleasant to shoot and the Rigby is a real slapper. I believe it is due to the modest powder charges used. The weight of the charge, due to its exit velocity, generates a lot of the recoil in a rifle.

How much of the felt recoil is due to the rifle design. I have a Ruger M77 with the dug out (the center smaller with Ruger name impressed) stock and that damn thing kicks like a mule. My 338 and 375 both have thumbhole stocks and are not that bad. I had a thumbhole put of the 416 also.