Cal. .416.

06 January 2010, 20:56

kaizer2007

Cal. .416.

Hi all.
Cal. .416 whether is absolute and sufficient for the complete scope of hunt in Africa.
Opinions and advices.
Thank you for an answer.

06 January 2010, 22:45

CCMDoc

The simple answer, based upon the words written here and elsewhere by people who have spent their lives hunting all African game, is "YES".

I used mine for all of my Plains Game and my PH said "that is just about perfect" for Cape buffalo and elephant.

You will certainly get many responses from people with opinions about what might be better but the short answer to the question asked is again, "Yes".

NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003

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07 January 2010, 07:45

Biebs

A 400gr bullet at 2,400 fps from a 416 will out-penetrate just about all of the big rounds. The larger rounds may create more "energy", but on the largest game, the Elephant, a killing brain shot is more about penetration than energy.

PS: And please don't ask why I have a 600 OK and a 700 AHR !!

07 January 2010, 07:47

Big Bore Boar Hunter

The 416 does A-ok on anything walking. Not sure on pterodactyls.

John

07 January 2010, 08:10

Woodrow S

And you won't feel beat up like when your shooting a fully charged 458 Lott.

07 January 2010, 11:23

kaizer2007

quote:
Originally posted by Biebs:
A 400gr bullet at 2,400 fps from a 416 will out-penetrate just about all of the big rounds. The larger rounds may create more "energy", but on the largest game, the Elephant, a killing brain shot is more about penetration than energy.

PS: And please don't ask why I have a 600 OK and a 700 AHR !!

I think that everybody values the safety.
It is talked for Russians:
"perebzdet better than nedobzdet",-sense is such it is better to do very little more than a bit less than.

07 January 2010, 15:27

jro45

I would say that the 416 shooting a solid 400gr
could kill any thing.

08 January 2010, 14:36

416Tanzan

And if you want some range for antelope, you can load a pair of 350 TSX and 350 banded solids for allaound everything. The 350 flatnose solid will penetrate about anything and only needs the 400 grain flatNose solid for a little more reliatbility on rear-end elephant shots.

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08 January 2010, 19:42

Buliwyf

Yes, yes, and yes!

08 January 2010, 20:52

Dave Bush

quote:
Originally posted by 416Tanzan:
And if you want some range for antelope, you can load a pair of 350 TSX and 350 banded solids for allaound everything. The 350 flatnose solid will penetrate about anything and only needs the 400 grain flatNose solid for a little more reliatbility on rear-end elephant shots.

My thoughts exactly!

Dave
DRSS
Chapuis 9.3X74
Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL
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