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Originally posted by Ackley Improved User:
I built a 416 RUM on an old 7mm Mag M700 action. 26" Lilja barrel. I'm getting between 2600 and 2700 fps with 400 gr. bullets using Re17, W760, H4350, or Ramshot Big Game with great accuracy and long case life. Recently, I got 2575 fps with 450 gr. Woodleigh bullets (~6700 ft#) using Re19 or PP-4000-MP and 2625 fps with 430 gr. NF SS using Re17 (~6500 ft#).

This is both a close-range and long-range gun. I can get 2850 fps with 350 TTSX (BC=.444) for long-range or close-range work.

Cases are easy to make by simply sizing up a std 375 RUM case.

You might consider this round, if you want a "one gun for everything Africa," and you don't want to buy the larger action needed for a 416 Weatherby or 416 Rigby. You can also rebarrel your current belted magnum gun for the 416 RUM with minor magazine modifications, and then return to your origin belted mag after switching barrels. The magazine will still work for the belted mag. For my 416 RUM, I also have a 338 RUM barrel, which I switch out as needed for elk, etc.