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500/416 Pressure level

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17 November 2011, 20:09
Norsk
500/416 Pressure level
Just got cases for my 500/416 Krieghoff Big Five. The cases are huge!

I have read on local forums that the bottlenecked cartridge is suboptimal for doubles because it operates with high pressure. Looking at max pressure charts I can not understand this. It is close to 500 NE pressure and lower than 416 Rigby and a lot less than 375 h&h and similar. It seems when people see bottlenecks they automatically assume high pressure... Any thoughts on this?
18 November 2011, 00:38
doubleriflejack
Norsk,
What you said is true, so load so as to not exceed normal pressures for the .500/.416, and you have nothing to worry about. If you haven't already done so, look at Kreighoff's website, for more details about this cartridge.