I have a circa 1950-1952 FN Mauser Belgium made 30'06. I would love to have it made to a 416 Taylor. Any advice?

Pretty much open the bolt and rebarrel. Maybe a touch of feed work.

You will love the Taylor!

Do you even have to "open" the bolt?
I thought the Taylor was built on the '06 case so everything would be the same except the hole down the barrel.

Zeke

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Originally posted by ZekeShikar:
Do you even have to "open" the bolt?
I thought the Taylor was built on the '06 case so everything would be the same except the hole down the barrel.

Zeke

AFAIK, that is incorrect. .416 Taylor is a magnum rim diameter round (.532 vs. .473)

THE 416 TAYLOR IS A NECKED DOWN 458 WIN. MAG CASE. I HAVE AND LOVE IT.

FESS

The 416 Taylor is a very fun caliber to shoot, so far all I've loaded are the 350 GN Speer's, but is a lot of fun.

I don't know where my head was with my comment!
I'm just showing my memory and ignorance I guess.
You'd think I would remember since I was involved in helping a friend build a .416 Taylor.
Sorry guys,
Zeke

The .416 Taylor is similar to the .416 AAZW, which is what I created once when I dumped a .338 Win Mag into a .416 chamber while trying to kill a buffalo that didn't want to die. Taught me a good lesson: never put .338 rounds in the .416 ammo belt.

AAZW,
I've never shot a .416 AAZW. I suspect it would not be very effective! Did the bullet even impact the buffalo?
You should start a thread and in it we'll disclose all our mistakes too.
It would be the most entertaining thread on the site.
Sorry, this had nothing to do with a 416 Taylor conversion.
Zeke

It actually is a pretty funny story. I originally shot this buff with a 400 grain Swift. He went down, but he would not die. As we walked up he started to swing his head; my PH said, "He is going to charge, so shoot him again."

I shot and told him to shoot until the thing was dead. Of the 8 buffalo I have shot, this one by far died the hardest (most just go down; half died with one shot). You could hear the air suck thru the holes in his chest when he breathed. He never did get back up, but he wouldn't die. Well, in my haste to kill him I fished out that .338 Win round and fed it into the chamber. I distinctly remember the recoil was way less than normal.

As we skinned out the buff, the PH said it had a wound from a poacher. He showed me the bullet - a .338 bullet that looked brand new except the lead tip was missing. I said, "Hell, that looks like my .338 bullets!"

Indeed, the spent case I later found was the new .416 AAZW.

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Originally posted by ramrod340:
Pretty much open the bolt and rebarrel. Maybe a touch of feed work.

Trust me! A lot more than a "touch of feed work"