SimpleIsGood229
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Very nice, redneck2! Could ya please list the rifles you own, so we can better help you? 
.416 Rigby
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Shawnee
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Personally. I would trade a 300 Win Mag for a .416 Rigby ANY day !
CHAINGUNMASSACRE
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LOL. That's true. But do you know what weapon has killed more Rhino and Elephant than all the others put together? You already guessed it. The good 'ok Kalashnikov. I have seen video of poachers just shooting 2-3 bursts at an Elephant's head, and it's poleaxed. Dead and twitching. After that it made me wonder why all these people spend all this money on these exotic double cannons when an AK will do the trick. And not to derail the thread, but why the fixation among so many people on thes gibbs, jeffries, and other exotic chamberings when a .50 BMG round has wAAY better terminal ballistics,BC, it's cheaper and so are the weapons that use it. Why do more people not hunt with Barretts? Seems like it would perform admirably on large dangerous game.
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Hi ChainGunMassacre...
The Kalashnikov may "do the trick", but the Rigby and Gibbs calibers/rifles have Soul.
And anyway - what's the point of facing a Cape Buffalo at all if one doesn't have the 'nads to do it with a double rifle or a bolt ?
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The Kalashnikov may "do the trick", but the Rigby and Gibbs calibers/rifles have Soul.
And anyway - what's the point of facing a Cape Buffalo at all if one doesn't have the 'nads to do it with a double rifle or a bolt ?
Local opinion may vary.
CHAINGUNMASSACRE
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LOL. Well said. That does take some balls, and those archaic calibers and rifles do have soul. The AK-47 has notoriety.
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.416 Rigby, because you never know when the zombie tyrannosaurs will attack next...
I guess poachers can use whatever they want because they're illegal from the get-go. Some legit hunters in the early part of the 20th century were in love with the 6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer as an elephant rifle because of its low recoil and phenomenal penetration with the long 160 grain bullet. With the FMJ bullets of the 7.62x39, the poachers are obviously getting enough penetration to do the job. For the legitimate hunters nowadays, however, their choices are pretty much "limited" to .375 H&H and upwards for big/dangerous game. I don't necessarily agree with this, however.
I haven't really looked into the possibilities of the .50 BMG because it's never really appealed to me personally as a sporting cartridge. Don't they have very effective recoil-dampening systems? If so, this is unacceptable IMO because if you're going to shoot a big game rifle, then I feel that it should punish you to some extent.
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I never realized they were in season already! My, the time really creeps up on you, doesn't it?
Doug, Mack Bolan might be interested in a .416 Rigby in one of his adventures some day. I recall in one of his books, circa 1978, that he used a .460 Weatherby.
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Oh, my editors don't like sniping scenes anymore. *rolls eyes.*
Ah well, at least I get to sneak neat things like the Wildley in .44 Automag into some books.
Ah well, at least I get to sneak neat things like the Wildley in .44 Automag into some books.
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The lightest .50 rifle Barrett makes weighs in at 23 pounds. The lightest version of the famous semiauto is 30 pounds. That's plenty reason enough right there.
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My Rigby is my most and least favorite rifle. It's really neat, but it's too heavy for me to manage perfectly and the recoil simply isn't any fun -- even with reduced loads. It's the rifle that, when I get home from the range, dump it disgustedly into the safe with a vow to "never do that again". And six months (and a few chapters of Ruark) later, I can't wait to take it to the range again.
As far as cost to shoot, well, it's not a .223. OTOH, though, once you get past the outrageous cost of brass, it's not too bad. Bullets can be had from Hornady for about 30 bucks per box of 50 -- and if you're like me, twenty rounds in a session is enough.
The brass, while a couple of bucks apiece, is run at such low pressure that it lasts forever. You don't need to buy a couple of hundred pieces. Forty is fine and twenty will do in a pinch. I probably spend more money on .38 wadcutter loads simply because I'll shoot several hundred at once.
Ultimately, I need to do some weightlifting and I need to invest in a bullet mold. A few extra pounds of muscle and a 325 grain lead bullet at 1900 FPS will make for a much better relationship between me and Mr. Rigby.
As far as cost to shoot, well, it's not a .223. OTOH, though, once you get past the outrageous cost of brass, it's not too bad. Bullets can be had from Hornady for about 30 bucks per box of 50 -- and if you're like me, twenty rounds in a session is enough.
The brass, while a couple of bucks apiece, is run at such low pressure that it lasts forever. You don't need to buy a couple of hundred pieces. Forty is fine and twenty will do in a pinch. I probably spend more money on .38 wadcutter loads simply because I'll shoot several hundred at once.
Ultimately, I need to do some weightlifting and I need to invest in a bullet mold. A few extra pounds of muscle and a 325 grain lead bullet at 1900 FPS will make for a much better relationship between me and Mr. Rigby.
That's what I'm talking about!
A big/dangerous game rifle needs to give you a good thrashing! It's a time-honored tradition.
Don't tell me Mack Bolan/The Executioner is becoming politically correct!
Seriously, I'd like to start reading these books again. It's been a while.
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