.416 Rigby Rifle in Use, video

Some time back I bought a CZ 550 Safari Rifle in .416 Rigby. I only took it to the range once, mostly because at 4 bucks or so a round I couldn't bring myself to shoot up all of my expensive ammunition. It was a beast but it was fun. Sadly, after I tore my right rotator cuff up in a martial arts class, I determined that it was going to be very unwise for me to ever shoot that rifle again so I sold it. I will always wonder if I was wrong. Last weekend I killed some feral hogs with a Marlin Guide Gun in .45-70 and a custom built 98 Mauser in .35 Whelen. I had no real problems with those two but I recall the WHOMP of that .416 and, well, yeah, I probably need to avoid that in the future - my shoulder has never had surgery and it's reasonably okay but the .416 could alter that situation - it does rock your world!

***GRJ***
 
Alpo said:
Went out with a friend one time. He had Weatherbys in both 460 and 375.

The 375 was nice. You KNEW you shot a gun, but it weren't THAT bad. Bought one a year or so later.

That 460, on t'other hand. I shot it. Looked at it a minute, then shot it again. The second shot was to prove to ME that I was not scared to shoot it again. I had no desire, then or now, to shoot it a third time.

Couple of years later, I was given the chance to shoot a CZ 416. One was enough. I was quite willing to admit, "That HURT, and I don't want to shoot it again."

Now, it might be the weight difference - CZ might be lighter. Might be the stock design. But the only 416 Rigby I've shot kicked WAAAAAAY more than a 460 Weatherby.

The 375 I bought is also a CZ, and it kicks more than the Weatherby did, also.

Might have posted this movie before, but it's my son-in-law shooting that 375. I told him to pull it into his shoulder, but he did not listen. He handled shot 3 much better than shot 1. :D

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Thanks. I was vacillating between getting a Winchester or a CZ .375. I think the CZ stock design makes it recoil more. Good to know!

I handled a CZ .416 in a store. Felt good, but if it kicks that badly, I'll pass on it. Probably, I'll never really need anything heavier than my .270, which is a Win. M-70 Fwt. Classic. Very nice rifle.

The Sako Safari Grade .375 looks and handles well and should deal well with recoil. Not sure if they still make it. It looks a lot like a London-made gun; not the usual Sako stock style.
 
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A lot of that is probably because he's a 22 shooter. Didn't seem to understand "pull it in". :D By the third shot he's figgered it out.

CZ makes two stock designs. A US shape and the one on that gun. I've heard it called "hogback". It's suppose to make the gun recoil less. I don't know. Haven't shot a CZ with a US stock, so can't really compare. Both of those 550s Safaris - my 375 and the 416 - are hogbacks.
 
I had a Rigby, a Dakota, but sold it off for a M70 416 Remmy and am pleased. Six of one, half dozen of another though the Rigby does require a larger action, moot in my view. I await retirement a few years off to give my M70 a go on buff and such. Thinking the 400 gr TSX at the moment.
 
Beautiful, a classic rifle. Cabela's is closing out a line of double rifles. I don't recall the brand but they are less than half price and nicely engraved. If I had $2100+ I would have brought home a .500 Nitro Express.
 
zzzippper said:
Beautiful, a classic rifle. Cabela's is closing out a line of double rifles. I don't recall the brand but they are less than half price and nicely engraved. If I had $2100+ I would have brought home a .500 Nitro Express.
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I was in the Lone Tree store three weeks ago or so and they were still $5k plus! Might have to go look at them again. They are Sabatti, and while some were real stinkers, some weren't.
 
Yes, go on back. They only had about 5 left. The engraving looked great and they had old-time quality north/south screws. And it was also at the Lone Tree store.
Dashriprock said:
I was in the Lone Tree store three weeks ago or so and they were still $5k plus! Might have to go look at them again. They are Sabatti, and while some were real stinkers, some weren't.
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zzzippper said:
Beautiful, a classic rifle. Cabela's is closing out a line of double rifles. I don't recall the brand but they are less than half price and nicely engraved. If I had $2100+ I would have brought home a .500 Nitro Express.
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Several years ago, I was in a Beretta Gallery and they had a new .470 double of their make for $45,000.

The better doubles are not for any but the really wealthy. If you can't drive a Rolls-Royce or a Ferrari, forget the double rifle. Alas...
 
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