The .416 Rigby is a rifle cartridge designed in 1911 by London based gunmaker John Rigby & Company, for hunting dangerous game. It is the first cartridge...
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revival of the .416 Rigby and the introduction of other .416 cartridges such as the .416 Weatherby Magnum and the .416 Ruger. The .416 Remington Magum...
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thick-skinned dangerous game animals in Africa. The cartridge is based on the .416 Rigby necked up to accept a .458 in (11.6 mm) bullet and is intended for use...
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equal the performance of the .416 Rigby and .416 Remington Magnum from a standard length .30-06 length action. The .416 Ruger is suitable for the largest...
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buffalo. It is considered the most powerful commercial .416 cartridge, besting the Remington, Rigby and Ruger .416s by a velocity of 300 ft/s (91 m/s). Unlike...
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No. 2. Rigby also invented the .416 Rigby cartridge. Although Rigby has been credited with inventing or promoting the 7x57 as the ".275 Rigby" cartridge...
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manageable recoil. By way of comparison, the .416 Rigby and .416 Remington Magnum cartridges fire .416 in (10.57 mm) bullets of 400 gr (26 g) at 2,400...
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(730 m/s), thereby equaling (and perhaps exceeding) the performance of the .416 Rigby (presuming moderate temperatures and barometric pressures). Waters also...
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level of ballistic performance to African stopping rifles, such as the .416 Rigby and .470 Nitro Express. Given comparable barrel lengths, it is nearly...
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military body armor at 1,000 m (1,094 yd). After preliminary experiments, a .416 Rigby case necked down to take a 0.338-inch (8.6 mm) bullet was selected, since...
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Retrieved 2018-12-16. ".416 Rigby data from Accurate Powder" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2018-12-16. .416 Ruger Alaskan "404...
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bookseller Rigby, Idaho, U.S. Rigby High School Rigby's La Plaza Historic District, Florida, U.S. .416 Rigby, a rifle cartridge John Rigby & Company,...
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Nitro Express and .416 Rigby. In addition, he collaborated with Mauser on redesigning the G98 to accept magnum cartridges. Rigby was also mainly responsible...
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Canada Heckler & Koch HK416 .416 Barrett .416 Rigby 416, a visual novel UR-416, a West German armoured car Ontario Highway 416 This disambiguation page lists...
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.405 Winchester .408 CheyTac .416 Barrett .416 Hushpuppy .416 Remington Magnum .416 Rigby .416 Ruger .416 Taylor .416 Weatherby Magnum .425 Westley Richards...
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an original belted magnum design with no parent case, inspired by the .416 Rigby and headspacing of the belted .375 H&H Magnum. The 215 magnum rifle primer...
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and a long magnum action designed for cartridges such as the .375 H&H, .416 Rigby, and the .458 Lott. In 2006, Ruger introduced new features and a new name...
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literature on such calibers as the .577 Nitro Express, .375 H&H Magnum, .416 Rigby, .404 Jeffery, .505 Gibbs, .450 Nitro Express, and .470 Nitro Express...
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open sights and aiming optics. Available in .375 Holland & Holland, .416 Rigby and .458 Winchester Magnum with a 5, 3 and 4-round fixed magazine. The...
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the .416 Rigby and the .470 Nitro Express, two cartridges with similar muzzle energy but different bullet weights. Taylor states that the .416 Rigby will...
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Winchester Magnum .35 Remington .358 Winchester .375 H&H Magnum .416 Remington Magnum .416 Rigby .458 Winchester Magnum .470 Capstick 1936 United States WKW...
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The original .378 Weatherby Magnum parent case was inspired by the .416 Rigby. The .460 Weatherby Magnum was designed as an African dangerous game rifle...
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Winchester .38-55 Winchester .404 Jeffery .405 Winchester .416 Remington Magnum .416 Ruger .416 Rigby .44 Remington Magnum .45-70 Government .450 Bushmaster...
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pistol. John Rigby & Company developed distinct rounds for its Mauser safari big-game rifles .350 Rigby, .416 Rigby, and the .450 Rigby). Česká Zbrojovka...
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bolt action, paving the way for such cartridges as the .375 H&H and .416 Rigby The term Nitro Express came to be applied to many of these rimless cartridges...
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specific focus on the Thumper concept and subsonic use. Based on the .416 Rigby case, it is a non-belted and bottlenecked cartridge. Earlier J. D. Jones...
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by which other action designs are judged. In 1911, John Rigby & Co. introduced the .416 Rigby cartridge that due to its dimensions could only be used...
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economical brass. The .338 Lapua Magnum case by itself has been based on the .416 Rigby. The .460 Weatherby Magnum has a case head diameter (0.580"/ 14,73mm)...
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Weatherby Magnum, .404 Jeffery, .416 Rigby, .416 Weatherby Magnum, .416 Remington Magnum, .425 Express, .450 Ackley, .450 Rigby, .458 Winchester Magnum, .460...
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his father's Purdey shotgun and a .275 rifle whilst later he used a .416 Rigby, a .500 Nitro Express and a .505 Gibbs rifle. Constantine John Philip...
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