Thread: 416 Rigby

Originally Posted by Alvar

Great, thank you very much. I have not done any hunting in New Zealand at this stage. I have a CZ 416 Rigby, 22" barrel and fitted with a Lynx 1.5-5x32 scope. Normally I shoot the 400gr Hornady Interlock, which is good for about 2300fps. I have comfortably strecthed its legs to about 150m. Will it be good for any hunting in New Zealand? To supplement the 416 I also have a 7x64 Brenneke and a 8x57 JS Mauser. I get the feeling the 416 will not get out much.

Regards

Alvar

Id say the 400 grainers even the soft points a bit much on anything other than larger feral cattle beasts. Not much to start the bullets mushrooming.
From your comments it looks like you can reload? If so I'd go for the lighter projectiles.
In saying that the other two you have would be ideal for all of our big game as long as you don't want to do really long range on the alpine stuff.

Hi csmiffy,

Yes, I do reload. Thank you for the recommendation. I will look into using lighter projectiles. At least I will be able to get some more velocity out of them.

Thanks

Alvar