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What about a .416 Dakota?

Thanks for all the advise, just got back from Lost Wages. Out there 7 weeks teaching the USAF, had a good time just glad to get home a little while! Will start looking for a good barrel to thread and chamber in a 1909 Argt. action.

I have a .416 barrel lying around the house. I believe that it is a Douglass #5 contour. I would take $150 shipped for it.

Steelhead - in the equation "NEED vs.DESIRE(aka WANT)" the desire part always wins for me. I figure when the coffin lid closes it's waaay too late to think "damn...I should have gotten that..." Of course, MANAGING(read $$$)this equation's solution is the really hard part. LOL. Regards, Homesteader.

I have a reamer for the 416 Taylor and built two of them about 4 years ago , one for me on a new RH 700 action in a B&C stock, the other for a friend on a LH 700 action in a walnut BDL stock....The B&C was one of the Carbelite models with the big wide cushy pad, recoil wasn't nearly as bad as we expected.

Something like this maybe


Not a good picture I know, LH Ruger 77MKII, B&C Carbelite. 3/4" Groups at 100yds with 350gr HAWK RN

Nice looks right on!

I shot a 405 WCF owned by our own 405WCF here at the 'fire at our Michigan get together this past January, as well as some other rifles that ought to thump harder, including a .458 AR which is a 375 RUM necked to 458 and trimmed for an '06-length mag. That 1895 in 405, because of the drop on the stock and steel butt plate, kicked WAY harder than that massive AR which has more case capacity than a 458 Lott.

The only thing cooler than a 416 Taylor or Ruger would be the hunt that makes it necessary. Someday...

I'd go w/ the Ruger myself. I am no fan of belted mags (I've never owned one) either and like the idea of more readily available brass that is properly headstamped just in case my dream of Africa comes true some day... thats no put down to the Taylor though, which in my mind has a certain gravitas that "normal" factory legitimized rounds don't.

Got a Taylor built on a Rem 700 with a Shilen barrel and McMillan Sporter stock and love it. I neck down 458 Win Mag brass and use Hornady 400 Gr. SP's. Not too bad on the shoulder and fun to shoot.

A 350 grainer SAF @ 2,500 is sort of a cool loading. The TSX 300 at almost 2,700 rocks the house. Penetration a 400 grainer gave on a facing chest shot with a brown bear was quite telling.

The .416 Taylor is more versatile than many give it credit for. It do kick a bit...


best,
bhtr

ps. Use 458 Winny brass by Winchester...the already annealed stuff. It's as easy as can be to resize. Federal nickle looks awesome:)

I have one built on a Mark-X. It is not that bad and a great shooter. I like the 400gr Noslers at 2350fps over a stiff charge of IMR4320. Gatlinguns put it together. It is a consitent sub MOA rifle. I load 300gr X bullets for deer and it does a great job. reflex264