My favorite I guess....just bought it. Only Big Bore I own. Cabelas Ltd. FN Winchester Model 70 African Super Grade .458 Win Mag. Putting a Nikon Monarch African 1.1x4x24, 30mm Illuminated scope on it. Beautifukll wood on it.
[quote=Wacenturion]My favorite I guess....just bought it. Only Big Bore I own. Cabelas Ltd. FN Winchester Model 70 African Super Grade .458 Win Mag. Putting a Nikon Monarch African 1.1x4x24, 30mm Illuminated scope on it. Beautifukll wood on it."
Great looking rifle, nice to have some good figuring in that wood too. Family heirloom in the making!
Mine is my .500 A-Sq. Hannibal. I shoot cast 575gr. bullets around 1500fps to make shooting the thing fun. I will touch off a couple around 2200fps once every other month just to stay in touch.
My next is my .375 Weatherby.
You can piddle with the puppies, or run with the wolves...
A 500 A Square is about the baddest thing I shot. I swear it weighed 12# and still kicked the living hell out of me. I knew better than to try it from a bench. I had a SAKO 416 Rem mag that was the prettiest thing you ever saw but it would give you a cut forehead every time. It cut me and 2 other guys who are used to stuff like 505 Gibbs and regularly shoot DGR rifles. Somebody else thought it was pretty and bought without asking to shoot it. He lives far away. I like the 450 Rigby and shoot a 450 Dakota loaded down to 2300fps with a 450gr North Fork. It shoots a one hole group at 50yds with very little prompting. I like the 375 H&H and have a BRNO and a Win 70.
I thought that your 4 bore was your favorite one, not that wimpy 600!
"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; you may know that your society is doomed." Ayn Rand
I bought a 416 Rigby a few years ago. I guess I have this dream to go and hunt cape buffalo one of these years and wanted to have a buffalo capable rifle that I am well practiced with when the time comes.
I bought the Rigby just based on everything I could read about the various .4 + bores. I cannot say it is the best big bore but it sure kills bears better than anything else I've used.
A 500 A Square is about the baddest thing I shot. I swear it weighed 12# and still kicked the living hell out of me. I knew better than to try it from a bench. I had a SAKO 416 Rem mag that was the prettiest thing you ever saw but it would give you a cut forehead every time. It cut me and 2 other guys who are used to stuff like 505 Gibbs and regularly shoot DGR rifles. Somebody else thought it was pretty and bought without asking to shoot it. He lives far away. I like the 450 Rigby and shoot a 450 Dakota loaded down to 2300fps with a 450gr North Fork. It shoots a one hole group at 50yds with very little prompting. I like the 375 H&H and have a BRNO and a Win 70.
.500 A-Sq. I was shooting the 575's with a 900 in the middle.
Brockman .375 Weatherby on ZKK-602
It shoots pretty well.
My Husqvarna 9.3x62mm. I think it is a 146 but since reading up on them I am not sure. I bought two boxes of ammo for it ($176.00!!!), and haven't shot it yet. It is ssssooooo light I know it is going to seriously hurt. Really, I think it weighs like 6.5 pounds; it is ridiculous.
You can piddle with the puppies, or run with the wolves...
- a CZ 550 in 9.3x62 - a Pre-64 M70 Winchester in .375 H&H - a Custom VZ-24 in .416 Taylor - a Dakota 76 in .416 Rigby
With the recent changes in US Policy on shipping and receiving firearms back into the country, I may have to make them display items in my Man Cave.
donsm70
Life Member...Safari Club International Life Member...Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Life Member...Keystone Country Elk Alliance Life Member...National Rifle Association
A 500 A Square is about the baddest thing I shot. I swear it weighed 12# and still kicked the living hell out of me. I knew better than to try it from a bench. I had a SAKO 416 Rem mag that was the prettiest thing you ever saw but it would give you a cut forehead every time. It cut me and 2 other guys who are used to stuff like 505 Gibbs and regularly shoot DGR rifles. Somebody else thought it was pretty and bought without asking to shoot it. He lives far away. I like the 450 Rigby and shoot a 450 Dakota loaded down to 2300fps with a 450gr North Fork. It shoots a one hole group at 50yds with very little prompting. I like the 375 H&H and have a BRNO and a Win 70.
.500 A-Sq. I was shooting the 575's with a 900 in the middle.
Brockman .375 Weatherby on ZKK-602
It shoots pretty well.
My Husqvarna 9.3x62mm. I think it is a 146 but since reading up on them I am not sure. I bought two boxes of ammo for it ($176.00!!!), and haven't shot it yet. It is ssssooooo light I know it is going to seriously hurt. Really, I think it weighs like 6.5 pounds; it is ridiculous.
That 9.3 is very cool looking!!!
Originally Posted by raybass
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
Originally Posted by Pharmseller
You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole.
45-90 on a Winchester 1885 action - favorite - Would very much like to take it out for bison.
My 375 H&H AI pre 64 Model 70 may take it's place though. I plan on taking it to South Africa next summer. I'll leave the 1885 at home. Just wonder if I should take a smaller rifle... 300 WM or 06 perhaps or even a 280.
I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
I bought a 416 Rigby a few years ago. I guess I have this dream to go and hunt cape buffalo one of these years and wanted to have a buffalo capable rifle that I am well practiced with when the time comes.
I bought the Rigby just based on everything I could read about the various .4 + bores. I cannot say it is the best big bore but it sure kills bears better than anything else I've used.
You will enjoy the 416 Rigby on buffalo. If you handload, try the 350TTSX Barnes or 330 HV GSCustom at over 2800fps for plains game and a great reach on elk or such. I like the feel of a Rigby round in the hand. It's comforting.
I've owned several over the years to include: > Parker-Hale in 404 Jeffery > Winchester M95 in 405 WCF > Ruger RSM in 416 Rigby > CZ 550 Safari in 416 Rigby > Winchester M1886 in 45-70 > Marlin "Guide Gun" in 45-70 > Winchester M71 re-barreled to 450 Alaskan > Pre-64 M70 in 458 Win > Winchester M-70 opened up to 458 Lott > A-Square Hannibal in 458 Lott
Of this bunch only the Model 1895 and 1886 remain; I don't see any more safari's in my future and as I'm on the other side of 50 I'm not as recoil proof as I used to think I was.
I use my CZ 550 LUX in 9.3x62mm as much as I can and I still keep a Winchester M-70 in 375 H&H on standby.
My favorite is a 404 Ruger re-bored from 375 in an early Hawkeye African. Light enough and handy either in the factory wood or a Borden synthetic stock.
If the game is large enough then a 500 3" NE Krieghoff DR gets the nod. A stopper with 570 grain CEB Solids and a good dose of H-4350.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty of give me death! P. Henry
My favorite big bore is a 450 Dakota in a ZKK 602. I have several 375s from Winchester Model 70,BRNO ZKK 602 and Remington 700. 45-70, Win 71, Marlin 450,444 Marlin and Sabatti 92 in 450 31/2NE. My favorite rifle is a CZ550 Lux in 9.3x62. It and my Remington 700 30-06 have been to Africa with me 6 times. Now we've all made our last trip. Sometime in the next couple years my son will have an sale with all of them except the Remington 30-06 and the 9.3. He killed his first Kudu with the Remington.
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