Originally Posted by gunner500
Originally Posted by m_stevenson
Originally Posted by SBTCO
Is 416 Rigby even close?


Not even remotely close.


Absolutely correct, the 600 and even 700 Nitros pale in comparison to my 8 Bore black powder rifle.

IIRC, a 10lb rifle firing 400 grs black powder under an 825 gr round ball at 1450 fps has 190 ft. lbs free recoil! shocked

That old heifer really boots fully loaded, the 300 gr charge is plenty enough for me or anything I'd ever hunt with it.


The biggest I've shot was a 505 Gibbs after 15 rounds I was getting a head ache.


I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first