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Ouch !
One should hold onto the forend too.
Shooting a kicker like a rimfire is not cool.
That is why I have resolved to change the forend screw on my Ruger No. 1 .458 WM after every 100 rounds.
I like the 20" barreled .416 Ruger M77 Hawkeye Alaskan in a canoe paddle stock too.
Hated the Hogue stock.
Mine weighs 5.5 lbs for factory barreled action, and the Zytel stock weighs 1.5 lbs, so
7.0 lbs for an express sighted .416 Ruger is almost as good as my 7.5# .458 WinMag with 23" barrel, on an M70 with #4 McGowen sporter contour.
I do add a slip-on pad to the canoe paddle stock for comfort and longer LOP so it is 7.25# before scope and ammo for the 20" .416 Ruger
I have a 24"-barreled Ruger No.1 .416 Ruger also.
It weighs 8 lbs-2 oz as it came out of the box.
The factory ammo is excellent.
Hornady DGS 400-grainer gave 2401 fps corrected to MV (2388 fps 5-yard) at 65*F in the 24-incher.
St.dev. for 20 shots was 10 fps.
Same ammo in the 20-incher at 77*F gave 2337 fps at 5 yards, MV corrected = 2350 fps,
and that was an average of 25 shots with st. dev. = 10 fps again.
I consider ammo excellent if st.dev. in fps is numerically less than the number of shots fired for the sample.
The 400-gr DGX ammo may be different, but supposed to shoot close to same POI, should be close to same MV.
