ruger m77 hawkeye alaskan in .416 ruger - 12/12/10
Saw this somewhere on the web, looks like a sweet deal... stainless/synthetic for under 800 bucks in 416 ruger... can't beat that. I like the compact 20" barrel, and the stock express sights look decent. this might be my next gun... I would use this here at home in north america on bears of all kind, moose, buffalo, elk, even whitetail.. way over kill but who cares does the job. Then if I ever want to go to africa I don't have to buy a whole another rifle.
My questions are 1)would the 416 ruger out of 20" barrel (400gr@2325-2375fps) be hot enough for all of the big 5 including cape buffalo, elephant, rhino... and add hippo to that too. I think it will, but just want to verify with some experienced people 2)has anyone used this gun, if so what do you think about... likes/dislikes.
I would either scope it with a 1-4x scope of some kind that is illuminated and has plenty of eye relief i think 4" is minimum. Or was thinking of getting one of those new AIMPOINT hunter sights, with the small 2 moa... would be good for range estimation... can use the size of the dot to determine distance. I know alot of safari guys are not a big fan of electronic sights, and even bear hunters...but aimpoints are tough as nails.. used by U.S. army in afghanistan and IRaq wars. I would have no problem trusting my life to it.
My questions are 1)would the 416 ruger out of 20" barrel (400gr@2325-2375fps) be hot enough for all of the big 5 including cape buffalo, elephant, rhino... and add hippo to that too. I think it will, but just want to verify with some experienced people 2)has anyone used this gun, if so what do you think about... likes/dislikes.
I would either scope it with a 1-4x scope of some kind that is illuminated and has plenty of eye relief i think 4" is minimum. Or was thinking of getting one of those new AIMPOINT hunter sights, with the small 2 moa... would be good for range estimation... can use the size of the dot to determine distance. I know alot of safari guys are not a big fan of electronic sights, and even bear hunters...but aimpoints are tough as nails.. used by U.S. army in afghanistan and IRaq wars. I would have no problem trusting my life to it.