Yes. Of course. 416 components and ammo are much easier to come by these days. When I made that comment, 404 was a little easier to feed than it is now.
The bottom metal may have been modified, but it is the original metal.
My 375H&H is 7 pound and gives far less felt recoil then the 9 pound CZ550 in 375H&H. Secret is the elcheapo plastic stock on the Rem 700. It absorbs a lot of energy and it shots as well as the CZ550. Geus which one I sold.My .375 H&H weighs 7 lbs. It has a free recoil energy of 64 ft-lbs. It beats the snot out of me. I think your values might be a bit low....a .30-06 is normally around 18-20 pounds. My.375 Weatherby is way up there but I use a special stock so it mitigates it. I have the same stock for my .458 Lott build. I want a 500gr at 2400 ft/s. Rock and roll
Mine is a Remington Model 700 Classic. I forget the year, but they used to offer them each year in one caliber only, and it was different from year to year. It has a very narrow stock. I only run open sights on it. The gun itself is only about 6.5 pounds, and just about 7 when loaded. I've put as many as thirty out of it off a sit down bench in a session, but it really rocks me. But as long as I don't get beat in the head by a scope, I don't mind it. My .375 Weatherby that I built is much heavier and has that big A-Square style Coil Check stock, and a 16 ounce mercury recoil reducer in the buttstock. It's much more pleasant to shoot, even though it's got more power and I run a scope on it. The A-Square stock really does work...it's just not very graceful looking
.458 would be even easier. These day, unfortunately, getting into the .404J will be slow and painfully expensive.
I understand now. You had Rigby do the 404J upgrade to your gun. That's how you know the bottom metal is the same. You know your gun. Be interesting to learn what modifications Rigby made to the box. I've often thought about this. Does only the top of the box need to meet Mauser's cosine 30 dimensions formula? As long as the bottom two shells stack offset enough to keep from jumping out of alignment, isn't that enough? Obviously, alignment of the round in line to be cycled is more critical. Bolt needs to pick up the rim and cartridge must stay under the rails till timing is right to jump to bolt face. So, is it only necessary to open up the top third (or quarter?) of the box. If you can, caliper the width of the box next to floorplate and compare it to width at top where it meets the receiver. Hmmm. But if the top of the box was wider, what would happen to stock fit at floorplate? Interesting.
Many professionals don’t consider a cartridge “Large Bore” until you reach .458-class. This is largely subjective.
When I said “you can kill anything” it was relevant because it IS LEGAL, and IS USED for those purposes often (the 375).
Handle buffalo in a pinch?!? A .375 will do far more than that. The four bulls I have killed with a .375 expired rather decisively. I own a .404. 500-416, and .470 - all of which I shoot very well. But, when I travel to Africa and a buffalo is on the dance card, a .375 is inevitably my hunting companion. It is precisely because the .404 and .375 are not interchangeable. The .375 is far more versatile.
On the Rigby .404, please note I did not order the work done. This is a conversion that was done a long time ago maybe early 50s. Barrel was rebored to .404j
No worries, Lon. I was only curious how that rifle transformed. Get well!
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And sectional density - penetration .
