Recent content by Riflecrank

Need a cartridge case drawing, or correct dimensions for cartridge maximum dimensions, and a member of Ammoguide to submit it. Any history and load data available is desirable to add there too. I would love to do it if I had the info. Any more info posted here could be transferred to AmmoGuide.

Worth repeating.

Mighty cool cartridge. It needs to be added at AmmoGuide. It would look nice smack in the middle of this line-up: I am mighty partial to .338 Lapua Magnum wildcatting. My collection: Instead of 2.200" case length, my .500-caliber-cat has 2.670" case length, blown-out /"improved." Michael...

Jim is just scoping the target here with finger off trigger, not ready to fire, picture was just to show his rifle-scope's forehead relief: Here is an actual shooting hold of the rifle: Jim heals well, and the latest Shockey Forehead related to above shot was minor: I have seen about a...

That sort of forehead relief should be tolerated only on rat-caliber rifles.

Russ, I have scarfed my images from the internet and screen shots of Jim Shockey videos. I did a presentation on the "Penfold .458 WIN MAG" over at the 24hrBonfireOfTheVanities on 07/25/2024 posting at the "Square Table" thread. Hopefully sumbuddy will come forward to take credit for the rifle...

Ser Russ, You have done very well. Some images to dress up your thread: Jim Shockey guided by PH with a "Penfold .458 WIN MAG" ...

Yep, very nice.

400-grainers at 2500 fps are perfect in either .416 Rigby or .416 WBY MAG. Working up load from 100-gr of H4831 makes for easy, accurate and low pressure.

Toby458, The beatings shall continue until morale improves. I tried Talley QD-lever rings only because I had some on hand from my ignorant days when I thought vertically split rings were OK: I have busted too many vertically-split Talley rings to mess with them anymore. I also had a Leupold...

That front sight bead was held over the center of the target at 100 yards. Combat bead/coarse bead, covered most of the target. That's OK. I consider the iron sights zeroed with the factory ammo at 100 yards, 350-gr at 2850 fps MV. That'll do. Scope sight zeroing with whatever handloads will be...

Toby458, ditto curt672. Straight stack 3+1, no feed issues. Extractor is robust and AR-style. Beats the hell out of a Remington M700 "C-Clip/Pubic Hair Extractor." A googled parts image: And from an Excellent Brian Pearce article in RIFLE: The Howa extractor is of course like the Weatherby...

Toby458, Consider that the .416 Rigby has "NO Throat" other than a leade that starts at 0.4169" diameter at case mouth and tapers immediately by 0*54'16.5" leade hemi-angle (no Parallel-Sided Free-Bore/PSFB) That is according to SAAMI...

Outstanding work, Jason. Good writing. Good photography. Good folks doing good. Congratulations on your immediate success.

First year Whitworths and Interarms MkX were FN M98 actions, IIRC. Subsequently switched to Zastava actions. All of my Whitworth/Interarms MkX rifles from the 1980s are Zastava M98. The .458 WIN MAG has 3.4" magazine box in short magnum action. The .375 H&H has 3.6" magazine box and action is...