450 Rigby load development

[Robmill70]

Using Hornady 500gr DGX/S bullets with 103.5 grains of RL-17 is pushing them just a crack over 2400fps. 50 yds, standing using shooting sticks….. that should do on a buffalo!

 

[Wildwillalaska]

The 450 Rigby is just such a damn sexy looking cartridge. So….what’s the recoil like in comparison to other cartridges you’ve enjoyed shooting? And in what rifle do you have?

I was on the serious hunt for a 450 Rigby starting a few years back, never found the exact right gun before some distraction with a Ryan Breeding 505 Gibbs that followed me home, before falling seriously ill with Double Rifle Fever…an affliction that appear more and more to potentially prove incurable. But every time I see a 450 Rigby post I always have to pause and upwelling desire is still there…I mean it is more of a need really than a desire.

Looks like a great buffalo whacker for sure.

 

[Tintin]

Nice - what is the rifle?

 

[Robmill70]

Recoil is quite stiff, but no worse than a 458 Lott. Shooting platform is a CZ 550, I put a mercury recoil suppressor in it and aftermarket pad to try and take some bite out of it ….. it will be for sale when I get back from my buffalo hunt in August if you know anyone interested.