| .416 Remington Magnum | ||||||||||||||||
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 .416 Remington Magnum and a .30-06 Springfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||||||
| Designer | Remington | |||||||||||||||
| Designed | 1988 | |||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | Remington | |||||||||||||||
| Produced | 1989–present | |||||||||||||||
| Variants | .416 Barnes Supreme & .416 Hoffman | |||||||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent case | 8mm Remington Magnum | |||||||||||||||
| Case type | Belted, bottleneck | |||||||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .416 in (10.6 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Neck diameter | .447 in (11.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Shoulder diameter | .487 in (12.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Base diameter | .513 in (13.0 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rim diameter | .532 in (13.5 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rim thickness | .050 in (1.3 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Case length | 2.850 in (72.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Overall length | 3.600 in (91.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rifling twist | 1-14" | |||||||||||||||
| Primer type | Large rifle magnum | |||||||||||||||
| Maximum pressure (SAAMI) | 65,000 psi (450 MPa) | |||||||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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| Test barrel length: 24" Source(s): Accurate Powder[1] | ||||||||||||||||
The .416 Remington Magnum is a .416 caliber (10.57 mm) cartridge of belted bottlenecked design. The cartridge was intended as a dangerous game hunting cartridge and released to the public in 1989. The cartridge uses the case of the 8 mm Remington Magnum as a parent cartridge. When the cartridge was released in 1988, author Frank C. Barnes considered the .416 Remington Magnum to be the "most outstanding factory cartridge introduced in decades".[2]
The cartridge was conceived as a less costly alternative to the .416 Rigby cartridge and was intended to replace the latter. While today the .416 Remington Magnum is considered in the field the most popular of the .416 cartridges,[3] the .416 Remington did not replace the .416 Rigby as had been anticipated. Rather, it sparked a renewed interest in the .416 caliber (10.57 mm) cartridges which led to the revival of the .416 Rigby and the introduction of other .416 cartridges such as the .416 Weatherby Magnum and the .416 Ruger.
The .416 Remington Magum is one of the more popular dangerous game cartridges used for the hunting of dangerous game in Africa. It also has been increasingly used in North America, Alaska in particular, for the hunting of and as a defense against large bears.[3]
- ^ ".416 Rem Mag data from Accurate Powder" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
- ^ Barnes, Frank C. (2006) [1965]. Skinner, Stan (ed.). Cartridges of the World (11th ed.). Gun Digest Books. p. 552. ISBN 0-89689-297-2.
- ^ a b van Zwoll, Wayne (July 2011). "Big Stuff". Petersen's Hunting: 46–47.