.416 Rigby Ammo Prices

.416 Rigby. Just saying it causes hallucinations of Africa and the cosmic beauty there. It's the great classic dangerous-game cartridge built by John Rigby in 1911 and beloved by professional hunters across Africa for over a century.

Yes, it's one of the big game calibers and was used to hunt magnificent animals. Still is to a lesser extent by pro hunter guides and their wealthy clients. On the enthusiast non-hunting side, it's unleashed by people who know and remember its African history but it's not the 50s or 60s anymore. The .416 is something one wants to shoot occasionally at watermelons in the actual Rigby Big Game Rifle while thinking of Robert Ruark's masterworks. The dignity of the cartridge speaks of Kenya and the good and bad times they had there, all of it important. The Rigby rifles are high-dollar guns. If you're lucky enough to hold and shoot one, you're lucky enough.

The .416 is a true heavy-hitter and shouldering the classic un-braked guns is a reminder of what the words "respect" and "recoil" mean. It fires a heavy bullet at moderate pressure with legendary reliability in the heat and it stopped more charging beasts than almost any other big bore. A genuine icon of dangerous-game hunting with a pedigree few cartridges can match. Big-bore royalty.

Loads usually run a 400 grain bullet around 2350 FPS. The .416 Rigby has serious big-bore pricing in small boxes. The dangerous-game and safari crowd buy whenever it surfaces and treasure a good deal but the price is secondary at this level. Having even 20 rounds on the shelf is a treasure of petite madeleines reminding you of the savannah and the setting sun in a time lost but a cartridge and a caliber that still lives.