The .416 Ruger is a .41 caliber (10.6 x 65.5mm), rimless, bottleneck cartridge designed as a
joint venture
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by
Hornady
Hornady Manufacturing Company is an American manufacturer of ammunition cartridges, components and handloading equipments, based in Grand Island, Nebraska.
History
Joyce W. Hornady began manufacturing bullets in the spring of 1949 with a .30 cal ...
and
Ruger
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., better known by the shortened name Ruger, is an American firearm manufacturing company based in Southport, Connecticut, with production facilities also in Newport, New Hampshire; Mayodan, North Carolina; and ...
in 2008.
It is designed to equal the performance of the
.416 Rigby and
.416 Remington Magnum from a standard length
.30-06 length action. The .416 Ruger is suitable for the largest land animals, including
dangerous game.
Description
The .416 Ruger is based on the earlier
.375 Ruger. This family of cartridges has the same base diameter as the belt of the
.375 H&H Magnum and its derivatives, which provides the cartridge a larger propellant capacity than a standard length
magnum cartridge
A magnum cartridge is a firearm cartridge with a larger case size than, or derived from, a similar cartridge of the same projectile (bullet) caliber and case shoulder shape. The term derives from the .357 Magnum, the original revolver cartridge ...
of the same length, such as the
.338 Winchester Magnum
The .338 Winchester Magnum is a caliber, belted, rimless, bottlenecked cartridge introduced in 1958 by Winchester Repeating Arms. It is based on the blown-out, shortened .375 H&H Magnum. The is the caliber at which medium-bore cartridges are co ...
. The resultant cartridge duplicates the performance of the
.416 Rigby and the
.416 Remington Magnum. Unlike these cartridges, however, the .416 Ruger can be chambered in a standard-length action, as the cartridge has an overall length of 3.34 inches.
The .416 Ruger cartridge is currently available in the bolt-action
Ruger M77 Hawkeye rifles with two variations listed on Ruger’s website as of 2024: the "African" and the "Guide Gun" rifles. Ruger formerly offered their
No.1 single shot rifle in the cartridge but has since discontinued the combination.
Krieghoff
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In North America
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offers a bolt action rifle chambered for the round. Aftermarket barrel conversions for the Thompson Center Encore are also available in the chambering.
Ammunition
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is available from Hornady and Buffalo Bore.
See also
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List of rifle cartridges
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, Caliber, calibre and name.
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Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same ...
References
C.I.P. TDCC (Tables of Dimensions of Cartridges and Chambers) 416 Ruger
External links
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Sturm, Ruger & Co.
Pistol and rifle cartridges
Magnum rifle cartridges