My 416 Taylor plan comes together

[johnly]

I was finally able to get bullets from my RCBS 416-400 mold lubed, sized, and loaded. Since I wasn't interested in a full house loading, I opted to use IMR 7383 for the powder as it was bulky and I have several jugs on hand. 60 grains of this powder filled the case to the base of the seated bullet and it was lit by a Federal 210 primer.
The first surprise was that the POI at 100 yards was the same as my full house hunting load using the Speer 350 bullet propelled by RL-17.
The other shocker was the accuracy:


I've since loaded up additional rounds with different seating depth to see if I can shrink the groups even further.
Can't wait to take this load on Texas pig hunting safari.

[Jack Stanley]

How nice !! the pigs will never know what hit 'em . Line them up and see how many the bullet goes through

Jack

[Mk42gunner]

Any idea of the velocity of these loads?

I always kind of wanted a .416 Taylor, then I realized I don't like heavy recoiling rifles anymore.

Since I'm not planning on going back to Alaska, or to Africa anytime soon, I really don't have a need for one now.

Robert