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416 Long Rang

Jaeger898

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Has anyone crunched the number on a 416-408 cheytac or snipetac? With hornady 's new 416 450 gr. High BC BTHP it could be interesting and not having to build or buy a new rifle someone could build a switch barrel on a existing 408 cheytac chassis. Or was that bullet designed specific for the Barrett folks.
 
Re: 416 Long Rang

416 is derived from a 50bmg case, a 408 is based on a 505 gibbs case... two different action types.
 
Re: 416 Long Rang

Yes sir I know that Barrett chambers a 416 off of the 50bmg case, my question was has anyone every built a wild cat with the new hornaday 416 HPBT or any high BC solid in 416 cal. off of the cheytac case. The reason I ask is I am building a 375 ct. and down the road in a year or three it might be nice to build a switch barrel on the same chassis to help keep costs down.
 
Re: 416 Long Rang

Stay with the 375. If you necked it up to 416, you would be heading south due to not having case capacity to push the 416.