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<blockquote data-quote="Tailgunner" data-source="post: 62172" data-attributes="member: 606"><p>Standard Rigby load (400gr @ 2400fps) fired from a CZ has about 63ft/lb of recoil and it's a fairly slow roll recoil (had one of these, traded it to a guy that wanted more recoil than his 375H&amp;H had). The standard 375H&amp;H load (300gr @ 2550) from the same gun runs about 45ft/lb and again is a slow roll (I've fired a Amish friends 375H&amp;H, he used it as a "stopper" when he was guiding bear hunts in AK, but haven't had the oppertunity to fire mine yet). </p><p>I find that when I exceeded 2450 with the Rigby the recoil got downright nasty. Considering that the Wby is nothing but a belted Rigby case (running 20,000psi higher pressures) it's no suprise that you can get Wby proformance out of the old girl. On the down side is that Wby's are known to cause bullets to overexpand due to higher velocities than they were designed for.</p><p>Accuracy under pressure is what counts, and odds are you will have a PH along who will be carrying one of the big thumpers JIC (that's part of his job, keeping you from getting killed/injured), so go with the one your most accurate/comfortable with.</p><p>Good luck and good hunting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tailgunner, post: 62172, member: 606"] Standard Rigby load (400gr @ 2400fps) fired from a CZ has about 63ft/lb of recoil and it's a fairly slow roll recoil (had one of these, traded it to a guy that wanted more recoil than his 375H&H had). The standard 375H&H load (300gr @ 2550) from the same gun runs about 45ft/lb and again is a slow roll (I've fired a Amish friends 375H&H, he used it as a "stopper" when he was guiding bear hunts in AK, but haven't had the oppertunity to fire mine yet). I find that when I exceeded 2450 with the Rigby the recoil got downright nasty. Considering that the Wby is nothing but a belted Rigby case (running 20,000psi higher pressures) it's no suprise that you can get Wby proformance out of the old girl. On the down side is that Wby's are known to cause bullets to overexpand due to higher velocities than they were designed for. Accuracy under pressure is what counts, and odds are you will have a PH along who will be carrying one of the big thumpers JIC (that's part of his job, keeping you from getting killed/injured), so go with the one your most accurate/comfortable with. Good luck and good hunting [/QUOTE]
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