416 thumper

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What if I told you ......

You can harness the power of the 416 Rigby, 416 Remington or the 416 Ruger etc .... in a cartridge shorter than a 300 WSM ?

And there is an action that was made specifically for it and you can have a complete rifle built for you, along with factory made brass available for it ?

The 416 Thumper concept is a simple one, yet very effective in achieving the criteria presented ...

Cut 375 Chey Tac brass to length and neck down to 416 caliber , shoulder angle and body taper optimized for proper feeding and extraction with ample case capacity to use modern powders that are not temperature sensitive to recreate the velocity/energy and notorious killing power established by the great 416's on dangerous game all over the world

The 416 Thumper is the first of a complete line of cartridges in calibers from .30 cal to .50 cal designed for the "Thumper" action developed by Pierce Engineering in Michigan, USA

https://pierceengineeringltd.com



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Pierce 800 "Thumper" short action specs

1.450" diameter action
.400" longer overall than the Remington short action

1.187" tenon

.800" bolt diameter for Chey Tac rim diameter short action cartridges

action designed to use bottom metal and magazines such as the Wyatts and Accurate with 2.995" cartridge oal
 
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What length barrel on a 375 version would you recommend?? Could make an excellent elk/moose/Africa rifle...
 
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