.204 vs .366 what do you hunt with?

[Judson]

Since I have been bashing all the little .224 callibers for deer I thought I should show you what I hunt deer with. As you can see I do like the slightly larger bore diameters. I think lawdog will agree that it is enough gun for deer, or varmints.
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Left to right, .308, .366DGW (what I use for deer and such) and the parent cartridge the .416 Rigby.

[James B]

I have forgoten what your rifle of choice is. Didn't you build it yourself and what is it exactly? I used a 416 Rem Mag for several years and reloaded another for a friend who makes a trip to Africa every other year. He and his wife shoot a 375 H&H and the Dakota rifle in 416 Rem Mag and both use the same 270 for plains game. In the off Africa years they hunt BC. Canada.

[Judson]

Please believe me, my ability to build rifles is greater then my ability to post pictures but they are availably on MaineWhitetails@groups.msn.com go to pictures and click on Juds pictures, it is on pase 3. The cartridge I am refering to is based on the .416Rigby necked down to .366 diameter or 9.3mm. It is a direct neck down with no other changes so fire forming is not required. I am pleased to say that it can be found in the tenth edition of Cartridges of the World on page 201. To sum it up it will push 250 grain bullets at 3253 and 300 grain slugs at 2910. I have built 5 rifles for this cartridge and it is up to 63 one shot kills the biggest being a 1250 pound Eland which I shot and the smallest being a Springbok which I also shot and weightd about 110 pounds. Do not get me wrong, I am not saying that you need 5775 foot pounds of energy for the small stuff, but that is better then a .204 for the big stuff.

[James B]

I have trouble with pictures to. I have to have one of my kids go through it with me when they come to visit. I took some pictures of my hunting land in SD and some pictures of our deer camp but I can't seem to post them. Anyway that sounds like an interestin rifle. Thanks for the recall.