Just as an FYI- I desparately wanted to persue cape buffalo and kudu in africa. I finally started to put the trip together. I went and bought a CZ550 safari magnum in .416 Rigby. Loaded 325 and 400 grain bullets for it at average speeds. Topped it off with a Leupold VXII 1.5-5 scope. Went to the range to get started. Now I knew this baby was going to kick a bit, so I pulled her in tight to my shoulder and fired the first few shots standing offhand to get used to it. WOW!!! Don't let anyone tell you a .416 Rigby is a piece of cake to shoot. IT RECOILS!!! not enough to scare you away from it, but she definately lets you know who's the big mama! If I were a new shooter, I probably would have dropped the gun!
The 325's were'nt too bad, the 400's smack a bit. Got her all sighted in, dead on at 75 yds. A month later, my beautiful wife drops the bomb on me; we're going to have another baby! So much for my $10,000 trip! Cancelled and put the money towards all the new baby stuff, etc. Sold the gun to a cardiologist who's going to africa for the third time, this time for buffalo and elephant! He bought an elephant tag for $20,000.00... Can you imagine?