Barrett .416 cartridge
What is the parent case for the Barrett 416 cartidge? Is the Barrett .416 better than the 50 BMG cartridge?
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50BMG, 460 Styer, 416 Barret. The last 2 are based on the first one.
The 416B is a Fineswine beater, plain and simple (it was designed specificly to cercumvent CA's ban rifles capable of firing the military 50BMG round)0 -
5mmgunguy,
"Is the Barrett .416 better than the 50 BMG cartridge?"
Likely the answer is yes but with a lot of qualifiers. There are only two bullets suited for use in the .416 Barrett as designed. There are other .416 bullets but they don't meet the criteria of the cartridge for performance. In addition, the lack of availability is plaguing the cartridge and therefore the rifles. The cartridge with the proper bullets is accurate and at longer ranges but what good is it if you can't get the ammunition or components?
Then there is the cost to consider. The .50 BMG is less expensive by comparison but it doesn't perform as well as the Barrett.
The cartridge certainly doesn't require all of the capacity of the .50 BMG case so the 200 grain capacity is better but still too much in my opinion unless coupled with a significantly longer barrel.
You can also check the newest record set at the latest .50 BMG competition at Raton this summer.
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5mmgunguy,
The 416 Barret is outstanding yes. But, as nn pointed out getting components is difficult. The real gem, IMO, in the big long range cartridges is the .338 Lapua. There are a lot more available components and a lot more rifles available for it. If you want even more commonality try the .338 Win Mag.0 -
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5mmgunguy,
The 416 Barret is outstanding yes. But, as nn pointed out getting components is difficult. The real gem, IMO, in the big long range cartridges is the .338 Lapua. There are a lot more available components and a lot more rifles available for it. If you want even more commonality try the .338 Win Mag.
The equil to the 338L would be the 338-300RUM (338 Edge) and 1/2 a fuzz behind that is the standard 338 RUM. Components for both of those are much more common than for the 338L (which needs a 416 Rigby size action) and can be built on any action that will handle a 375 H&H length round0 -
The .416 Barrett is basically useless without components and/or loaded ammunition.
Components for the .338 Lapua are available through a large number of suppliers currently. They may not be in the local hardware store but I doubt that there are many folks that would look there anyway...
Remington has been building the .338 Lapua on their factory standard long magnum action for the last 2 years.
I own a .338 Lapua but I've been shooting the .338 RUM instead of the Lapua simply out of spite and to make a point that it's not just name recognition that brings accuracy and affordability to some shooting venues. The .338 RUM stays right with the Lapua and can be as accurate or more so when the rifle is built to be such, using the proper scope and ammunition by a shooter competent to handle the cartridge and rifle. Those that complain about case life of the Remington brass don't know how to cut a proper chamber and work with the brass in the first place. Most are simply parroting something they read on the internet written by someone who doesn't know anything about the subject in the first place.
If you just have the have something bigger, there is always the .408 Chey-Tac and the .338 derivative or the .375 version. These cartridges are using the newer generation of CNC turned bullets similar to what Ronnie Barrett is using but available and to the general public, albeit at a fairly stout price.
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