Announced to the hunting world in 1988, the .416 Remington Magnum is best described as .416 Rigby performance in a .375 H&Hsize; package. Simply described, the .416 Remington Magnum is nothing more than the 8mm Remington Magnumcase necked up. Like Rigby's .416, Remington's .416 is loaded in the neighborhood of 2400 fps with a 400 grain bullet. Unlike the more massive Rigby cartridge, the Remington cartridge will work in more readily available and therefore less expensive rifles such as the Remington Model 700, Winchester Model 70, Savage Model 110, and other rifles with actions of similar length. This, plus the lower cost of its factory ammunition will likely cause Remington's version to become the most popular .416 ever introduced. The .416 Remington Magnum is the most outstanding factory cartridge introduced in many decades. By the 1950's, all the slots in the cartridge lineup have been filled except for one that shot as flat as the .375 H&H; Magnum and packed more punch than the .458 Winchester Magnum, all at a level of recoil that wouldn't send fillings flying through shooter's teeth. The .416 Remington Magnum meets these criteria and then some. In addition to becoming extremely popular for hunting African game, the .416 Remington will surely become the brown bear cartridge by which all others are compared. It is also becoming extremely popular among elk hunters who believe a trophy bull at long range justifies the use of its power. 

This text is based on information from “Cartridges of the World”, Hodgdon reloading manual, the cartridge designer and/or own resources.