His chosen cartridge was the .416 Remington, but the question of the rifle remained. My advice, such as it was, was to forget the .416, of any ilk, and get a .458 Lott. Somewhat taken aback, my correspondent asked what I had against the .416s.
That’s a big question, with many aspects to the answer, and requiring all sorts of caveats, starting with the fact that just about everything that walks has been dispatched with just about anything that shoots. But
