[Trailblazer]

There might be a way to do a cheap variation. Get an A&B barrel short chambered in 416 Taylor and shorten the chamber end to give the base to shoulder dimension you want and thread it to fit your action. The belt recess can be cut on the lathe. No need for a reamer.

Get a set of 416 Taylor dies and shorten to suit. I have Remington magnum brass that measures .506" in front of the belt and Winchester brass that measures .508". If that isn't small enough in the shortened dies you can use 45-70 brass.

You wouldn't have the long neck of the 416x2" Beartooth but depending on what kind of throat the 416 A&B barrels have and what kind of bullet you use you still might be able to get a loaded length of 2.5".

You would have to measure it all out to see if it would work but it would be a low buck way to get a short 416.

 

[zooly]

There might be a way to do a cheap variation. Get an A&B barrel short chambered in 416 Taylor and shorten the chamber end to give the base to shoulder dimension you want and thread it to fit your action. The belt recess can be cut on the lathe. No need for a reamer.

Get a set of 416 Taylor dies and shorten to suit. I have Remington magnum brass that measures .506" in front of the belt and Winchester brass that measures .508". If that isn't small enough in the shortened dies you can use 45-70 brass.

You wouldn't have the long neck of the 416x2" Beartooth but depending on what kind of throat the 416 A&B barrels have and what kind of bullet you use you still might be able to get a loaded length of 2.5".

You would have to measure it all out to see if it would work but it would be a low buck way to get a short 416.

Hi all:

What I really want is a long neck .400 Whelen in 416 ca. From pokking around on some other sites I know that .416 dosn't work out with the'06. I don't care if the case is a full 2.5" but I do want the .620 neck for paper patched 350 -375gr bullets.

Well I guess It't back to the "Not too wild" .416 Taylor Wildcat short neck and all.

 

[James Gates]

The reason for the long neck is simple. It is was designed for Marshall's hard cast bullet......so when crimped into the bullet's crimp groove, there was no cast bullet extending into the powder at the shoulder angle.
The cartridge design was based on reader's requests for a design around Marshall's bullet and the Marlin action (feeding and pressure).
James