| .416 Ruger | |
| Origin: | United States |
| Type: | Rifle |
| Designer: | Ruger |
| Design Date: | 2008 |
| Parent: | .375 Ruger |
| Case Type: | Rimless, bottleneck |
| Bullet: | .416 |
| Base: | .532 |
| Rim Dia: | .532 |
| Rim Thick: | .050 |
| Case Length: | 2.572 |
| Length: | 3.340 |
| Case Capacity: | 100 |
| Primer: | Large rifle |
| Max Pressure: | 62000 |
| Pressure Method: | SAAMI |
| Max Pressure2: | 62366 |
| Pressure Method2: | CIP |
| Bw1: | 400 |
| Btype1: | Trophy Bonded® Bear Claw® |
| Vel1: | 2470 |
| En1: | 5418 |
| Bw2: | 350 |
| Btype2: | Speer Hot-Cor |
| Vel2: | 2731 |
| En2: | 5796 |
| Test Barrel Length: | 24 inches |
| Balsrc: | [1] |
The .416 Ruger is a .41 caliber (10.6 x 65.5mm), rimless, bottlenecked cartridge designed as a joint venture by Hornady and Ruger in 2008.[3] It is designed to equal the performance of the .416 Rigby and .416 Remington Magnum from a standard length .30-06 length action. The .416 Ruger is suitable for the largest land animals, including dangerous game.
The cartridge is based on the .375 Ruger case which was necked up to accept a 0.416inches bullet. It was designed as a dangerous game cartridge particularly for use in Alaska and Africa. The .416 Ruger duplicates the performance of the .416 Rigby and the .416 Remington Magnum. All three cartridge fire a 400gr bullet at 2400ft/s generating 5115ftlbf of energy. However, unlike the Remington or Rigby .416s, the Ruger .416 can be chambered in a standard length action, as the cartridge has a length of 3.34 inches. The cartridge has the same diameter of belted magnum cases but without the belt. This provides the cartridge a larger propellant capacity than a standard length magnum cartridge of the same length. The rimless design allows for smoother feeding and extraction of the cartridge.
The .416 Ruger cartridge is currently available in the bolt-action Ruger M77 Hawkeye rifles with two variations listed on Ruger’s website as of 2024; the "African" and the "guide gun" rifles, additional the German gun company Krieghoff offers a bolt action rifle chambered for the round. Ruger has discontinued production of a Ruger No.1 Single Shot Rifle chambered in the .416 Ruger Cartridge, this rifle is still available on the secondary markets.
No other manufacturers are currently offering firearms chambered for the .416 Ruger cartridge, asides from aftermarket barrel conversion for the Thompson/Center Contender.
Ammunition is available from Hornady and Buffalo Bore.