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I don't have a Ruger #1 in 416 Remington, but I do have one in .416 Rigby. You didn't say what brand rifle your .458 was, but if it is something other than a Ruger #1, take my word on this.
Before you ever shoot that rifle, take it to a competent gunsmith and have him put a Pachmeyr Decelerator recoil pad on the gun.
Your shoulder and possibly your collarbone will thank you.
I'm here to tell you that that miserable excuse for a recoil pad that Ruger puts on his very hard kicking guns is a crime.
I haaave several Ruger #1H rifles, a .375 H&H, .404 Jeffery and the .416 Rigby. I'm not exactly recoil shy, having been known to shoot ground squirrels with a .375 H&H. One of my favorrite rifles is called, The Hammer". a 7.5 pound .375 wildcat. (.375 Taylor, a .338 Win. Mag. necked up to take .375 caliber bullets.) I've even had the pleasure (???) of shooting a .600 Nitro Express, a rifle that shoots a 900 gr. bullet at roughly 1950 FPS.
A while back, Guntests magazine did a test on three .416 Rigby rifles including the #1. After a few shots, they refused to go any farther due to the painful recoil caused by that lousy excuse of a pad. They also inferred that one of the people shooting it had to go to the hospital, but they failed to say why. (Brokern collar bone???)
I would never try and talk someone out of buying a Ruger #1. Hell! I can't even talk myself out of buying one when I have the money on hand. I bought my first one around 1975 and it now has 15 brothers and sisters to keep it company. Just be careful on how you hold it, but preferably, replace that pad.
Paul B.
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