.416 Barrett

Rifle cartridge .416 Barrett 416barrett.png 50px United States Rifle Chris Barrett and Pete Forras 2005 .50 BMG Rimless, bottlenecked .416 .408 in mm onhttps://bobp.cip-bobp.org/uploads/tdcc/tab-i/416-barrett-en.pdf C.I.P. TDCC sheet 416 Barrett 2022-02-14 .458 in mm on .730 in mm on .803 in mm on .804 in mm on .083 in mm on 3.27 4.65 in mm on 200 398 Solid Brass 3150 8767.4 The .416 Barrett (10.4×83mm), centerfire rifle cartridge is a proprietary bottlenecked centrefire rifle cartridge designed in 2005. It is an alternative to the large-caliber .50 BMG in long-range high-power rifles. It was designed in response to a request for a medium/heavy rifle cartridge combination that was issued from Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division in late 2004. Design The Barrett .416 cartridge was designed by Chris Barrett,http://www.shootingtimes.com/2011/01/04/ammunition_st_goingthedistance_20001/ Shooting Times 2018-12-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20131019131150/http://www.shootingtimes.com/2011/01/04/ammunition_st_goingthedistance_20001/ 2013-10-19 dead son of Ronnie Barrett, with the help of Pete Forras. The bullet was designed using some NACA low-supersonic-drag equations to design the shape. The cartridge was designed as an improvement to the .50 BMG cartridge, a common machine gun and rifle cartridge. It is a wildcatted .50 BMG case, shortened to 3.27 in mm from its original length of 3.91 in mm and necked down to accept a .416 caliber, 398 gr g on projectile;http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/photos/weapons_fireams/barrett416vs50bmgace.jpg cartridge picture 2007-04-04 2007-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20070317114710/http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/photos/weapons_fireams/barrett416vs50bmgace.jpg dead http://www.barrettrifles.com/faq.aspx Barrett FAQ 2007-08-27 2007-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20070828215127/http://www.barrettrifles.com/faq.aspx dead however, the case dimensions are proprietary."Barrett FAQ https://web.archive.org/web/20070828215127/http://www.barrettrifles.com/faq.aspx 2007-08-28 " Because the two cartridges, the .50 BMG and .416 Barrett, have identical base dimensions, all that is needed to convert a rifle to use one or the other cartridge is a relatively quick barrel swap. The Barrett Model 99 was initially the only commercially available rifle using the cartridge. In 2009, Zel Custom Manufacturing released the Tactilite .416 Barrett upper for AR-style rifleshttp://www.zelcustom.com/ Zel Custom Mfg. website 2019-02-08 2018-10-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20181022082724/http://zelcustom.com/ dead Zel Custom Manufacturing curtailed operations in 2018 which was subsumed by another manufacturer, McCutchen Firearms, after the BATFE classified barreled upper assemblies in .50 caliber to be firearms in and of themselves on July 17, 2018.C Nicholas July 30, 2018 Breaking News: ATF Is Classifying .50 Cal Bolt Action AR Uppers As Firearm https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/07/30/breaking-news-atf-is-classifying-50-cal-bolt-action-ar-uppers-as-firearm/ The Firearm Blog There is now a range of options available from several manufacturers: Noreen Firearms makes a rifle in .416 Barrett, as does Desert Tech,DT HTI Rifle – Desert Tech and Barrett now also has a .416 Barrett option for its semi-automatic M82A1. Barrett has also introduced the MRADELR rifle in .416 Barrett.Barrett MRADELR 416 Barrett competition rifles Today, many competition-driven shooters build custom 416 Barrett rifles with longer barrels ranging from 35-40" to make the most of the 180 grain+ of powder loaded in this cartridge pushing 550 grain solid bullets past 2900 ft/s, significantly higher than the original loading. This has made the rifle very popular in Extreme Long Range Matches where steel targets are engaged out past 2 miles with specialized optics such as the March Genesisrifletalks.com https://www.rifletalks.com/equipment-reviews/march-genesis-6-60x56-extreme-long-range-scope/ March Genesis 6-60×56 ELR Scope - An on going review of the March Genesis scope coupled with the 33XC and 37XC Rifle Talks March 31, 2022 27 August 2024 ELR Scope, allowing these rifle systems to deliver accurate precision rifle fire to impressive ranges. This is further facilitated by the weight of these extreme long range rifles often hovering around 18 kg all in.rifletalks.com https://www.rifletalks.com/equipment-reviews/416-barrett Rifle Talks 416 Barrett - BUILDING A 2 MILE COMPETITION RIFLE July 5, 2024 27 August 2024 Performance Barrett 398 gr solid brass boattail spitzer bullet The use of a lighter, narrower bullet results in a significantly higher muzzle velocity and superior ballistic performance to the .50 BMG, and the .416 Barrett is claimed to retain more energy than the .50 BMG at distances over 1,000 yards.http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2006/02/barretts_propri.html Airborne Combat Engineer's article on the .416 Barrett 2007-04-04 2007-03-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20070323041958/http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2006/02/barretts_propri.html dead Barrett claims that this cartridge is capable of propelling a 398 gr solid brass boattail spitzer bullet out of the 32 in mm on barrel of a Model 99 single-shot rifle at 960 m/s (3,150 ft/s), giving it a ballistic coefficient of .720, and keeping the projectile supersonic out to 1,737 meters (1,900 yards, ~1.2 miles).April 2023 .416 Barrett MSG bullet Improvement beyond this standard while still using standard .416 Barrett brass seems possible, but the bullets have to be specially designed. An example of such a special .416 Barrett very low drag extreme range bullet is the German CNC manufactured mono-metal 27.5 gram (424 gr) .416 Barrett MSG (G1 BC ≈ 1.103 – this ballistic coefficient (BC) is calculated by its designer, Mr. Lutz Möller, and not proven by Doppler radar measurements). The solid brass .416 Barrett MSG bullet has an overall length of 56 mm in on and derives its exceptional low drag from a radical LD Haack or Sears-Haack profile in the bullet's nose area. Rifles chambered for this cartridge bullet combination, with a cartridge overall length of 116 mm in on, have to be equipped with custom made 1016 mm in on long 279 mm (1:11 in) twist rate barrels to stabilize the .416 Barrett MSG projectiles and attain a projected 1,032 m/s (3,385 ft/s) muzzle velocity..416 Barrett MSG Loads by Lutz Möller (including images) Muzzle velocity + .416 Barrett ballistic comparison with other long-range sniper cartridges Cartridge Bullet weight gr (g) Muzzle velocity ft/s (m/s) Muzzle energy ft·lbf (J) .338 Lapua Magnum 250 (16.2) 2,970 (905.2) 4,893 (6,634.0)Lapua product brochure .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition https://web.archive.org/web/20070927093727/http://www.lapua.com/uploads/media/Productbrochure338LapuaMagnum_01.pdf 2007-09-27 . .338 Lapua Magnum 300 (19.44) 2,717 (828.1) 4,919 (6,669.2)VihtaVuori Reloading Guide, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927094837/http://www.lapua.com/uploads/media/ReloadingGuide2006.pdf 2007-09-27 . .375 Chey Tac 375 (24.3) 3,050 (929.6) 7,744 (10,500) .408 Chey Tac 305 (19.8) 3,500 (1,066.8) 8,298 (11,250.5)Cartridges of the World 11th Edition, by Frank C. Barnes, edited by Stan Skinner, Gun Digest Books, 2006, 0-89689-297-2, pp. 265, 541. .408 Chey Tac 419 (27.2) 3,000 (914.4) 8,376 (11,356.3) .416 Barrett 398 (25.8) 3,150 (960.1) 8,767 (11,887.0) .50 BMG 700 (45) 2,978 (907.7) 13,971 (18,942.1) Legality A few jurisdictions in the United States, most notably California, New Jersey, as well as a few nations such as Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, and Denmark restrict or prohibit civilian ownership of rifles chambered to use the .50 BMG cartridge, but not other calibers (e.g., .416 Barrett)."2007 Dangerous Weapons Control Law: 12275 thru 12290 Assault Weapons https://web.archive.org/web/20110716152332/http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/dwcl/12275.php 2011-07-16 ". California Penal Code at the State Attorney General web site. For California, Section 30905 of the California Penal Code governs exceptions/exclusions to the law: You hold a valid permit to possess an assault weapon specifically (not just a general concealed carry permit), You lawfully possessed the rifle before it was made illegal (i.e., before January 1, 2005), You are the executor or administrator of an estate that lawfully holds such firearms, You engage in lawful target shooting and/or police-approved firearm exhibitions, or You are a non-California resident traveling who is traveling to or from an organized competitive match or league competition that lawfully uses assault weapons.Relevant California Penal Code https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&division=10.&title=4.&part=6.&chapter=2.&article=2. Gallery See also .408 CheyTac List of firearms List of rifle cartridges List of wildcat cartridges Table of handgun and rifle cartridges 10 mm caliber .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004 References Barrett | Ammunition External links TGR Co. LLC Firearms website Category:Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Category:Paramilitary cartridges Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2005 10.4x83mm