When the game you're pursuing can kill you back, there is no room for compromise in your ammunition selection. The Hornady Dangerous Game Series .416 Ruger 400GR 2400FPS DGS FMJ Centrefire Ammo is built around one principle: absolute, reliable penetration when it matters most. Launching a 400 grain DGS Flat Nose projectile at 2,400fps (731m/s) with 5,115ft-lbs (6,933J) of muzzle energy, this load delivers the kind of deep, straight-line penetration demanded by thick-skinned dangerous game hunting. Whether you're on a professional hunt in Africa targeting elephant, hippo, or rhino, or working alongside a professional hunter in a capacity that requires the most dependable stopping loads available, the Hornady DGS is a round built to the standard that dangerous game hunting demands.

Hornady Dangerous Game Series .416 Ruger 400GR 2400FPS DGS FMJ Centrefire Ammo Key Features

• Bullet Type - DGS FMJ Flat Nose: A non-expanding Full Metal Jacket design with a flat nose profile. The flat nose reduces the risk of deflection on impact and resists deformation as the bullet drives through hide, bone, and heavy muscle, keeping the projectile on a straight penetration path.
• Bullet Jacket - Copper-Clad Steel: The copper-clad steel jacket provides robust structural integrity, helping the bullet maintain its shape under extreme impact forces and ensuring deep, consistent penetration through dense tissue and bone.
• Bullet Core - High Antimony Lead: A high antimony lead core offers greater hardness than standard lead, which helps the bullet resist deformation and maintain its profile throughout penetration, contributing to maximum terminal depth.
• Muzzle Velocity and Energy - 2,400fps (731m/s) / 5,115ft-lbs (6,933J): The .416 Ruger is one of the most powerful standard-length cartridges available, and this load extracts full performance from the case with a load carefully matched to optimise pressure and velocity.
• DGS/DGX Uniformity: The DGS projectile is manufactured to be dimensionally uniform with Hornady's DGX (Dangerous Game eXpanding) bullet. This means hunters who run both bullet types can do so with minimal shift in point of aim or point of impact, which is critical for regulated double rifles and hunters who may carry mixed loads.
• Powder Charge - Load Regulated for Double Rifles: Hornady carefully matches powder selection to each Dangerous Game load to regulate pressure and velocity, ensuring the ammunition is suitable for use in double rifles where load consistency between barrels is essential.
• Casing - Reloadable Brass with Boxer Primer: New production, non-corrosive brass cases with Boxer priming make this ammunition fully reloadable, allowing handloaders to recycle quality brass through the press once the factory load has been fired.
• Rounds Per Box - 20: Supplied in boxes of 20 rounds under Hornady SKU H82666.

At this level of hunting, ammunition reliability is not a preference, it is a non-negotiable requirement. Hornady's Dangerous Game Series represents decades of purpose-built development for the most demanding hunting scenarios on earth, and the .416 Ruger DGS load delivers that pedigree in a cartridge that fits a standard-length bolt action action without compromise.