Fang
07-27-2008, 03:12 PM
Or, the Mini Compendium of Big Bore Cartridges (http://www.470mbogo.com/BigBoreCompendium/). A fascinating read for all who intend to hunt elephants, rhinos, or cape buffalo and therefore require a rifle capable of dispatching giant, angry animals in short order. It's also fascinating purely out of morbid curiosity, although you may have to comfort your shoulder afterward.
One neat fact about dangerous game hunting is that double rifles with iron sights are still the state of the art for African big-game hunting. The range at which the hunting takes place is close enough that scopes aren't always needed, and a mere two shots from the rifle are all that one will usually get before the hunter/hunted relationship violently reverses itself.
Some excerpts from the article:
The author has used the .585 Nyati on elephant and buffalo with satisfactory results. Both were heart/lung shots at under 25 yards, and in each case the game traveled less than 20 yards before collapsing. The buffalo was spooked before being shot, but his adrenaline was no match for a 750 grain solid moving at 2250 feet per second. The recoil is violent and always surprising. I can shoot 10-14 shots of .585 Nyati in a day, but only if I take Tylenol before going to the shooting range.
The 577 Tyrannosaur is a modern day attempt to blend the giant .585 diameter 750 grain bullets of the 577 Nitro Express with the magic velocity of 2400 feet per second. The result is a brutish rifle that is nearly uncontrollable.
The author owned a Heym Express Rifle in 600 Nitro Express and found it extremely well made and well balanced, and capable of putting 3 shots into 3 inches at 50 yards from an offhand position. However, the recoil was so great that the rifle was pointing upwards at a 70 degree angle after each shot, and the author needed to rest 10 minutes between shots to get over that 'car accident feeling'. Other than that minor inconvenience and the great weight of the rifle, my 600 Nitro Express was a delight.
The 600 Overkill has the ability to push a 900 grain bullet at more than 2400 f.p.s. if the shooter can withstand the recoil and maintain his grip on the gun. At that level of power, as the bullet spins down the barrel, the rifle is torqued in the opposite direction, tending to twist the forearm of the rifle out of the shooter's hand.
Countdown until Clinotus acquires a rifle in .600 Overkill...
One neat fact about dangerous game hunting is that double rifles with iron sights are still the state of the art for African big-game hunting. The range at which the hunting takes place is close enough that scopes aren't always needed, and a mere two shots from the rifle are all that one will usually get before the hunter/hunted relationship violently reverses itself.
Some excerpts from the article:
The author has used the .585 Nyati on elephant and buffalo with satisfactory results. Both were heart/lung shots at under 25 yards, and in each case the game traveled less than 20 yards before collapsing. The buffalo was spooked before being shot, but his adrenaline was no match for a 750 grain solid moving at 2250 feet per second. The recoil is violent and always surprising. I can shoot 10-14 shots of .585 Nyati in a day, but only if I take Tylenol before going to the shooting range.
The 577 Tyrannosaur is a modern day attempt to blend the giant .585 diameter 750 grain bullets of the 577 Nitro Express with the magic velocity of 2400 feet per second. The result is a brutish rifle that is nearly uncontrollable.
The author owned a Heym Express Rifle in 600 Nitro Express and found it extremely well made and well balanced, and capable of putting 3 shots into 3 inches at 50 yards from an offhand position. However, the recoil was so great that the rifle was pointing upwards at a 70 degree angle after each shot, and the author needed to rest 10 minutes between shots to get over that 'car accident feeling'. Other than that minor inconvenience and the great weight of the rifle, my 600 Nitro Express was a delight.
The 600 Overkill has the ability to push a 900 grain bullet at more than 2400 f.p.s. if the shooter can withstand the recoil and maintain his grip on the gun. At that level of power, as the bullet spins down the barrel, the rifle is torqued in the opposite direction, tending to twist the forearm of the rifle out of the shooter's hand.
Countdown until Clinotus acquires a rifle in .600 Overkill...