Thread: .600 Nitro

ACC covers sporting injuries !!

Originally Posted by Seventy Six

ACC covers sporting injuries !!

Even when a clear mental health condition was a precursor ?

You would clearly have to be mad

You would want to of a fairly sturdy stature , definitely not for a weed like me

Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

Had my renewal vetting this morning, and after all the serious stuff we moved on to watching videos of people firing the .600 Nitro. Anyone got one of these monsters? How much does ammo cost? Anyone hit a deer with one, and if so was there much salvagable meat left?

I had one in my hands the other week, serial number was “1”, very rare and very expensive. First one to be made for this round.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Biggest I've fired is a brno in 500 Jeffrey that @Friwi brought to the first big bore shoot held in taranaki. 535 gr fmj at 2400 fps makes for robust recoil. There was a video of a small ginger person firing it.
I've got a 500 3 inch black powder express and that's not too uncomfortable @akaroa1 is looking at making a single shot "super snider" based on the 577 nitro case. He's calculated the recoil at 60 ft lbs

Wack some nitro in it and it’s like chalk and cheese

I've shot 2 cattle beasts and a deer with the 416 remington.
350 barnes x points at a guess maybe 2200fps tops. They aren't an explosive bullet but drove well. Nothing spectacular damage wise.
Got some 340 woodleighs that easily do between 2500 and 2700fps.
Quite a bit stouter on the shoulder and generate 70 odd ftlbs recoil.
Haven't shot anything with those loads.
Even the expandy bullets aren't that expands so doubt a 600 would do anything other than drive that calibre hole In and out on a deer

Some big numbers here , out of John Taylor’s book.

shotguns arent normally too bad..until you shoot one prone.... but the remington hypersonic loads take them back into naaasty territory ,really wouldnt want to try it in a break open gun. 1 1/4oz going 1700fps boots at both ends.

I was wondering how that compared to shotgun slug loads. Some of those are absolutely brutal, worse than anything else I've shot.

I shot a pump action with slugs in the prone position.
And i'm a skinny dude, it was'nt too nice after a dozen shots.....

Originally Posted by No.3

Where's @40mm when we are talking about obscene powder charges haha

Casually strolls into the conversation when it suits him.....

Im a few years off shooting my B.P. 40mm.......
Kinda on the lookout for a 20mm OE barrel to add to the 'round tuit' list......,

Hi just a correction, it was a 505 Gibbs that I brought at the Naki shoot. 600 gr behind 134 gr of powder , and that is the starting load.
Now here is the very fun fact : I had been told that rifle had a mercury recoil reduction device in the stock. And a couple of weeks ago an acquaintance of mine met the original owner. Due to some legal importation restrictions, the mercury recoil device had been removed. So whoever shot my gun on that big bore shoot day could have appreciated the full power of the Gibbs

Thank you for the correction, I couldn't remember exactly the calibre apart from the 5 at the start.

https://youtu.be/mvWuPbDSTYo?si=ZFLCcLq2lQdTn-qo

600NE in action