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Offline dog breath

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.600 Overkill.
« on: December 23, 2004, 12:09:11 PM »
Does anyone have any information on this round. I need to do some homework on it.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thanks steve.
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« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2004, 11:26:23 AM »
.600 Nitro Express-  Case length 3"   factory load is around 110 grains of powder with a 900 grain FMC bullet velocity about 1,850 with 6,840 foot pounds of energy.     For a time this was the most powerful cartridge going how ever it now has been regulated to a "also ran" category by such cartridges as the.577 T. Rex, .585 Nyata, the .460 Weatherby and the .700 Nitro Express.
    The book Cartridges of the World has a write up on the .600 you might want to check it out.    The .600 is a double gun cartridge and rifles, at least the good ones run $100,000 and up if in good condition and weigh in at 15 pounds or more and you do not want them much lighter.    All of the big thumpers I mentioned are far more gun then all but a few shooters can handle or shoot with any degree of accuracy.
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« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2004, 02:21:39 PM »
Then there was the 14lb 5 shot revolver in 600NE..... OUCH...  Search the forums here for 600 Nitro express and you will find it.

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« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2004, 02:28:18 AM »
Judson- Are you saying the .600 NE. and the .600 Overkill are the same thing?
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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2004, 05:53:43 PM »
no there not the 600 overkill is a 460 wby  popped out straight to .620 hell of a cart. try AR  and Rob on that forum he as built a few. Ed Plummer has built a few at AHR if you are needing one!!!

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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2005, 12:00:52 PM »
Sorry but I missed what you were asking but in any case if loaded to the same pressure the 600 Nitro would probably be hotter as it has a case capacity of 212.45 grains of water, the Weatherby 144.67 grains.
Do you really want to shoot either of these?    The biggest I have shot is a .505 Gibbs and that was not bad but took some getting used to
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2005, 07:17:19 AM »
600OK is a case Rob and AR guys made. Case body about same size as a T-Rex with a belt, 3 inches long. Takes .620 diameter bullets. Will get 900 gr
bullets out at over 2400 fps.Using it in bolt actions. The bunch had a special run of brass made for it by Horneber.There id a few guns now and more being built.Ed.
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