Custom rifle chambered in .600 overkill coming soon!
We just got in a beautiful rifle done by a custom gunsmith that built this entire rifle from end to end. Its a CZ550 magnum action with heavy octagon pac nor barrel chambered in .600 overkill. The stock is bedded tiger stripe maple with black walnut details. Its a beauty! He attended the Yavapai gunsmithing college in Arizona and has really done an excellent job with this rifle. I haven't had time to dig into the details, get pics and properly get the workup done on this one....but its going to be an EXCELLENT find for someone.....hopefully, one of you guys!
I'm pretty covered up this week with things to get listed, but I'm going to squeeze it in next week.
I'm pretty covered up this week with things to get listed, but I'm going to squeeze it in next week.
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I think I would rather take two shots with a 300 Win. Mag! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v8jxCAppq80 -
Sounds perfect for use on rampant D8 Cats and the occasional Tiger H1. :shock: 0 -
Nice!
Everyone should have at least one gun that will stop an Elephant.
I have a 458 Lott and a 404 Jeffery both are "fun" to shoot occasionally.
A 600 Overkill is a beast.0 -
As previously noted I had the opportunity to help develop and test fire what may have been the first run of .700 nitro express - and I still have a dozen loaded rounds stashed away...
Even at 6'2 350+ lbs and 20+ years of shooting experience - even though a youth in prime health - I don't recommend the experience...
The warmed over 900 monolithic asquare solids would leave you stunned and in shock - it would push the shooting bench back in a slide on the concrete apron - and I had trouble firing it offhand and maintaining my footing - as the gun rose past vertical in battery...
Even after adding weight to the gun and a special recoil pad and a recoil reducing system to the stock - and mounting a specialty made muzzle break and focusing on lighter loads or even cast lead round ball it was dangerous...
The .505 Gibbs proved mild by comparison and the .577-450 martini Henry was easily manageable in my experience...
I did fire a .50 Fat Mac bottlenecked monstrosity but it was closer to a crew served weapon than a rifle you could carry afield...
Than there was the experimental belt fed 10 gauge 3 3/4" high brass magnum semiautomatic - set to a slow rate of fire by means of adding weights to the bolt - I think they had it working at approx 500 rpm which seems slow - had to switch to all brass hulls to keep it operating - ultimately it was modified to be a crew served gun mounted in the turret ring of a hummer for use in the Marine Corp as a crowd control device or for a Rourke's drift type last stand...
Never anything as nice as noted in the link referenced above - I have followed their development but never handled or fired any of the dozen or so contemporary rounds - I think there is a double bbl bolt action that chambers a similar cartridge - and you had the tyrannosaur parent case options...
Also did an 8 gauge punt gun once upon a time and the boys AT rifle and the German WWI Mauser anti tank bolt action...
You continue to impress me - and make me wish I was close enough to you to occasionally volunteer my services - I am envious and consider you like family...
I was recently asked elsewhere to list the top 10 places to sell fine arms and your were the only private dealer on my list - all others were auction houses.
Thanks for sharing.
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Let us know how the test fire goes. Certainly you want to make sure it works first. 0 -
During Colonial Days hunting in Africa/lndia a #4 Bore was considered an everyday Dangerous Game rifle. #4 threw a 4 ounce ball or 1750 Grains... Really Heavy Duty was the TWO BORE..8oz ball or 3500 Grains A Light Rifle was an 8 Bore or 8 gauge or app 900gr of lead.. The #2 and #4 bore were almost always single shot muzzle loaders . 8 bore was a double rifle most of the time. The premier maker of these muzzle loading cannons was MANTON.0 -
Not often I feel under gunned or out recoiled with my 45-350 Rem Mag made by P.O. Ackley. It's 5.25 # loaded with the sling, launching 400 gr bullets @ 2400+ fps from the 18" tube. Due to the special rifling and my special shot loads it makes a super 410 bird getting shotgun.
+1 ya never know when a rouge Bull will turn up.
One of the early book hunting books I read as a kid was some German Baron hunting way out west (Kentucky 1780?) He carried a double 10 loaded with 2 oz. shot and 4 or 5 dram of powder. When he came across a stag, he would roll a round ball down on top of the charge. He had quite a list of game.0 -
Holy smokes,,,, :shock: :shock: :shock:0 -
i only see two thinks keeping me away 1st would be cost I am sure its not inexpensive rifle or ammo , and second my age and the learning curve
when I was younger and could have scrapped up the cash I would had one or at least tried ( why I have 458 win mag now it was the biggest I could find local at a GS 40 odd years ago )
now the thought of firing off a rifle I know will not be pleasant just to say I did well is like some one asking if I want the latest and greatest hottest pepper know to man that will burn your mouth for days I will have to pass0 -
Some of you need to get up and stretch your legs a bit and wander away from GBGD.
This interesting history and continued development of some very BIG rounds can be found in the Competitive Shooting & Reloading Forum on Gun Broker
https://forums.gunbroker.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=757965
https://forums.gunbroker.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=756920
https://forums.gunbroker.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7582940 -
I, NeoBlackdog, am a recoil sissy.
I do just fine with my .270, a .308, and a .32 Win. Special. My 12 gauge shotguns don't bother me. A .41 Rem. Mag is about the largest handgun round I'm comfy with.
"A man's got to know his limitations."
That gun made me hurt just watching the video!!!0 -
That sure is a beautiful rifle in the video. I do have to wonder about what appears to be the milled in scope bases. The recoil setback looked to be more than enough to drive a scope about an inch into ones forehead. Bob 0 -
Can't be too much of a gun in the video.
The cows in the background didn't even look up.
That, or the cows are gunbroke.0 -
As previously noted I had the opportunity to help develop and test fire what may have been the first run of .700 nitro express - and I still have a dozen loaded rounds stashed away...
Very cool
Did you work with Bell and Feldsten out in NV?0 -
We don't have cape buffalo, elephants or rhino in SC. 0 -
select-fire wrote:We don't have cape buffalo, elephants or rhino in SC.
But if climate change is real - it is only a matter of time. Better be prepared just in case. Bob0 -
...why not take it to a .622, or .630??? They always fall just short of the perfect whitetail round. 0 -
I've always wanted to go on a trophy Freight Train or Earth Mover hunt......... 0 -
That would make a deer disappear 0
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