The Accurate Reloading Forums
Here's your chance at a real big bore
"A long life, and the good sense to live it." ...Quintis Arrius
375H&H,404J,416DAK,458AFR,416RIG,450RIG,505GIB
Avatar: Gregory Peck & Susan Hayward in Africa
NRA member
15 March 2013, 08:39
PD999+1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition” ― Rudyard Kipling
15 March 2013, 10:15
boom stickA 700 Nitro with 100, 200 and 300 yard sights?
16 March 2013, 06:00
D R HunterTo the 600 NE
To the 700 NE
D/R Hunter
Correct bullet placement, combined with the required depth of bullet penetration, results in an anchored animal...
16 March 2013, 06:15
BiebsStunt Guns
17 March 2013, 09:22
FjoldThe recoil pad needs to be thicker, about 12" thicker.
Frank
"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953
NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite
17 March 2013, 12:30
Scriptusquote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
The recoil pad needs to be thicker, about 12" thicker.
Girl
!!!! 
17 March 2013, 12:49
cal pappasDR:
I could not have said it better!
Cal
_______________________________
Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska
www.CalPappas.comwww.CalPappas.blogspot.com1994 Zimbabwe
1997 Zimbabwe
1998 Zimbabwe
1999 Zimbabwe
1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation
2000 Australia
2002 South Africa
2003 South Africa
2003 Zimbabwe
2005 South Africa
2005 Zimbabwe
2006 Tanzania
2006 Zimbabwe--vacation
2007 Zimbabwe--vacation
2008 Zimbabwe
2012 Australia
2013 South Africa
2013 Zimbabwe
2013 Australia
2016 Zimbabwe
2017 Zimbabwe
2018 South Africa
2018 Zimbabwe--vacation
2019 South Africa
2019 Botswana
2019 Zimbabwe vacation
2021 South Africa
2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later)
______________________________
17 March 2013, 17:21
Todd WilliamsI'm going to have to disagree with DR and Cal here.
While I don't find the cartridge itself to be useful on either, (sorry Cal) I find the 700 to have been executed very nicely with many fine touches.
The 600 however is another matter. Looks like a kindergarten school child did the engraving of both the maker's name and the opposite side "Patent". The letter sizes don't match, nor are they straight. The remainder of the gun looks good, but that "stamping" on both sides of the receiver is a complete turnoff for me.
For example, 21st picture down, look at the "600" stamped on the barrel. The middle digit "0" isn't round or oval. Looks like it was scratched by free hand into the metal with a dull nail. That "0" has three sides to it, almost like a triangle with rounded edges. Then, just to the right, on the receiver, we see a part of the makers name. "DON" The "O" is smaller than the "N" and not aligned correctly. Then the opposite side "Farquharson's Patent". Not withstanding that the letters are not aligned correctly, but the first "s" and second "S" after the apostrophe are not even of the same style! The word "Patent" is spaced to read "PA TENT" and the E is misaligned. Unless this is some particular style that I'm not aware of and showing my ignorance to, it just ruins the piece for me. If it is some type of "style", I don't care for it at all!
17 March 2013, 22:32
Mike BrooksCal The same seller has a 4 bore for sale also..
A front loader even! Now you can get rid of those pesky red squirrels around the cabin.
NRA Life
ASSRA Life
DRSS
Today's Quote:
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone with free monthly minutes, food stamps, section 8 housing, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.
17 March 2013, 23:14
cal pappasTodd:
My comment was the cartridge, not the rifles. I didn't even look at the .600 pic. My comment was from a historical standpoint only.
Cheers,
Cal
PS. Mike: I will hire you as my exterminator with your .600 single.
_______________________________
Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska
www.CalPappas.comwww.CalPappas.blogspot.com1994 Zimbabwe
1997 Zimbabwe
1998 Zimbabwe
1999 Zimbabwe
1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation
2000 Australia
2002 South Africa
2003 South Africa
2003 Zimbabwe
2005 South Africa
2005 Zimbabwe
2006 Tanzania
2006 Zimbabwe--vacation
2007 Zimbabwe--vacation
2008 Zimbabwe
2012 Australia
2013 South Africa
2013 Zimbabwe
2013 Australia
2016 Zimbabwe
2017 Zimbabwe
2018 South Africa
2018 Zimbabwe--vacation
2019 South Africa
2019 Botswana
2019 Zimbabwe vacation
2021 South Africa
2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later)
______________________________
17 March 2013, 23:26
boom stickI would want a 12 bore. More useful and about the same size. Think of it as a heavy shotgun.