hmmm, anyone else find this extremely tempting? Anyone with experience with the Nyati, please share your thoughts!!



http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/content/community/gun_inventory/inventory/sidney/fine_rifle/21711541_nyati.jhtml

I had a chance to handle this rifle last time I was at Cabelas...the overall workmanship was great and it handled very well, with one exception...at least to me...the area of the recoil pad was about the same as my Remington 870. To me that is FAR TOO SMALL of an area for that recoil level. It seemed way out of proportion to the rest of the gun. Other than that it was a beautiful piece.

^^I noticed that actually. The butt of the stock seems meager for such a recoiling brut. But the gun looks gorgeous.

Fusino,

That's a very nice looking rifle, but Cabelas has had it for a while so you might be able to negotiate the price. I have heard that Cabelas satisfaction guaranteed policy applies to rifles as well, and if that is true then there is no risk in your buying it because you could return it.

I had a .585 nyati, and I have another one in the process of being built (slow gunsmith). The cartridge is a lot of fun. You can shoot 1200 grain cast lead at 1000 fps with no recoil. Or you can push 750 grain solids at 2300 fps for elephants. If you drop the velocity down to 2000fps to 2100 fps, recoil is not too bad. At 2300 fps it is not pleasant, but still manageable.

The key issue for that rifle is whether it feeds or not (rebated rim). There is no way to know other than to buy it, load some ammo, and try it out.

Custom craftsmanship?!

Lars, ol'buddy, WTF is THIS?????

Marrakai,
That is the "telekinetic sling swivel stud" or TSSS. It levitates buttstocks with seemingly no physical attachment. A masterful touch of distinction that few craftsmaen can pull off with such flare as this fine example.

I have been by Cabela's in Sidney and pawed that piece myself, also noting the tiny footprint of the elehant hide covered pad. Could have been a pygmy elephant. Naw, probably just a baby elephant's scrotum was used to cover the pad.

What really puts me off of any .585 Nyati is the cartridge creator's declaration that his cartridge is, yes Ross Seyfried said it, "a nightmare."

Rebated rim, tiny shoulder, brass issues with Bertram, neck of cartridge versus neck of chamber incompatibilities with some brass and reamer combinations frequently encountered, etc.

Bad idea.

Looks like a nice rifle. I have a .585 Nyati built on a 602 .375 H&H, it weighs 15 pounds and has a break. My smith used RGB's advice with the neck dimensions and I have not had an ounce of problems with Betram or Horneber brass. No extraction problems with the Betram Brass either, given it's not in the same league as the Horneber stuff. It's a "Fun" gun in many respects but it's hard to take it seriously. I want to build a second one on a Montana PH action if they ever arrive and stock it in wood keep the weight down and stick to .577 nitro ballistics 750 @ 2150 fps or there abouts and then it becomes a more practical out fit than my breaked 15 pound set up which was built looking at getting full throttle ballistics. My 650 gr load would be doing around 2550 fps and that gets your attention.

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Originally posted by RIP:
That is the "telekinetic sling swivel stud" or TSSS. It levitates buttstocks with seemingly no physical attachment. A masterful touch of distinction that few craftsmaen can pull off with such flare as this fine example.

I have been by Cabela's in Sidney and pawed that piece myself, also noting the tiny footprint of the elehant hide covered pad. Could have been a pygmy elephant. Naw, probably just a baby elephant's scrotum was used to cover the pad.....

That rifle has a misshapen, outdated stock that'll exacerbate recoil. It's too narrow in the butt, and there's too much drop at comb. The pancake cheekpiece is a worthless appendage.

Here's a stock design that'll handle better and minimize felt recoil:

www.biesen.com

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