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Originally posted by srshooter:
I must relenquish the computer now 'cause my wife wants to use it to play her Saturday Night Karaoke songs!

And here we all thought that SAFARIKID was the toughest among us and could handle the maximum abuse ...

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Originally posted by CCMDoc:

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Originally posted by srshooter:
I must relenquish the computer now 'cause my wife wants to use it to play her Saturday Night Karaoke songs!

And here we all thought that SAFARIKID was the toughest among us and could handle the maximum abuse ...

YEAH, I'VE GOT MY SCARS! Taking 200 ft pounds of recoil can't be half as bad as 3 hours in a karaoke bar. I have to put away a lot of beer just to tolerate it sometimes.....and it is still painful as hell!!!!!

CCMDoc, I liked your .600 Overkill videos. Nice rifle too. I noticed you didn't have your muzzle brake on at first. Hurt much?


What does your .600 OK weigh? It seems like you've mentioned your rifle's weight but I can't remember. What's your barrel length with and without the muzzle brake?

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Originally posted by srshooter:
CCMDoc, I liked your .600 Overkill videos. Nice rifle too. I noticed you didn't have your muzzle brake on at first. Hurt much?


What does your .600 OK weigh? It seems like you've mentioned your rifle's weight but I can't remember. What's your barrel length with and without the muzzle brake?

Actually, it didn't hurt at all - AHR has the stock design perfect!

BBL length is 23.5" and weight is 13lbs. If I had to do it over again, I'd have it at 10 or 11 and may at some point send it to AHR for a diet.

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Originally posted by CCMDoc:

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Originally posted by srshooter:
CCMDoc, I liked your .600 Overkill videos. Nice rifle too. I noticed you didn't have your muzzle brake on at first. Hurt much?


What does your .600 OK weigh? It seems like you've mentioned your rifle's weight but I can't remember. What's your barrel length with and without the muzzle brake?

Actually, it didn't hurt at all - AHR has the stock design perfect!

BBL length is 23.5" and weight is 13lbs. If I had to do it over again, I'd have it at 10 or 11 and may at some point send it to AHR for a diet.

Told ya Doc. Tom and my 10-11 Lbrs wear on you

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Originally posted by CCMDoc:

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Originally posted by srshooter:
CCMDoc, I liked your .600 Overkill videos. Nice rifle too. I noticed you didn't have your muzzle brake on at first. Hurt much?


What does your .600 OK weigh? It seems like you've mentioned your rifle's weight but I can't remember. What's your barrel length with and without the muzzle brake?

Actually, it didn't hurt at all - AHR has the stock design perfect!

BBL length is 23.5" and weight is 13lbs. If I had to do it over again, I'd have it at 10 or 11 and may at some point send it to AHR for a diet.

Thanks CCMDoc! How much length does does the brake to the oal when it's screwed on?

600 Overkill, that's a nice BIG BOAR taken with a nice BIG BORE!

How well does your AHR stock and bluing hold up under snowy weather and rain? I'm starting to wonder whether or not I ought to go with a synthetic stock over a walnut stock. AHR's stock work is really nice and I may be happier if I get the wood stock first and just order a synthetic later for nasty weather hunts.

It's hard to decide but I've got plenty of time. It's kinda tough because I want my .600 OK to be "THE ULTIMATE STOPPER" in any kind of weather but, also, when you are gonna lay down around $5000-$5500 (which is a lot of money, at least for me anyway) you want that rifle to look special as well as perform special. I'm almost possitive that I'll end up with two stocks for it though. I'm just not sure which I'll go with first. Last week I was about 80% to 20% in favor of the synthetic stock first but now I'm at 50%-50%. Part of the reason for this is that everyone keeps saying how good AHR's stock design is for softening the recoil of the big .600 OK and everyone who's saying this is using the walnut stock and I'm wondering if the synthetic version is as comfortable.

Has anyone out there used one of AHR's synthetic stocks on a big kicker??

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Originally posted by srshooter:
600 Overkill, that's a nice BIG BOAR taken with a nice BIG BORE!

How well does your AHR stock and bluing hold up under snowy weather and rain? I'm starting to wonder whether or not I ought to go with a synthetic stock over a walnut stock. AHR's stock work is really nice and I may be happier if I get the wood stock first and just order a synthetic later for nasty weather hunts.

It's hard to decide but I've got plenty of time. It's kinda tough because I want my .600 OK to be "THE ULTIMATE STOPPER" in any kind of weather but, also, when you are gonna lay down around $5000-$5500 (which is a lot of money, at least for me anyway) you want that rifle to look special as well as perform special. I'm almost possitive that I'll end up with two stocks for it though. I'm just not sure which I'll go with first. Last week I was about 80% to 20% in favor of the synthetic stock first but now I'm at 50%-50%. Part of the reason for this is that everyone keeps saying how good AHR's stock design is for softening the recoil of the big .600 OK and everyone who's saying this is using the walnut stock and I'm wondering if the synthetic version is as comfortable.

Has anyone out there used one of AHR's synthetic stocks on a big kicker??

SR,
Like CCMDOC says above, the stock design by AHR is so good you really have to shoot one to see just how well they tame the felt recoil. It is a very comfortable rifle to shoot even in this caliber. As to wood vs. synthetic, when I built mine, I just didn't want to spend this kind of money for a boring plastic stock. Besides, built the way they built mine being bedded with a nice external finish and the Gun-Kote finish, I wouldn't be afraid of wet weather at all. The day I took the above pic it was snowing like hell and it got soaked. No problem, I dried it back at the lodge, pulled an oiled bore snake though it & sprayed all the metal back down with Sheath. If you get both wood & synthetic of coarse you have all the bases covered.

Go both....They did me a Synthetic stock also and recoil was not bad and it was a 9 pounder(another AHR member now owns that one)...The glass stock is a no frills option,weatherproof and you can build it a tad lighter if you like!They really are not expensive as I remember...Also,there IS a compromise,a High Grade laminated Walnut stock that AHR offers and its weatherproof,good looking and durable! Talk to Wayne about that one

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Originally posted by SAFARIKID:
Go both....They did me a Synthetic stock also and recoil was not bad and it was a 9 pounder(another AHR member now owns that one)...The glass stock is a no frills option,weatherproof and you can build it a tad lighter if you like!They really are not expensive as I remember...Also,there IS a compromise,a High Grade laminated Walnut stock that AHR offers and its weatherproof,good looking and durable! Talk to Wayne about that one

I'll definately get both a fancy grade walnut and a synthetic stock. I hope AHR will have up some pics of their synthetic line and laminated stocks soon for a visual for comparison. Because of the many testimonials of their excellent stock design I'll probably ask for an 11 pounder instead of 12-12.5. I don't think I'll go any lighter than 11 pounds though because I plan to shoot heavy loads and don't want the recoil to be uncontrollable without the muzzle brake on. I don't plan on hunting with absolute max loads but I probably will be shooting 900 grainers in the 2200-2300 fps range to retain the .600 OK's stomping power and overcome the penetration problems associated with the .600 NE. I am planning for a 22" barrel and this velocity range would seem to be a nice compromise of power and penetration at pressure levels that are safe for any type of climate......but I'll certainly know more about it after I've had a chance to work with it.

How much length will AHR's brake add to my rifle's oal. My preference is for a 22" barrel but I may go with a 20-21" barrel if the brake adds too much length. Thanks to everyone for your pictures and helpful input.

I'm definately more excited about owning an AHR .600 OK than I am about the .500 A-Square project that I'll have several months prior to the .600 and that's saying something because I expect the .500 A2 to be loads of fun. I guess you could say that it will be an appetizer before the main course. There's just something about those 900 grain .62 cal bullets!

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Originally posted by srshooter:
Because of the many testimonials of their excellent stock design I'll probably ask for an 11 pounder instead of 12-12.5. I am planning for a 22" barrel and this velocity range would seem to be a nice compromise of power and penetration at pressure levels that are safe for any type of climate......but I'll certainly know more about it after I've had a chance to work with it.

How much length will AHR's brake add to my rifle's oal. My preference is for a 22" barrel but I may go with a 20-21" barrel if the brake adds too much length. Thanks to everyone for your pictures and helpful input.

I'm definately more excited about owning an AHR .600 OK than I am about the .500 A-Square project that I'll have several months prior to the .600 and that's saying something because I expect the .500 A2 to be loads of fun. I guess you could say that it will be an appetizer before the main course. There's just something about those 900 grain .62 cal bullets!

I'll take a look and try to post tonight, but best estimate is 3 1/2 - 4" added length.

Somehow I suspect the .500 will see a lot less action once you have the 600. If you have a stable of fast cars, who takes the second fastest out for a drive when the fastest is sitting right next to it?

Since Ed Plummer is leaving AHR, I don't know what to think now. I wonder if AHR will be the same company with him gone since he was the one to start it up (I think he was anyway) and I believe that it was Ed who helped RGB in the design of the .600 OK and helped make it work in the CZ 550 action with the center fed magazine and other alterations. I hope AHR will continue to build rifles in the .600 OK and the line of AHR cartridges while maintaining the degree of excellent craftsmanship that they have earned so much respect with. If they do change, hopefully Ed Plummer will continue building them whereever he decides to go. I hope I'll be able to purchase an AHR .600 OK from one of them anyways! This is kinda sad!


Good luck and best wishes to both Ed Plummer & Wayne Jacobson in their future endeavors!

Fear not, AHR is in good hands with Wayne . Order your 600 with confidence!

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Originally posted by Mississippian:
Fear not, AHR is in good hands with Wayne . Order your 600 with confidence!

Ditto...

You have nothing to worry about dealing with Wayne...

He knows what he is doing and runs a first class operation...

Ditto on the above!