.600 Conquers Africa

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27 October 2006, 02:58

KennethI

.600 Conquers Africa

Posting these for SAFARIKID

27 October 2006, 03:15

SAFARIKID

Thanks Pal! Tanzania Zebra at 139 yds,Warthog at 30 yds(instant bacon!) and Buff at 40 something yds!...All these with .600 Overkill by AHR...900 gr Woodleigh JSP's. Mount Kilimanjaro with some glacier ice still hanging on!

"That's not a knife..THIS is a KNIFE" !

27 October 2006, 09:42

bigdoggy700

Kid, what velocities were your 900 grain bullets flying at? What was the powder used and grains used? thanks

27 October 2006, 19:32

Great stuff !!

27 October 2006, 22:36

bigdoggy700

Kid, very nice expansion on that 900 grain woodleigh soft point. wow!

27 October 2006, 22:51

POP

Man you shot the Mountain too?

J/K congrats!

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28 October 2006, 02:16

SAFARIKID

Yes,shot the mountain too!Now,I must get it "Mounted" ! : )

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28 October 2006, 21:47

dakota45056

Safarikid

That does it, next time I go over the 600 OK goes too, now that you have broken the ice,

Thanks for the info on travel.

Dak

29 October 2006, 03:08

Mississippian

Congrats!! Thanks for the pictures and glad your trip went well.

Would you mind sharing information on the selected load used on your trip.

Also, what scope is mounted on the 600?

Thanks, KP

Double Rifle Shooters Society

29 October 2006, 19:32

Overkill from sweden

Please tell about the effect on the annimals.. did they go down at once when you shot them?? was the wound channel big?
//Overkill

31 October 2006, 05:18

Robgunbuilder

Gee if you had only used a 1:10 twist barrel on the .600Ok you might have killed them deader than that! Way to go!-Rob

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31 October 2006, 17:41

SAFARIKID

Thanks Guys....Scope was a Leupold 2.5 Hvy CH and worked fantastic.Loads were around 2000 FPS with Woodleigh 900SP's.Animals were "Slammed" and wound channels were similar to a Huge Black & Decker Drill! Maybe I should call it "The B&D Drill Masacre" !! : )

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31 October 2006, 20:10

Robgunbuilder

Any pics of the huge gaping wound channels?-Rob

01 November 2006, 05:09

.366torque

quote:
Originally posted by Robgunbuilder:
Any pics of the huge gaping wound channels?-Rob

01 November 2006, 21:56

Robgunbuilder

SafariKid- Did you use the IMR 7828 168gr load? I'll bet it did look like a 5/8 drill hole! Also what kind of penetration did you get with the woodleighs? -Rob

02 November 2006, 00:20

Jonathan Tomlinson

Rob

Can 7828 be substituted instead of 7828SC or is case capacity sufficient to make no difference?

02 November 2006, 00:53

Robgunbuilder

I use a drop tube and never saw any difference between 7828SC and std.-Rob

02 November 2006, 18:54

SAFARIKID

Rob,could you email me at Daqridude@aol.com or call me at 912 484 4700 as I have some ideas/questions on this subject....Yes,holes and channels were severe,but paled by the Beast Path of destruction from those 4 Bore Craters!

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02 November 2006, 19:48

Robgunbuilder

Will do!- Yup a 1 inch drill makes a noticably bigger hole than a 5/8 drill. Way cool!-Rob

19 July 2008, 06:27

SAFARIKID

Just added the Picture above of 2000gr soft point...Nasty ENTRANCE Hole from 4 bore double and a very dead Cape Buff!

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19 July 2008, 06:39

Tyler Kemp

Did you use a brake when shooting the game? What is the recoil comparable to?

Love shooting precision and long range. Big bores too!

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19 July 2008, 06:47

Macifej

Did the Buffalo fly through the air 30 feet and land on his back in a smoldering singed carcass??

If not - you need a bigger gun!!

19 July 2008, 07:42

ShortandFat

quote:
Originally posted by Macifej:
Did the Buffalo fly through the air 30 feet and land on his back in a smoldering singed carcass??

If not - you need a bigger gun!!

Macifej, did you just pull the pin on a granade, throw it and run ?

regards
S&F

19 July 2008, 08:16

Macifej

No - I was just making light of Tom's insatiable appetite for ever larger and more "robust" rifles.

19 July 2008, 08:44

SAFARIKID

quote:
Originally posted by Tyler Kemp:
Did you use a brake when shooting the game? What is the recoil comparable to?

NO Brake on this one!Its a BIG Shove...Check this out.. http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit2?ns=1&video_id=AH...3D0%26sq%3D%26dm%3D0

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19 July 2008, 12:19

srshooter

GREAT HUNT....GREAT CARTRIDGE....GREAT RIFLE....GREAT JOB!!!!!

Those AHR rifles are absolutely beautiful. I hope to be able to afford one someday without taking out a second mortgage or starving my family. Then again....we could miss a few meals!

Safari Kid, I know you've been around a bit and would like to ask a couple of questions if you don't mind. (#1) - Have you had any trouble with authorities when trying to take your over .50 caliber handguns and rifles to Africa, Australia, etc...? If so where did you encounter the trouble and how did you resolve it? (#2) - What is the best African country to book a hunt in your opinion?

Thanks for the inspiration and congratulations on a fine rifle and and a fine hunt.

19 July 2008, 12:44

srshooter

Safari, I just got the answer to my first question on another thread about traveling with over .50 cal ammo. It's crazy that the .500 Nitro and .500 A2 might be ok to ride but the smaller cal .505 Gibbs would be taken from you by some idiot who knows nothing about this stuff.

What terrorist uses a .577 Nitro or .600 Overkill? This pisses me off!!

19 July 2008, 16:23

CCMDoc

quote:
Originally posted by srshooter:
Safari, I just got the answer to my first question on another thread about traveling with over .50 cal ammo. It's crazy that the .500 Nitro and .500 A2 might be ok to ride but the smaller cal .505 Gibbs would be taken from you by some idiot who knows nothing about this stuff.

What terrorist uses a .577 Nitro or .600 Overkill? This pisses me off!!

Please - they are trying to outlaw over .50 in NJ - including muzzleloaders! Many a 7-11 has been held up using a .54 caliber flintlock around these parts!

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20 July 2008, 00:59

SAFARIKID

quote:
Originally posted by srshooter:
GREAT HUNT....GREAT CARTRIDGE....GREAT RIFLE....GREAT JOB!!!!!

Those AHR rifles are absolutely beautiful. I hope to be able to afford one someday without taking out a second mortgage or starving my family. Then again....we could miss a few meals!

Safari Kid, I know you've been around a bit and would like to ask a couple of questions if you don't mind. (#1) - Have you had any trouble with authorities when trying to take your over .50 caliber handguns and rifles to Africa, Australia, etc...? If so where did you encounter the trouble and how did you resolve it? (#2) - What is the best African country to book a hunt in your opinion?

Thanks for the inspiration and congratulations on a fine rifle and and a fine hunt.

Thanks for the kind words...Never brought handguns overseas as you usually can't now!

As for countries in Africa...Tanzania by far is the best,BUT,also the most expensive!It's like being at the Zoo with no bars,freak'n animals everywhere! I am always amazed....Botswana has the most elephant I have seen,Zim is the best buy now,but turmoil exist,but doesnt follow the hunters....yet?!If you could skip a few meals,go to Tanz as the adventure is great with alot of Kodak moments!

"That's not a knife..THIS is a KNIFE" !

20 July 2008, 18:23

srshooter

Thanks for the info!