Well, I finally got around to shooting the new .600NE double. Honestly, I loved it! This new gun fits me alot better than the .577NE did, and it was alot of fun to shoot.

I fired it a total of 8 times in about 5 minutes - but below is my initial 3 shot group at 35 yards, off hand (I forgot my sticks). The first shot was the center-low shot, which I fired just a single shot. The other two shots were both barrels fired in rapid sucession. Dis-regard the smaller hole in the middle, that was my .300 RUM - I was just checking it at 100 yards.

Paul kindly sent me some loaded rounds a few weeks ago, and the CEB boys have loaded and sent me 50 additional rounds that will be here by Friday. I'm no shooting expert, but I'll take it at 35 yards - off hand. The CEB's seem to shoot just fine, now I can't wait to see what the .600NE does to a Zim elephant next month! Hopefully I shoot this time, better than my last outing with the double (I also hope my PH is not reading this thread )

Aaron, where do you get those 6-foot square targets? :-)

Biebs!

That was priceless!

Fact of the matter, I am thinking he is already MOE (Minute of Elephant).

Matt

He will need to get closer than 35 yards for a brain shot.


465H&H

Aaron,
Sounds like you had a great outing.

Never mind Biebs, he's just suffering withdrawal from lack of a big bore double.

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Aaron, where do you get those 6-foot square targets? :-)

Same place I get my target holder - Goodwill!

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Same place I get my target holder - Goodwill!

And judging by my watching your hunting DVDs, your hunting clothes as well!!!! :-)

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Never mind Biebs, he's just suffering withdrawal from lack of a big bore double. Wink

Hey, seems to me I remember a certain Granite Mountain AHR 600 OK somewhere in my gunroom, no? You know...the one you could actually hit stuff with? :-)

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Originally posted by Biebs:

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Never mind Biebs, he's just suffering withdrawal from lack of a big bore double. Wink

Hey, seems to me I remember a certain Granite Mountain AHR 600 OK somewhere in my gunroom, no? You know...the one you could actually hit stuff with? :-)

You mean you still own it? That must be a record for duration of ownership for you

Besides, I did say double

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Originally posted by Biebs:

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Same place I get my target holder - Goodwill!

And judging by my watching your hunting DVDs, your hunting clothes as well!!!! :-)

When at Goodwill, never pass up a deal!!!

Aaron,

Glad you are enjoying your new toy! Shoot it alot and try to use a smaller than 6X6 target. Just because you are going to shoot elephant doesn't mean you need a bigger target for practice. HA HA I like the shoot and see 5.5 inch black bulleye targets for shooting a double. The front sight usually just covers the target at 50 yards.

Sam

Sam,

Don't pressure Aaron - he's a hunter, not a shooter.

He's "on paper" and I'm looking forward to a DVD with a barage of .620 CEBs being flung at large creatures.

If he practices too much it'll go down with one shot - makes for poor theater ...

BTW - loved those 577s you brewed up for Aaron. They shoot mighty nice as can be seen in the other thread

CCMDoc,

OK I'll wait for the DVD.

Glad you liked that ammo, it was the same load that killed the first big game animal with the original BBW#13. My elephant!

Sam

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Originally posted by srose:
CCMDoc,

OK I'll wait for the DVD.

Glad you liked that ammo, it was the same load that killed the first big game animal with the original BBW#13. My elephant!

Sam

I think they chrono'ed at just under 2,000fps out of my 24" barrels and regulated quite nicely.

I guess I'll need to stock up on Rl-15 and get some of those cardboard wads you used.

Oh, and I think I have the case that fired that CEB that took that elephant.

Unfortunately it found its way into the tumbler and the documentation on the case was scrubbed away

Please don't clutter up the DR forum before the softball raffle. I plan to do plenty of that soon.

Aaron,

Did you see any 600's for sale there at Goodwill? I'll take 2 if you do!

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Originally posted by DCS Member:
Please don't clutter up the DR forum before the softball raffle. I plan to do plenty of that soon.

Hate to tell you Marcus, but that winning ticket sits on my bar as we speak. I will let you shoot it though. Just say when!

Man, you guys are killin me!!

First off, I use big targets cause I can't see worth a darn, and I use a big gun, cause I can't shoot worth a darn! Seems logical to me????

And now you dudes want to talk about practice, I mean we're talking about practice, really???? Practice what?? With that darn guy, all I do is point and pull! Sometimes eyes open, sometimes eyes closed - what's the difference? All practice does is "make perfect", and I am far from that. Besides, like Doc says - if I practice too much, I will become too proficient with the gun, and the next DVD will not be near as dramatic! I prefer all the running across the Zimbabwe savannah, bullets flying in all directions (literally) and the end result of a charging buffalo. Too much practice would eliminate all of that fun, thus I for one - refuse to practice!

I tell every PH I ever hunt with, the exact same thing. I know exactly what I am looking for, and exactly how to kill it (most of the time) your job is to get me there (since I have no idea where we are going) Once we find it, I suggest you get behind me before the shooting starts!!!!

I'm a hunter, not a shooter - and I am sticking to that story boys!

Todd, Goodwill was out of .600's - but I did manage to get some more safari clothes for Biebs!

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
Man, you guys are killin me!!

First off, I use big targets cause I can't see worth a darn, and I use a big gun, cause I can't shoot worth a darn! Seems logical to me????

And now you dudes want to talk about practice, I mean we're talking about practice, really???? Practice what?? With that darn guy, all I do is point and pull! Sometimes eyes open, sometimes eyes closed - what's the difference? All practice does is "make perfect", and I am far from that. Besides, like Doc says - if I practice too much, I will become too proficient with the gun, and the next DVD will not be near as dramatic! I prefer all the running across the Zimbabwe savannah, bullets flying in all directions (literally) and the end result of a charging buffalo. Too much practice would eliminate all of that fun, thus I for one - refuse to practice!

I tell every PH I ever hunt with, the exact same thing. I know exactly what I am looking for, and exactly how to kill it (most of the time) your job is to get me there (since I have no idea where we are going) Once we find it, I suggest you get behind me before the shooting starts!!!!

I'm a hunter, not a shooter - and I am sticking to that story boys!

Todd, Goodwill was out of .600's - but I did manage to get some more safari clothes for Biebs!

Please tell me not one of Buzz's mankinis ...

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Please tell me not one of Buzz's mankinis ... shocker barf

I'll take the leather Fedora and flip-flops, but I wouldn't be caught dead with that beat-up old Ruger 416!

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Please tell me not one of Buzz's mankinis ... shocker barf

Doc, I think they call them THONGS these days :-)

Isn't that a question better asked to Larry?

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Isn't that a question better asked to Larry? Wink

No, those are called "Panties" :-)

And you would know this? How?

Too many hunting trips together followed by years of tormenting nightmares!!!!!!

so that's why Larry smiles like a chimp all the time

No, I think it's the Chimp genes. His family doesn't have a gene pool, it's more of a cesspool!

i thought it was a puddle not pool

Wading out of this morass and getting back to Aaron and his Verney-Carron 600 Nitro Express ...

I for one would like to be with him while he flings a fistfull of brass CEBs at a charging wall of grey.

Of course I would be happily doing the same ...

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Originally posted by CCMDoc:
Wading out of this morass and getting back to Aaron and his Verney-Carron 600 Nitro Express ...

I for one would like to be with him while he flings a fistfull of brass CEBs at a charging wall of grey.

Of course I would be happily doing the same ...

Sounds fun!!!!!

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by CCMDoc:
Wading out of this morass and getting back to Aaron and his Verney-Carron 600 Nitro Express ...

I for one would like to be with him while he flings a fistfull of brass CEBs at a charging wall of grey.

Of course I would be happily doing the same ...

Sounds fun!!!!!

Damn right

CCMDoc, Are you sure you just don't want to pick up all that 600 brass for yourself!

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Originally posted by srose:
CCMDoc, Are you sure you just don't want to pick up all that 600 brass for yourself!

I plan to borrow the buterfly net you used for Michael - no, not the one the guys in the white jump suits used on him - the one you used to catch the brass from your 500 ...

I used a 12 X 12 seine net! HEH HEH

Sam, If you mean 12 foot x 12 foot, maybe those folks could make targets for when Aaron decides to shoot the 600 at 75 yards! :-)

Yes 12 ft X 12 ft. You know those VCs throw brass a long way and Michael would let them fly in all directions. You would wear yourself out with a butterfly net.

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Sam, If you mean 12 foot x 12 foot, maybe those folks could make targets for when Aaron decides to shoot the 600 at 75 yards! :-)

Why in the world would I do that? I can't even see that far!!! But hey, an elephant is roughly 12' x 12' isn't it? So, I should be ok out to 75 yards - right?

Aaron, that should work. As you told me, based on your years of DG experience, even a shot in the foot of an Ele should be instantly fatal with your big new shootin' iron! :-)

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Aaron, that should work. As you told me, based on your years of DG experience, even a shot in the foot of an Ele should be instantly fatal with your big new shootin' iron! :-)

Instantly fatal shot to the foot?? Ok, I'll give that a try!

You da man!