I am now "Heavy" into the BIG Bores and wondering how many .600NE Double owners are here and what types do you own(Holland,Westley,Jeffery,etc) and your experiences with it on what game and how you like it?I have a 1915 Osborne and love it,taking it to Tanzania this October....Thanks!

Euroguns has a Heym Jumbo Ivory Hunter in .600 N.E. due in in July.I am concdering it for a birthday present to myself.

Hi Tom

Gow are you getting on with the Osborne, have you got a load figured out or are you sticking with the Kynoch?

My own .600 is slowly coming along, still a 15 plus month lead time, saw the barrels in the whoite at Trevor's workshop last week, weight with unfinished lumps is at 8 lbs so should have no problem getting the all up weight inot the 15 + lbs class, just carryig it will be the problem.

Any nearer with your Owen 4 bore yet?

Trevor Proctors web-site is now up and running, although still subkect to some final tweeking around.

Hope you are keeping well, look forward to your hunt report with the Osborne.

Regards

Jonathan

Hello Jonathan,Good to hear from you!Yes,120grs of RE15 does it right and she shoots 1 1/2" at 50yds,dead on!Also,just got a awesome Westley .577 and working on loads for it now.The 4 bore is but a few months away and after its done and played with,then off to the engraver.Its going to Tanzania in Oct with the .600 or the .577?(need a light gun,you know!) : )
Keep me posted on your .600,I am sure it will be worth the wait!....Safarikid

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Originally posted by baboon:
Euroguns has a Heym Jumbo Ivory Hunter in .600 N.E. due in in July.I am concdering it for a birthday present to myself.

Phew!!! You go dude!!!

The relative absence of postings for this thread is enlightening in that I had read that not too many 600s were built in the early part of the 20th century, but with Heym manufacturing them currently and Searcy making them at least in the recent past (and possibly still now as a special order???) I would have thought that more folks might report having them.

I talk to Butch every couple of months. I think it was in Ealy November that he said he was building a .600 at that point. I have no idea how many he has built since he has been in business.

577,

I would lay a wager that Butch has built not more than 6 rifles in .600 NE. And I would lay a big wager that he has built no more than 10 of them.

For some perverse reason, there is more demand for .700 NE than for .600 NE.

500grains:

You are probably right. I know of only two: the one he was building when we spoke and the other for the Movie Jurassic Park.

I'll ask him how many the next time I'm on the phone with him.

so im a perverse bastard am i.......lol.......

i cant wait for my 505 to come in.......im still stuck on what im gonna do for a back up rifle.......

probably have searcy build me a 500 ne double ph.

or a another bolt action but in 458 lott built on a waffen hien action id much prefer a double that way i have one of each.

Hey 700,Wondering what was up?My .600OK bolt is due very soon and the 4 Double in June! Got me a sweet 600dbl and a gorgeous 577dbl recently,luv em all!Alaska for Brown bear next month with the 500 Smith...When is Africa for you?...We are headed to Tanz in Oct...Sold the 700 to a great guy a few months back....

i call you tonight and we can chat for a bit.....

i just bought a new toy.....a chevy impala ss with the small block v8 303hp.