For The Man Who Has Everything!! .600 NE Anyone? Not Mine

[sestoppelman]

Not to mention the $200,000 right?

 

[IvW]

Could have gone the cash deal route for the discount... but caliber and auto safety is a no no.....

 

[sestoppelman]

Could have gone the cash deal route for the discount... but caliber and auto safety is a no no.....

picky, picky picky.....

 

[rookhawk]

If its truly a Daniel Fraser action its worth a bundle, even if just for the action. Agree, it is an ego gun, overpowered for the frame, underweight to make it a practical shooter.

 

[Snowball]

I know I've seen 500NE for about $10/rd, don't think I've ever laid eyes on any .600 but I imagine it's higher than a hippy in a hot air balloon

 

[JPmbogo]

A new production POS.
I owned one of the last vintage Jeffery single shots in .600. Way too light at 11 pounds for the recoil. After two shots I sold it. Friends said to load it down. Hell, why buy a .600 if you shoot .450 loads through it? Just to say one owns a .600?

Got to disagree with you Cal on not "loading down." I own several "big guns" up to and including a muzzleloading 7 bore, two ML 8 bores, and a 500 A-Square, plus others. I shoot them all with less than full bore loads because they are fun to shoot that way. Why beat yourself up for no reason? And why then own them? Because they are neat guns to own. And yes, I do occasionally light off full loads for perspective.

Regarding comments on being "over priced," get serious. I am familiar with the maker and also others who build similar custom big bore single shots. The current bid is probably one "zero" short of replacement cost.

 

[rookhawk]

I keep looking at this gun because I’m conflicted between loathing it immensely and appreciating what it is. I think I figured out what to do with it, assuming it goes for about $2500-$2800, maybe $3000.

1.) Put an orange pad on it.
2.) Bore out the barrel and cut rifling for 20 bore slug. I believe chamber, bore, and barrel will all clean up to 20 gauge.

In the end, you’d have a very elegant, proper weight gun for hunting in slug-only states.

I thought about the other options, including making it a 450-400 3”, or a 375HH, or a 404J, but all those scenarios require you to throw away the barrel and start over. A new quarter rib, ramp, barrel band, barrel, and the labor to install and finish would be $2500 or more. Math won’t work, but the 20 bore absolutely would for a lot less, south of $1000 I would wager.

*Postscript: The bore is .005” too big for a 20 gauge and the rim is too big. So the plan won’t work after all. A rebore and rechamber to 12 gauge is about the only option I could think of for reasonable money.

 

[CJW]

From the reading I've done, a 600NE usually weighs 14-15 lbs + or -. That being said, done carefully I think you could add at least 3 lbs to the rifle via molten lead poured into a couple copper pipes epoxied in the butt.

Or go all out with pure tungsten rod and drill even smaller holes.

 

[TOBY458]

If it were a 500 I'd jump on it at that price.

 

[JPmbogo]

The rifle in question should not be messed with other than as suggested, some wt added in the butt stock. Check out "Addenix II: Practice Loads with 5744 Powder" in Terry Wieland's Dangerous Game Rifles. I use this reduced load system in all my big nitro guns. So, just for giggles, I checked out the system using some 600 brass and 900gr solids I have in stock. The case will hold approximately 130 gr of 5744 with said bullet seated to max o/a cartrdge length (3.680). Using Wieland's (and other's) system, a starting load would be 52 gr (40% of 130). One could go all the way to 84.5 at 65%, but then why. You are already sending 900 grs of metal down range with consequences at both ends. Just member Mr. Newton's law of physics!

 

[sestoppelman]

Its over $3000 now fellas.

 

[sestoppelman]

I think @lvW is sandbagging us, he wants it so bad he cant hardly relish his vittles!
Just waiting for the price to go up!

 

[JPmbogo]

Another thought on this and similar "exotic" caliber rifles. Dies and components are a real issue.

 

[vette447]

Now I am interested to see what this one ends up going for. I am guessing it would get your attention 11.5 lbs when you touch off a round.

 

[JPmbogo]

Another thought on this and similar "exotic" caliber rifles. Dies and components are a real issue.

Make that $5k and counting with still 8 days to go!

 

[vette447]

Is that a knurled safety lever in front of the trigger and inside the trigger guard? Could that possibly pose some risk in contacting the trigger finger during recoil?

 

[CJW]

$5k with a little over 24 hrs to go. Get your bids in. Sure will be interesting to see where this goes.

 

[IvW]

I think @lvW is sandbagging us, he wants it so bad he cant hardly relish his vittles!
Just waiting for the price to go up!

Nice bat....
No thanks 500 Jeff for me....

 

[CoElkHunter]

Is that a knurled safety lever in front of the trigger and inside the trigger guard? Could that possibly pose some risk in contacting the trigger finger during recoil?

I think just shooting it ONCE will possibly pose some risk for detaching a retina, nevermind your trigger finger? LOL

 

[sestoppelman]

Sold for over $7500!!!