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Aussie Chris reacted to dogcat1's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with
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In short, the answer to your opening question is - no, not really. Most if not all PH's prefer you shoot a .375 or .416 or at most a... -
Aussie Chris reacted to BryceM's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
Recoil, and lots of it. They might have a place. Dispatching whales. Truly stopping elephants. Scratching an itch to shoot the...
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Aussie Chris reacted to Brian's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
Thanks for the good post. I am a ".50 cal is the minimum" kind of a guy. I have heard of and seen a .416 disappoint with regular...
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Aussie Chris replied to the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything?.Yeah, I can imagine from a PH’s perspective they see so often a guy show up with a 500 + and they role their eyes. I would not be...
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Aussie Chris reacted to Brian's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
Now that I have the microphone I think that I should say something about the .375 even though I have said it too many times in the past...
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Aussie Chris reacted to Brian's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
Steve, Yes, that was me, thanks for mentioning it. I used Cutting Edge Bullets (CEB) and Peregrine Bushmaster bullets in the .577 NE...
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Aussie Chris reacted to steve white's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
Well, a gentleman on AH has described the "immediately lay down sick and die" performance of the 577 with some of the newer projectiles...
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Aussie Chris reacted to Pondoro's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
The .375H&H work splendid on cape buffalo..penetrate well and give good results as long as bullet placement is good and you use premium...
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Aussie Chris replied to the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything?.I hunt pigs and feral goats here in Australia with my 458Lott and shot two shots with a 500NE at the Heym factory 2 or 3 weeks ago...
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Aussie Chris reacted to IvW's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
Personally I would like to see something like a 500 No.2 3 1/2 NE.....massive strong case firing a 600gr .510 bullet at 2150 to 2250...
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Aussie Chris reacted to 375Ruger416's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
I am reading John Taylor’s book at the moment. ‘African Rifles and Cartridges’. He opines that the 577 and 600 have their place, but...
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Aussie Chris reacted to zephyr's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
Wait I'm confused I thought all you needed was a properly scoped 375 .... Good for you Brian
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Aussie Chris reacted to Brian's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
After I killed cape buffalo with my .577 NE, many of the old, standard concepts about it, like most of the statements above, became...
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Aussie Chris reacted to grand veneur's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
That's honor you that you are with over 90 still active on a Forum. It's inevitable that there will be disputes on a Forum because we...
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Aussie Chris reacted to Luvthunt's post in the thread Do the 577 and 600 nitro really offer anything? with Like.
The posting was an opinion on the 577 vs the 600. Why is it necessary to bring personal remarks into the discussion. I am over 90 and in...