Big Rifles

[PJgunner]

Originally Posted by skeet

Fired a 600 Nitro Express ..ONE time..Didn't need to set her off again..and the ammo was like 80 bucks each round. It was, of course, a Holland and Holland and weighed about 15 lbs if I remember right. Think the bullets weighed on the order of 2 ounces..something like 900 gr. Impressive and pretty useful if shooting Tyranosaurus Rex.

$80 a round? That must have been quite a few years back. I shot the .600 N.E. a very long time ago and it was right about $50 a pop way back then. Doggone it that was 54 years ago. I have a few toys that fall into the big bore category, more or less, two Ruger #1H rifles, one a .404 Jeffery and the other a .416 Rigby. With the sorry excuse Ruger uses of a butt pad, they do get a mite uncomfortable from the bench in a real big hurry. Every time I pop one off from the Rigby, it's $6.75 flying down range. :eek : Not as pricey as the .600 N.E. which I've heard now runs something like $150 a pop.
I think I'd pass on the new .700 N.E. that H&H now makes. I hear that one is $250 a pop.
Anyway, I don't shoot the big ones much anymore. serious arthritis in my right shoulder has caused a crimp in my enjoyment of the biggies.
Paul B.