Rifles In Africa
When hunting big, dangerous animals, there is a convincing argument to be made that bigger is better, and few rifles come bigger than the .600 Nitro Express: very few.
The cartridge itself is a thing to behold: a three-inch case, originally packed with 100 grains of cordite and topped with a bullet weighing 900 grains. It leaves the muzzle at 2,050 feet per second. The energy delivered on impact is a massive 7,600 ft/lbs. Clearly, these proportions and qualities are positively elephantine.
It is, therefore, of no surprise that the
