.600 Overkill

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|vel1= 2,500 ft/s (747 m/s)

|en1= 13,877 ft⋅lbf (18,814 J)

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|vel2=3200 ft/s (914.4 m/s)

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The .600 Overkill is a hunting cartridge designed to fit the CZ-550 action, by American Hunting Rifles.

Design

The .600 Overkill was designed by Robert Garnick of Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000. The case is a custom, with a belt, .683 in (17.35 mm), added for headspacing and the rim to fit that of the .505 Gibbs .640 in-(16.26 mm) size, bolt face.

This cartridge was intended to fire the largest bullet able to fit in the CZ-550,{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Daniel |title=Mini Compendium of Big Bore Cartridges |url=http://www.470mbogo.com/BigBoreCompendium/#600Overkill |work=470Mbogo.com |access-date=4 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901170754/http://www.470mbogo.com/BigBoreCompendium/#600Overkill |archive-date=1 September 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} and was designed specifically for the purpose of killing an elephant. The CZ-550 can fit two cartridges, with slight alterations.

The .600 Overkill fires a {{convert|900|gr|adj=on}} bullet at more than {{convert|2400|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}},

References

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  • {{Cite book|last=Templar|first=Stephen W|title=Rexgun|year=2008|publisher=Morgan Templar|isbn=978-0-615-22413-8|pages=106}}

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