.600 Overkill
{{Short description|Rifle cartridge}}
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|designer=Robert Garnick
|design_date=2000Cary, D. (2020, August 29). 600 overkill? anyone.. AfricaHunting.com. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/600-overkill-anyone.57753/page-2
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|case_type=Belted, straight
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|rim_dia=16.3
|rim_thick=1.5
|case_length=76
|length=93
|case_capacity=196.6
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|vel1= 2,500 ft/s (747 m/s)
|en1= 13,877 ft⋅lbf (18,814 J)
|bw2=1000
|btype2=Solid brass
|vel2=3200 ft/s (914.4 m/s)
|en2= ft lbs (27,092 J)
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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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