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.600 Overkill | ||||||||
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Type | Hunting, rifle | |||||||
Place of origin | United States | |||||||
Production history | ||||||||
Designer | Robert Garnick | |||||||
Designed | 2000 [1] | |||||||
Specifications | ||||||||
Parent case | None | |||||||
Case type | Belted, straight | |||||||
Bullet diameter | 15.7 mm (0.62 in) | |||||||
Neck diameter | 16.4 mm (0.65 in) | |||||||
Shoulder diameter | 16.4 mm (0.65 in) | |||||||
Base diameter | 16.7 mm (0.66 in) | |||||||
Rim diameter | 16.3 mm (0.64 in) | |||||||
Rim thickness | 1.5 mm (0.059 in) | |||||||
Case length | 76 mm (3.0 in) | |||||||
Overall length | 93 mm (3.7 in) | |||||||
Case capacity | 196.6 cm3 (3,034 gr H2O) | |||||||
Primer type | Magnum large rifle | |||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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Source(s): 470MBogo [2] |
The .600 Overkill is a hunting cartridge designed to fit the CZ-550 action, by American Hunting Rifles.
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, [2] 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 900-grain (58 g) bullet at more than 2,400 ft/s (730 m/s),