Factory-loaded ammunition produced 7 600 ft-lb of energy from its 900 gr bullet, travelling at 1 950 fps. What makes this calibre remarkable and memorable, is its ballistic performance. Many professional hunters resorted to letting a gun bearer carry the rifle until the critical moment. To keep recoil to manageable levels, the rifle had to be heavy (14–16 lb / 6,3–7,2 kg), and despite its ballistic performance potential, led to it becoming less popular than the. There was a trade-off in shooting a rifle that generated Figure 1 so much muzzle energy. 600 NE became the standard tool for ivory hunting during the heydays of 1900 to 1930. After testing some prototypes with a case length of 2.8″, a projectile of 800 gr and cordite load of 110 gr, the designers finally settled on a 3″ case firing a 900 gr projectile with a load of 110 gr of cordite to produce a muzzle velocity of 1 950 feet per second (fps) and muzzle energy of 7 600 footpounds (ft-lb). 600 NE was designed in 1903 by the English gunmaking company of WJ Jeffery specifically for elephant hunting (Figure 2). ![]() The case length is 3″ and the overall cartridge length a tad under 4″. 600 Nitro Express (NE) is a tapered, rimmed cartridge designed to fire a 900 gr projectile (Figure 1). 700 Holland & Holland (also referred to as the. ![]() 600 Nitro Express, second only to the mightier. No history of African hunting cartridges would be complete without mention of the mighty and fearsome.
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