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To: longhorn too

.577 Nitro.

The round is designed to take down an elephant with one shot.


17 posted on 03/26/2008 8:19:16 AM PDT by shibumi (".....panta en pasin....." - Origen)
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To: shibumi
.577 Nitro.

Source indicates it's .577 T-Rex. The same weight bullet but at 2,460 fps verses 2,050 fps for the .577 Nitro Express. In the same weight rifle, that would translate to about 20% more recoil. (.8 dB more recoil.. to mix general usages.)

27 posted on 03/26/2008 7:31:45 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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