The .600 Nitro Express: History, Reloading, Refinishing

A NEW BOOK BY CAL PAPPAS!

THE .600 NITRO EXPRESS

A LOOK AT THE WORLD’S FINEST RIFLES

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

28 PAGES OF HISTORY WITH STORIES FROM A DOZEN USERS IN THE VINTAGE YEARS

A COMPLETE SELECTION OF VINTAGE BULLETS, BOXES, AND HEAD STAMPS WITH 32 VARIATIONS OF ORIGINAL CARTRIDGES

OVER 30 VINTAGE ENGLISH .600 RIFLES PHOTOGRAPHED IN DETAIL (ARMY AND NAVY, CHURCHILL, EVANS, GREENER, HOLLAND AND HOLLAND, JEFFERY, LANCASTER, LANG, MACNAUGHTON, OSBORNE, PURDEY, RODDA, WEBLEY AND SCOTT, WESTLEY RICHARDS, WILKES, WILKINSON, AND THE FRENCH ST. ENTIENNE

OVER 20 PAGES OF SHOOTING THE .600 TODAY WITH SOME EXCITING CONTEMPORARY HUNTING STORIES

28 MODERN .600 RIFLES PHOTOGRAPHED

A DATA BASE WITH OVER 200 RIFLES’ SPECIFICATIONS

COMPLETE RECORDS OF JEFFERY, HOLLAND AND HOLLAND, WILKES, PURDEY, AND WESTLEY RICHARDS

192 PAGES, FULL COLOR, HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET.

DELIVERY EXPECTED BY AUGUST--SEPTEMBER

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BELOW ARE THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS OF THE BOOK. AS OF TODAY'S DATE (JUNE 30, 2009) THE BOOK IS AT THE PRINTERS IN ASIA AND ON SCHEDULE FOR AN END OF AUGUST DELIVERY.

ORDERING INFORMATION FOR THE .600 NITRO EXPRESS. All books will be sent insured with delivery confirmation. My bank will hold out of state checks for 10 business days to clear. However, postal money orders can be cashed the same day at my bank or the post office.

PLEASE NOTE: I WILL BE OUT OF STATE BETWEEN DECEMBER 1 AND JANUARY 27. I WILL BE UNABLE TO FILL ORDERS BETWEEN THOSE DATES AND I WANT TO BE SURE FOLKS DON'T SEND AN ORDER AND PAYMENT WHEN I'M AWAY. I WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHING BORE RIFLES IN DECEMBER AND AT THE SAFARI CLUB SHOWS IN DALLAS AND RENO IN JANUARY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INTEREST IN MY BOOK AND WEBSITE.

The price of the book is $70 USD. Postage is as follows:

1 book sent priority mail is $16. (about one week from Alaska)

flat rate priority box $17 and 2$ each book for insurance (the cheapest way is this for two or more books)

1 book to Europe is $33. (About 2 weeks from Alaska)

2 books to Europe is $45.

1 book to Australia is $45 and two books is 55$

International orders sent by USPS global priority.

1 book sent media mail (book rate) is $7. (2-4 weeks from Alaska)

Delivery confirmation is included in the above prices.

Below are a few of the rifles photographed in the .600 Nitro Express. Enjoy them and see many more of the finest rifles in the world in my new book!

The best rifle Holland and Holland has manufactured. This is the "last .600" from 1975.

This Jeffery .600 was owned by one of the most famous hunters of them all: the Maharaja or Rewa. Yes, the same gent who had Holland neck down the .600 to accept a .577 bullet.

This Jeffery .600 has 24-inch barrels, is regulated for 100 grains of cordite and weighs 14 pounds.

This Jeffery .600 was found in Kenya in the 1960s. Jeffery made 70 .600s--37 doubles and 33 single shots.

This single shot Lancaster is the most unique and rare .600! Built on a 4-bore frame with a 33-inch barrel, weight of 21 3/4 pounds, a double set trigger, and sights to 700 yards. She may have been used to detonate sea mines in WWI by the Royal Navy.

This Lang .600 has 26-inch barrels, a 110-grain regulation and a good weight of 16 3/4 pounds.

An Osborne .600 hammer, under lever double regulated for the 100-grain charge of cordite. A very light .600 from South Africa.

This deluxe Westley Richards .600 single shot is sighted to an optimistic 700 yards and regulated for a one-of-a-kind charge of 105 grains of cordite.

The only non-English .600 is this masterpiece from St. Entienne, France. Produced about 1909 she weighs a light 13 pounds.

This Wilkes .600 is regulated for 110 grains of cordite but weighs only 12 pounds. Quite a kicker, I bet.

The author's .600 by John Wilkes weighing a good 15 1/2 pounds and regulated for the 110-grain charge of cordite with 26-inch barrels and sighted to 300 yards,