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With the 577 Nitro Express already in existence, [I think]why was the 600 Nitro Express developed? Was it just to "one up" the 577 NE? Did any of the old time ivory hunters who were using the 577 ever conclude that it was "not enough gun" and step up to the 600 to "correct" that situation?

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There's 2 versions of the .600 first introduced by Jeffery approx. 1900 in 2 8/10 and 3 inch. Gunmakers of that period were testing everything, but anyone with any experience with big bores will tell you the .600 3" is over-powered a tad.

I own 3 .577 Nitro's - 1 Purdey, 1 Holland, and 1 Boss, and they are the best at stopping anything you may encounter close up. It's a close range calibre for certain. I remember one hunt in where my pops shot a big nasty bull at approx. 25 yards with a Rigby .577, when the bullet hit him the mud went flying into the stratosphere and he fell straight on his belly. Pops used the only pre-war Rigby ever made in .577 - the gun is now owned by Ross Seyfried, and he will most likely be baried with it I am certain.

Here is the photo of that event. 1963c

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