Gary Reeder
several years back we were building what I consider the
Tuesday, January 08, 2019, 17:21

maximum a normal human body can stand without flinching. One of the nutty gun writers was really pushing the 585 Nyati. A 300 Win Mag has around 31 footpounds of recoil if I remember correctly. A 30-06 has 21. The 585 with it's 750 grain bullet and 160 grains of powder has 180 foot pounds of recoil and well over 10,000 foot pounds of energy. We were building them on Ruger #1 rifles, about a 10 lb rifle.

On recoil the gun would instantly bloody your nose and loosen a couple of teeth on the right side of your face. Your lips would be numb for several minutes. We were shooting it with iron express sights so no scope tap. Kase and Nate and I would take turns shooting it. Two shots were the most any of us could handle at a time. We would set the gun aside for an hour or so, then pick it up and shoot one more shot, if our nose bleed had stopped.

For reference, in order of power, the 375 H&H shoots a 300 grain bullet at 2400 fps. The 470 Nitro is a 500 grain bullet at 2150 fps. The 500 Nitro is a 570 grain bullet at 2150 fps. The 505 Gibbs is a 525 grain bullet at 2300 fps. The 500 Jeffery is a 570 grain bullet at 2300 fps. and the 700 Nitro is a 1000 grain bullet at 2000 fps. The 585 Nyati leaves them all well behind (except the 700 Nitro) in power and recoil with a 750 grain bullet at 2500 fps. . if you are dumb enough to shoot it. A few years later I had to have 5 screws put in my right shoulder and I kinda think I know what caused it.

In the pic below..left to right..
50 Alaskan, 470 Nitro, 500 Nitro, 500 Jeffery, 505 Gibbs, 585 Nyati, 700 Nitro.

By the way, we still build the 500 Jeffery in the #1 if you have a few rampaging elephant in your area.