- 585 Gehringer
The .585 Gehringer is an
elephant gun of the 577 bolt action wildcat family. It was designed over several years by Karl Gehringer , a member of the Australian wrestling team during service in the Armed Forces. Like most elephant guns the purpose was stopping power on large dangerous game at close quarters. The test rifle was a CZ550 416 Rigby magnum fitted with a .577 Tobler Barrel of 1:22 twist rate. A 2.8" Nyati reamer and 3.25" Bertram brass was used to create a unique case length of 3.06" and the rims were rebated to the original 416 Rigby boltface.In 2001, Woodleigh 750gn softpoint and FMJ bullets were tested to 2350fps as a suitable hunting load. Geoff McDonald of Woodleigh also provided a special run of 900gn softpoints for the rifle.
Case capacity
200gns to case mouth.
Power
Power is dependant on the practicalities of gun weight and recoil. Like most 3"+ 585 wildcats it will exceed 2600fps with a 750gn bullet for near 11,400ftlbs muzzle energy- If the firer can handle it.
Sources
http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpage.asp?CaliberID=302
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