njc110381 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hey guys. I got my FAC back yesterday, so I went to pick the new gun up today. It's a second hand BRNO 602 .375 H&H Magnum, which could prove interesting. I've never fired anything bigger than a .444 marlin before, so it could be quite an experience! It's a tatty old rifle, but it was cheap and the bore is good. Now all I need to do is find the courage to fire it I'll get some photos up soon, when I find my camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Sorry njc, but I have to ask this.........WHY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Big boom stick = FUN. I may be getting older, but I'll never mature! I'm taking it to Canada in case a Bear chases me, I'm a big girl and I'm scared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 (edited) If the gun fits you well (and it is worth doing what you can to ensure this), the recoil off a .375 H&H isn't too bad. I have a .470" NE, which is fairly manageable. It's not something you'd want to fire all day, but is is definitely tamer than a Weatherby Magnum, or a .338 Lapua. What scope will you be putting on the BRNO? Edited October 7, 2008 by Baldrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Funny you ask about the scope, it has one fitted. Thing is, I think it may have some historical value, so may remove it and put something else on it. It's on QD mounts, and has both turrets on top of the tube. One of the turrets is marked ZF4/S aus jena DDR. It has a pointy post and two horizontal lines, so kind of 3/4 of a cross hair in a way. I can't get much from Google, but I think it's an old military snipers scope? I'm trying to find out more about it as we speak. The gun feels like it fits well, I guess I'll find out when I fire it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 It’s probably from the old German Zeiss factory that used to be in East Germany. Carl Zeiss Jena Optic. DDR Democratic Republic of Deutschland! Funny how a commie country always calls itself ‘democratic’! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Have you got any conditions on it and will you be using it on pieoms? Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 did you have to do a test before they gave it you. good do neil.well done mate. do you needa chuca walla now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinker Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 what do you reckon it would do to a bunny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 its a girls gun, i found one of them big rounds under the wifeys pillow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinker Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 its a girls gun, i found one of them big rounds under the wifeys pillow think my wife must be reloading she has a cupboard full in lots of calibres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 (edited) Is the scope one of these? They seem to fetch about 100 quid, but some joker is asking for 1000 euro for one. More detail on it's provenance here Ok, last link, this is what it would have been mounted on originally. ZB Edited October 7, 2008 by Zapp Brannigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 only find her teeth under my mrs,s pillow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 only find her teeth under my mrs,s pillow. i hear you've bit a few pillows in your time aswell mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 only find her teeth under my mrs,s pillow. i hear you've bit a few pillows in your time aswell mark Any port in a storm mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Zapp, that's great, cheers for the links! That is my scope. The top link shows it fitted to the same rifle as I've just bought. So it's a Zeiss, no wonder the optics are pretty clear on it. I'm not sure what to do now, it obviously has some historical value, even if it isn't worth a great deal of money. I can only use the rifle at the range here for now. I didn't have time to get evidence for the expanding ammo before I go away. I'll be dealing with that when I get back. As for shooting Pidgins with it, we'll have to see what the conditions say later. I'll certainly pop a bunny with it though at some point Last but not least, I always suspected Bivvy was a carpet muncher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 (edited) My pleasure If you want to see a really big gun then have a gander at the Croatian RT-20 on that worldguns link. Its so powerful that it has a muzzle brake and an over the shoulder venturi to counter the recoil... (it's 20mm btw, a cannon round!) Check out the comparison between the 20mm ammo it uses and a .50BMG! RT-20 ZB Edited October 8, 2008 by Zapp Brannigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Didnt know they had Elephant in Gloucester! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 No, but there are plenty of rabbits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willcsmith Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 rabbit soup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted October 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I've just fitted a Limbsaver butt pad to it this afternoon. The old one was really tatty and hopefully it will make the recoil more tolerable. Several people have told me it doesn't kick that badly (I guess they just shoot something even bigger!) but I'm a bit of a wimp. I think my 6.5x55 kicks hard enough! I really need to get to the range and fire it. Trouble is I can only buy 20 rounds at a time and hold 25. They could have let me hold 50 or something If they wont up it I can see me buying a scissor press and taking sized and primed brass, heads and powder to the range and putting them together as I go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 No, but there are plenty of rabbits That's down to the abundance of Ann Summers parties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 If I shot the other halfs rabbit, it would be the last thing I ever did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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