.585 Nyati

Nyati (n-ya-te) means Cape Buffalo in many African languages such as Swahili.

This places it at or near the top of the list for most powerful cartridges that can be chambered in a rifle that can still be carried afield.

He was motivated by the desire to create a rifle with tremendous stopping power at a fraction of the cost of expensive double guns such as the various Nitro Express rounds.

[2] The rims were turned from .577 Nitro brass and the case blown out straight to allow formation of enough of a shoulder for headspace purposes.

In a bolt-action rifle, a portion of the case head is unsupported and requires more strength in that area.