Another use of the .600 Nitro Express rifle was its use against German snipers in the First World War. The Germans used to build steel plates into the trench parapet and snipe through a small peep hole. The .600 would stove the steel plate in and the person behind it. Only risk with the .600 for that purpose is that it can't be shot prone; well it can but not without sustaining injury to the firer. Some other big bore stuff was also employed for this purpose. Lagopus…..