This is easily the biggest crock I've ever read on the internet. Elephant are taken with brain shots every day. It's still the preferred method, especially in culls. Long for caliber full nickel jacket round nose solids solved the "penetration issue" well over 100 years ago even for small bore rifles like the .256 Mannlicher and the .275 Mauser. Lots of famous early hunters like Bell, Percival, Foran, Melland, etc. would not have lived to tell the tale had it not worked reliably.
The .577s and .600s were too specialized to have much utility back when, let alone today. Guys like Jim Sutherland and Karl Larsen, who used them almost exclusively, were the exception, not the rule. Even Taylor, who concentrated almost exclusively on elephant and briefly used rifles in both calibers, admitted that they were just too specialized for him to justify keeping one around. In the end, he recommended the .400, and only suggested the .465 for the man who needed a boost to his confidence. You'll get a lot more use out of a double rifle in that range of caliber. Today, most of the .577 and .600 rifles that see use in Africa are in the hands of visiting sportsmen, not PHs.
If you just want a .600, that's a good enough reason to get one. If you want a Heym, I'd suggest Heym USA in Dallas. I'm not impressed with Eurogun's prices.
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"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."
