.500/465 Nitro Express
The.500/465 Nitro Express is a large bore centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Holland & Holland and introduced in 1907.
Also recorded as .500/450 Magnum Nitro Express · Holland & Holland .500/465 Nitro Express
.500/465 Nitro Express
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• Name —.500/465 Nitro Express • Origin — United Kingdom • Type — Rifle • Designer — Holland & Holland • Design Date — 1907 • Production Date — 1907 • Parent —.500 Nitro Express in • Case Type — Rimmed, bottleneck • Bullet —.467 • Land —.459 • Neck —.488 • Shoulder —.527 • Base —.570 • Rim Dia —.645 • Rim Thick —.040 • Case Length — 3.25 • Length — 3.91 • Primer — Berdan 0.254 inch • Bw1 — 480 • Vel1 — 2150 • En1 — 4930 • Test Barrel Length — 28 inches • Balsrc — municon.org & Kynoch
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The.500/465 Nitro Express is one of several rounds (including the.470 Nitro Express,.475 Nitro Express,.475 No. 2 Nitro Express and.476 Nitro Express) developed as a replacement for the.500/450 Nitro Express following the British authorities' 1907 ban of military caliber ammunition in India and the Sudan, all with comparable performance. Holland & Holland created the.500/465 Nitro Express by necking down the.500 Nitro Express in. The.500/465 Nitro Express is designed for use in single-shot and double rifles.
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- 1.Municon, .500/.465 Nitro Express.
- 2.Kynoch, 500/465 NE.
- 3.Barnes & Amber, p 229.
- 4.Wieland.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Barnes, Frank C. & Amber, John T., Cartridges of the World, DBI Books, Northfield, 1972, .
- Kynoch Ammunition, Big Game Cartridges, kynochammunition.co.uk.( 2015-01-01), retrieved 30 Dec 14.
- Municon, .500/.465 Nitro Express, municion.org (Archived 2015-01-03), retrieved 31 Dec 14.
- Wieland, Terry, Nitro Express: The Big Bang of the Big Bang( 2015-01-01), retrieved 30 Dec 14.
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