Feldstein had tried unsuccessfully to get H&H to build a .600 Nitro Express for him, but they had already ceased production. The heavier loading was for a 110 grains Cordite charge behind a 900 grain bullet and sending it out of the muzzle of the 28″ test barrel at 1,950 fps providing muzzle energy of 7,600 ft/lb. Even though H&H no longer manufacture these cartridges they can still be sought through the gun trade, small reloading companies or even over the internet. Also member's Find reloading information on Nitro Express cartridges, reloading for double rifles and other rare firearms as well as modern cartridges. (Exchange rate December 4, 2009). The .600 Nitro Express in its 100 grain Cordite loading in a just over 13lb double-rifle is in all probability the best brush busting dangerous game rifle ever conceived. This is more than ten times the average recoil from a .308 Winchester which is a very common hunting calibre, and more than 4 times the recoil of a strong .45-70 Government round. We are the first and best forum for Double Rifles. The large capacity of the .500 Express case is due to the cartridge originally being designed to use black powder as a propellant.
The Nitro Express (NE) series of cartridges are used in large-bore hunting rifles, also known as elephant guns or express rifles, but later came to include smaller bore high velocity (for the time) British cartridges. Jon has done radio, television, magazine and newspaper interviews on various issues, and has traveled extensively, having lived in Britain, Australia, China and Hong Kong. One company still actually make these rounds and they are Kynoch at www.kynochusa.com. A few .600 Nitro Express loadings.
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During the heyday of hunting every major manufacturer of British dangerous game rifles produced ammunition for the .500 Nitro Express rifles. Published velocities for the .600 Nitro Express were determined in a 28 inch test barrel, but many shooters had their rifles made with shorter barrels resulting in lower velocities: a common length for double rifles was 26 inches. The Pfeifer Revolver is also available chambered for the .458 Winchester Magnum and qualifies as the world's second most powerful handgun. Enter the forums, …
Created from loading the already popular .450 Black Powder Express with cordite, the .450 NE was a fast and accurate cartridge capable of taking all African and Indian dangerous game.
After production began, the backlog of orders was so great that it continued to 2007 and H&H restarted the production of .600 Nitro Express guns.[3]. The third and most powerful loading is generally thought to have been experimental, Jeffrey only made one rifle for it. Jeffrey. The .500 Nitro Express is a rifle cartridge designed for hunting large and dangerous game animals in Africa and India.
Note that the stock is not straight but instead has significant drop at heel, also note the angle of the recoil pad: these design features being strategically used to direct recoil such that the shooter can roll with it and recover quickly for the next shot. The recoil is not uncontrollable, but instead, tamed by the guns weight. Furthermore, the bullets had better sectional density which taken together with the fact that the bullet was jacketed, provided far greater penetration on dangerous game such as Cape buffalo and African elephant. Rifles that were designed for use with cordite cartridges required stronger actions which were able to withstand the significantly higher pressures to take advantage of the increase in performance offered by cordite.
The empty cylinder with its highly polished chambers weighs 4.5 lbs.
and consequently is heavy enough to absorb most of the violent recoil. The line of sight from rear to front sight is 440mm. The gun is made from 42 CrMo4-Tungsten steel and can withstand the gas pressure of the .600 Nitro Express cartridge of 2500 BAR without a hitch.
Assuming that the slightly shorter 26 barrel still provides a muzzle velocity around 1,800 fps the muzzle energy for the 900 grain bullet will be 6,477 ft/lb of stopping power while recoil will be just on 90 ft/lb.
There won't be any permanent damage inflicted to your wrist. Lathe turned cases as used in the Accurate Reloading rifle above will suffer blown primers at this level though a good source of drawn brass would allow (in theory) velocities up to 2,700 ft/s (820 m/s). Several manufacturers of firearms produced rifles and loaded ammunition for the cartridge type, however significant differences and variations existed between manufacturers.
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