.360 No. 2 Nitro Express

Centerfire rifle cartridge .360 No. 2 Nitro Express United Kingdom Rifle Eley Brothers 1905 Rimmed, bottlenecked .367 .393 .517 .539 .631 .045 3 3.85 115.3 320 SP 2150 3198 28 Cartridges of the World & Kynoch. The .360 No. 2 Nitro Express is a centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Eley Brothers and introduced in 1905. Design The .360 No. 2 Nitro Express is a rimmed, bottlenecked cartridge designed for use in single shot and double rifles. The .360 No. 2 Nitro Express fires a .367 in mm calibre, 320 gr g bullet at a velocity of 2150 ft/s m/s. As is common with cartridges for double rifles, due to the need to regulate the two barrels to the same point of aim, the .360 No. 2 Nitro Express was offered in only one loading. This cartridge is noted for the extremely low chamber pressures it generates due to its cartridge capacity, the lowest of any cartridge in its class. History Eley created the .360 No. 2 Nitro Express by necking down the .400 Jeffery Nitro Express and adding a more rounded shoulder. Introduced in 1905, some writers have stated this cartridge never achieved the popularity it deserved because of the arrival of the .375 H&H Magnum seven years later. .360 No. 2 Nitro Express cartridges can still be sourced today by manufacturers such as Kynoch, whilst reloaders can reform cartridges from .400 Jeffery Nitro Express cartridges. Use The .360 No. 2 Nitro Express is considered suitable for use for hunting all thin-skinned African or Indian game. In his African Rifles and Cartridges, John "Pondoro" Taylor described the .360 No. 2 Nitro Express as a splendid cartridge, stating it was "ideally suited for use in doubles and single-loaders". See also 9 mm rifle cartridges List of rifle cartridges Nitro Express References 35em Frank C. Barnes, Cartridges of the World, 15th ed, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2016, 978-1-4402-4642-5. Kynoch Ammunition, "Big Game Cartridges", www.kynochammunition.co.uk, archived, 15 August 2016. John Taylor, African rifles and cartridges, Sportsman's Vintage Press, 2013, 978-1-940001-01-2. External links Ammo-One, "360 No. 2 Nitro Express", ammo-one.com, retrieved 29 April 2017. Cartridgecollector, "360 No. 2 Nitro Express 3 inch", cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 29 April 2017. Municion, ".360 No. 2 Nitro Express 3 inch", municion.org https://web.archive.org/web/20170723075507/http://www.municion.org/360/360No2.htm 2017-07-23 , retrieved 29 April 2017. Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:British firearm cartridges Category:Eley Brothers cartridges