.500/465 Nitro Express

Rifle cartridge .500/465 Nitro Express Munit01.jpg 300px United Kingdom Rifle Holland & Holland 1907 1907 .500 Nitro Express 3 1 4 in Rimmed, bottleneck .467 .459 .488 .527 .570 .645 .040 3.25 3.91 Berdan 0.254 inch 480 2150 4930 28 inches municon.orgMunicon, .500/.465 Nitro Express. http://www.municion.org/500Ne/500Ne.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20141231034510/http://www.municion.org/500Ne/500Ne.htm 2014-12-31 live 2014-12-31 & KynochKynoch, 500/465 NE. http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/500-465%20NE.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20141110125350/http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/500-465%20NE.htm 2014-11-10 dead 2014-12-31 The .500/465 Nitro Express is a large bore centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Holland & Holland and introduced in 1907. Development 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.Barnes & Amber, p 229. Holland & Holland created the .500/465 Nitro Express by necking down the .500 Nitro Express 3 1 4 in.Wieland. The .500/465 Nitro Express is designed for use in single-shot and double rifles. See also Nitro Express 12 mm caliber List of rifle cartridges References Footnotes Bibliography Barnes, Frank C. & Amber, John T., Cartridges of the World, DBI Books, Northfield, 1972, 0-695-80326-3. Kynoch Ammunition, Big Game Cartridges, kynochammunition.co.uk.( https://web.archive.org/web/20130703033444/http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/cartridge%20collection.html 2013-07-03 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( https://web.archive.org/web/20141224070940/http://ezine.nitroexpress.info/NickuduFiles/ASG-PDF/PULP1069.pdf 2014-12-24 2015-01-01), retrieved 30 Dec 14. Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:British firearm cartridges Category:Holland & Holland cartridges