.470 Nitro Express

Rifle cartridge Munit01.jpg 300px England Rifle Joseph Lang 1907 1907–present .500 Nitro Express 3 1 4 in Rimmed, bottlenecked .474 .467 .504 .531 .573 .655 .040 3.25 3.98 146.0 1-20 in Boxer 39160 35,000Max chamber pressure - saami specs. Return to the index to LASC. (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2023, from http://www.lasc.us/SAAMIMaxPressure.htm 500 SP, FMJ 2150 5133 "Cartridges of the World" Barnes Frank C. McPherson, M.L. Cartridges of the World 8th 1965 1997 DBI Books 89,92,334,341 0-87349-178-5 The .470 Nitro Express / 12.7x83mmR is a rifle cartridge developed by Joseph Lang in England for dangerous game hunting in Africa and India. This cartridge is used almost exclusively in double rifles. It is in wide use in the Southern and Central-East African region, favoured by hunting guides, primarily while out for hunting Cape buffalo and elephant. Overview The .470 NE was originally designed by Lang's as a replacement for the .450 Nitro Express, after the .450 NE was banned in several British colonies including India in 1907 (its bullets could theoretically be removed from loaded rounds for use by natives in stolen .577/.450 Martini Henry rifles). Due to the heavy bullet and powder charge, the gun has significant recoil but this is mitigated by the low velocity, resulting in recoil being delivered as a strong push rather than a violent blow. Rifles chambered for this cartridge tend to be heavy double-gun style, and are typically quite expensive."Twin-Tube Dreamin' https://web.archive.org/web/20070602182234/http://www.nrapublications.org/sh.%20illustrated/twintube.asp 2007-06-02 " by Ted Hatfield, in American Rifleman thumb|upright=2|Dimensions of the .470 Nitro Express. The .470 NE continues to be the most popular of all the Nitro Express cartridges.Haley Charlie 450 Nitro Express African Hunter April 1999 5 2 https://soulofacarp.com/africanhunter/classcart/450_nitro_express_03.htm 23 November 2022 Alas, of all the old Nitro-Expresses it would seem that the one currently riding the crest of popularity is the .470. https://web.archive.org/web/20221123173917/https://soulofacarp.com/africanhunter/classcart/450_nitro_express_03.htm 23 November 2022 Ammunition and components are readily available. Handloading Like other 'dangerous game' cartridges, ammunition is expensive compared with standard hunting cartridges, often costing up to 10 times more per shell than typical cartridges such as the .30-06."An Adventure with Lead Bullets In The .470 Nitro Express https://web.archive.org/web/20071107114424/http://www.african-hunter.com/lead_bullets_in_a__470_nitro.htm 2007-11-07 " by Leo Grizzaffi Because of this many shooters choose to handload the .470 NE. Brass can be obtained from a variety of sources, and like most reloading components varies in quality. Lighter loads for practice can be created that are more enjoyable and cheaper to shoot. In popular culture Author and adventurer James S. Gardner provides a realistic, detailed account of the capabilities of a Nitro Express during an ill-fated safari, and again in a graphical account of a desperate firefight against men and a helicopter in his book, The Lion Killer.James Gardner The Lion Killer https://books.google.com/books?id=ZehJPgAACAAJ 2009 Sterling House Pub 978-1-56315-462-1 See also List of rifle cartridges 11 mm caliber other cartridges of similar size. Nitro Express References Cartridge capacity: Donnelly John J. The Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions 1987 Stoeger Publishing 641 978-0-88317-269-8 External links .470 Nitro Express https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061338/http://www.ammo-one.com/470NITRO.html 2007-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20180123113335/http://www.458express.com/ Comparing the Big Bores "470 Nitro Express load data" from Accurate Reloading "The Big Bore Nitro Express Cartridges" by Chuck Hawks "470 Nitro Express ballistic data" from Norma ".470 Nitro Express history and loading data" from Norma Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Rimmed cartridges Category:British firearm cartridges