505 Gibbs British hunting cartridge from 1911 suitable for African hunting, especially popular for hunting elephants. The 34.02g bullet has a muzzle velocity of 700 m/sec. The bullet was manufactured by f. W. Romey, Petershagen, Germany. On the right is the 7,92x75 cartridge. Photo by the author.
Source. Malimánek "Cartridges for small arms" NV Prague 1998 and A. Andersen, V.Andresen, T. Stromstad "Cartridge Cases" own edition, Norway 1995.
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