450/400 Nitro Express 3"

450/400 Jeffery Nitro Express

English hunting charge from the year 1896. The charge arose by truncation of the neck of an older hub 450/400 Magnum Nitro Express about 1/4". Shot of 25.9 g has a muzzle velocity of 640 m/sec. The charge on the image produced by the firm of Kynoch & Company, Birmingham, England. To the right is the bullet 7,92 x 57, photo by author.


Source: J. Hýkel, In. Malimánek "Bullets in small arms" Our troops, Prague 1998. Andersen, In. Andresen, T. Stromstad "Cartridge Cases" load your own, Norway, 1995..
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