LIMITED TIME deal on Barnes Banded Solid Rifle Bullet, .600 Nitro Express, 900 Grain, Solid Flat Nose 30714 at Dvor.com! Hunt: Showdown Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Specialized craftsmen hand-fit and finish every part of a HEYM rifle"Lock, Stock and Barrel"in house to painstaking tolerances. This is a slight modification from original, with some precious metal inserted to provide a distinct visual bead. By comparison, the .458 Winchester Magnum with a 500-grain bullet at 2,010 fps has a TKO value of 65.75, and the big .460 Weatherby Magnum pushes a 500-grain bullet at 2,600 fps for a TKO of 85.05. By comparison a typical heavy sporting rifle in one of the small bore magnums such as the popular 7mm Remington Magnum or .300 Winchester Magnum will commonly weigh 8.5lb before a rifle-scope is attached and up around 9.5lb-10lb with rifle-scope and mounts, depending on how big and heavy or small and light the rifle-scope is. Jeffrey, a man who would go on to design some of the best cartridges and the rifles to fire them in, such as the .404 Jeffrey and the .500 Jeffrey, both of which are back in production. He acquired the rifle from a N.Z gun shop and had it restored by an ex-Purdey gunmaker resident there at the time. Using a Lyman Borecam borescope, they were further examined for surface condition. All the British dangerous game cartridges, and the rifles chambered for them, suffered a hiatus beginning in the late 1960s, when hunting dangerous game in Africa became less and less accessible, up until it began to be re-discovered by the 1990s. The Full-Length Sizer Die brings the case to SAAMI minimum cartridge dimensions. There is no such thing as overkill, there is only underkill. You should also feel free to hunt with your .500 Nitro Express. The pure math however does not take into account the weight distribution of a double-rifle, which has the weight of two barrels to help dampen out recoil, and the fact that if the rifle is made to fit you it will further tend to dampen out the felt-recoil. 458 Winchester. Magnificent Engraved & Gold Inlaid J. Recoil is quick and authoritative. It can deal tremendous amounts of damage to bosses, a pair of Nitro equipped hunters being able to kill a bounty within moments. Loaded normally in double rifles, it provided the maximum stopping power possible, inevitably flooring anything that stood within range. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/homereel Join my Discord: https://discord.gg/5uTj5ez8qhConnect with Me! Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/HomeReel Twitter: https://twitter.com/HomeReelYT#HuntShowdown (Note: Modern experience has tended to demonstrate that elephants are not always stunned if the brain is missed, even when using a .600 Nitro Express). So you want to buy a SKS Rifle Excellent Choice! A Federal 215 Large Rifle Magnum primer is highly recommended. List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. They are Kynoch brass and Woodleigh bullets. Explore and compare prices from other vendors. Add to this the .500 Nitro Express operates at slightly lower pressures so it extracts more easily, something that is important if you are using a double-rifle. 170 Vintage hunting books and articles 170 Vintage hunting books and articles German-based Merkel has been building fine sporting guns since about 1898. They also feature Boxer-primed cases, and U.S.-produced bullets are readily available, which make it easy for handloaders to assemble loads. To complicate matters further, the No.2 Eley and No.2 Jeffery differ enough to not be interchangeable, the Jeffery using a slightly larger diameter bullet. This tended to result in sporting shooters choosing to purchase a carry rifle in one of the .450-.470 nitro calibers, and an emergency stopping rifle, most commonly a .577 Nitro Express, few .600 Nitro Express rifles were made. He had ammunition hand-loaded according to Graeme Wrights data in Shooting the British Double Rifle and has about 20 rounds left. Nicely figured walnut pistol grip stock with raised cheek- .Click for more info Seller: Cabelas Buda Area Code: 512 $10,999.99 NEW THIS WEEK! The Sabatti Big Five EDL rifles are classic African Big Game guns designed with side plates like the classic side lock rifles. This was to quickly prove itself on the game fields of Africa and Asia where its advantages over such behemoths as the 8 bore black powder elephant rifles became apparent. (To visit the web site of Max Ern and family click here). The top-safety slide is non-automatic, which is common practice on a dangerous game rifle, for obvious reasons. Both are considered elephant-stopping rounds. Its most recent engagement was with a Cape buffalo, which was engaged at 60 yards and took four bullets before being stopped as it rallied to charge, with a head shot, just under the boss, at 30 yards. Both these cartridges were good for boar, deer and antelope species but were not intended for dangerous game. The barrels are hammer forged and feature a 1:15 rifling twist. plastic butt-plate, sling-eyes, the barrel, engraved Proved & Sighted for the Mark VII .303 High Velocity Cartridge , with 'Express' open-sights, sighted from 100 to 1000 yards, and block-mounted bead-foresight Weight 7lb. The other course of fire to practice is the Charging Animal which requires targets at 75m, 50m and 25m. Also member's So the price of .500 Nitro Express ammo is about 30% more than that for common .458 Winchester Magnum ammo and a bit over double that for .375 Holland & Holland Magnum. [1], With the success of the .450 NE, various people (it is not clear who) decided to follow Rigbys example and load the old .450/400 Black Powder Express, .500 Black Powder Express and .577 Black Powder Express cartridges with cordite, creating the .450/400 Nitro Express, .500 Nitro Express and .577 Nitro Express, the latter two offering greater power than the .450s at the expense of greater rifle weight and recoil. The bullet diameter is 0.411 inches. With Hybrid 100V, 105.0 grains yielded 2,115 fps and 109.0 grains of IMR-4955 powder gave 2,119 fps. His travels have taken him to Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan and a number of other countries. The Anson & Deeley action is bolstered at the radius, which is the weakest part of a breech-loader. Double triggers offer reliability and permit the choice of which barrel (or load) is fired first. Going off the German-sounding manufacturer name, it is most likely based off of a specific rifle manufactured by either Heym or Hartmann & Weiss. Nonetheless, there are newly manufactured rifles with properly regulated barrels that can be purchased for a fraction of the costs listed above. A good indication of the performance improvement cordite provided is the .577 Magnum Express (Black Powder) rifle, one of the most powerful BPE cartridges ever devised. Plus members articles inaddition to numerous articles in other parts of the forums. The .700 Nitro Express (17.889mmR) is a big game rifle cartridge.The cartridge is typically charged with around 250 grains of powder, in addition to a two-grain igniter charge (to reduce the tendency of the cartridge to hang fire from such large powder charges). The .475s origins stem from the same root as the more popular .470 Nitro Express. People who have used the .500 Nitro Express tend to report a noticeable improvement in knock-down power by comparison with the .458 Winchester Magnum. I have seen .600 NE rifles come off a shooters shoulder during recoil then hit him in the face, causing an immediate blackout or, at the least, bleeding. It was created by W.J. LIMITED TIME!!! HuntZone.pro is not an official site of the Hunt: Showdown game. I have a feeling this one has not killed its last buffalo just yet. Extremely easy to miss and found after a major required boss battle. Yeah, something like that. The Elephant Rifle is a double-barreled rifle which, judging by the time period and performance, likely fires .577 Nitro Express with smokeless cordite gunpowder, a relatively new round at the time. The stippled effect continues onto the quarter rib, onto which one ramp and two folding leaf-sights are mounted. [Modern Firearm] A Joseph Bourne and Son, Birmingham Farquharson type falling block single shot big game rifle, .450 Nitro Express. The Nitro uses Special Nitro ammo with unique damage ratios: All these calibres are in production today and can be ordered from our foremost double rifle makers, like Holland & Holland, Rigby or Westley Richards. Check it out and enjoy untold thousands of pages of reading. Its easy to carry and very steady for standing, free-hand shots he said. They are straight and beautifully machined. We began this post considering the delightful problem of choosing a suitable cartridge for the double-rifle you might be considering purchasing. The bullets for this caliber are strongly constructed and will not expand explosively. Ask questions too! If you are in the business of selling rifles then selling two is much better than selling just one. Some more feeble attempts at humor! Carries limited ammunition. This gun is expensive, lethal, inconsistent, and endearing? While there were a number of excellent rifle cartridges developed during the black-powder era for single-shot and double rifles, the Nitro Express cartridges remain in high demand and are practical for todays hunters. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Jon Branch is the founder and senior editor of Revivaler and has written a significant number of articles for various publications including official Buying Guides for eBay, classic car articles for Hagerty, magazine articles for both the Australian Shooters Journal and the Australian Shooter, and hes a long time contributor to Silodrome. There was also interest in Europe and Norma of Sweden brought back some of these classic cartridges. . 46" overall outside length will take an unscoped rifle 44.5" long. Happily the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum remained in continuous production both in the United States and Europe, and also served to provide a viable cartridge option for dangerous game, especially buffalo culling. While they were not the smoothest barrels I have seen, their finish is respectable, and they did not produce unusual fouling during many shooting sessions with jacketed and cast bullet loads. They manufactured approximately 70 rifles in this caliber with double barreled hammer break-open, single barreled break-open, falling block and double barreled break-open actions without ejectors. The .500 Nitro for Black Powder drove a 440 grain bullet at 1,900fps producing 3,258 ft/lb energy. Published by Vintage Guns Ltd on 28th June 2018 (modified 29th June 2019). The debate around the best calibre for Africa has raged since the nitro express rifles we recognise today first burst onto the scene, as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth. I have used rifles that fired bullets in a more or less parallel path but were a marvel even at extended range. Many double rifles today are regulated to sixty five yards or more. The wood has very attractive figure patterns, sharp checkering, and slight storage and handling blemishes. 9 lubricating oil, and an aluminum rod with a knob, slotted ends and brush to keep your gun clean and shooting properly.</p> The developmental lineage of that rifle can be traced right back to the 1840s. One of the things that sparked my interest was his choice of rifle. If you are looking for a stopping double-rifle cartridge, one with a track-record that stretches back to the nineteenth century, then the .500 Nitro Express may be for you. - https://kentuckyballistics.com/ In today's video we try out the world's biggest elephant gun! The cartridge was released to the commercial market in 1907 for large and dangerous game hunting in warm climates. Open sights with flip up leafs and visible orange front beads for quick target acquisition come with every rifle. Between 2011 and 2018, Holts, the London auctioneers, have sold eleven double rifles of .475 calibre. 44 Africa books Double rifles are extremely expensive, starting at about $10,000 and selling upwards of $260,000 USD in 2015, and have generally been replaced by repeater-rifles using rounds such as the . Today we, perhaps, favour the most recognised calibres, such as that brilliant all-rounder, the .375 H&H Magnum, which is versatile enough to employ as a stalking rifle for red deer in the UK but will also handle everything an African safari can put in front of you. The intention of the .500 Nitro for Black Powder was that it operated at the low pressures necessary to allow its safe use in the existing black powder rifles. (tinker) - 09/02/23 11:05 PM Hunt Swaps . Using the Hornady 570-grain Dangerous Game Solid bullet, each powder duplicated or even exceeded factory load velocities, more or less filled the case, was within industry pressure limits, produced good accuracy and regulated properly when velocities were between 2,100 and 2,150 fps. Rizzini 7001-500 Rhino Express .500 Nitro 26" Out of stock View Details View Details Filter By . Renowned worldwide for their handling, accuracy and durability, each HEYM rifle represents over 150-years of experience combined with the best in modern materials, machining capabilities and craftsmanship. Recoil of the .500 NE is not nearly as severe; however, it is certainly not for everyone. Second, the Breech-Loading Era, in which the ability to load the cartridge into a chamber, without having to negotiate two feet of rifled barrel to seat the bullet. Although the mathematical calculation of recoil does not tell the whole story it does give us some indication as to what felt recoil for a given caliber will be like. With the .500 Nitro Express having a groove diameter of around .510 inch, I turned to the 440-grain LBT LFN gas-check cast bullets used in my .500 Linebaugh revolver (sized .511 inch). I have had experience with the big .577 and .600 NE cartridges, which due to their recoil are definitely not for everyone. The original cartridge is slightly tapered, whereas the No.2 is bottle-necked. Double rifles, because two barrels is always better than one. Carries limited ammunition. The Nitro Express Rifle is one of the most powerful weapons in Hunt: Showdown. Development work on the .600 NE most probably took place in the late 1890's . Shop By. (You will find the sale page for the double-rifle pictured above if you click here). The primary use for this accessory is to provide knuckle protection As I have come to expect from these three companies, ammunition is of higher quality and features better bullets (solid and expanding) than vintage ammunition. (You can find the sale page for the rifle pictured above if you click here). Which of the two classic London sidelocks gets your vote? Weapon project by "Hunt: Showdown Encyclopedia". The introduction of this rifle in 1900 was the birth of the magnum length bolt action, paving the way for such cartridges as the .375 H&H and .416 Rigby[3]. Purdey used a conical bullet with protruding wings, which fitted the two broad grooves which formed the rifling. So the .500 Nitro Express delivers about 30% more energy. As an example the Holland & Holland double-rifle pictured above tips the scales at 10lb 13oz. The .500 NE (3-inch) obtained its name from the cordite loads that contained guncotton (nitrocellulose based) and nitroglycerin. Using the Federal factory ammo driving the Barnes Triple Shock X bullet at 2,100fps and a 200 yard zero the drop at 225 yards is 2.81, and at 250 yards it is 6.42. The latter threw an 875 grain ball at around 1,400 fps and penetrated the same number of boards. Nitro Express Rifle is a large weapon in Hunt:Showdown. The concept of an Express Rifle can best be described as the quest for a rifle delivering a medium-to-heavy bullet as directly to its target as possible, delivering devastating energy upon impact and getting from point A to point B as straight and as flat as possible. A 16-bore pinfire converted to centre-fire. Because when push comes to shove, real-world knock down power comes from precise shot placement with a bullet that reliably penetrates as it delivers its dose of hydrostatic shock. Muzzle Loading Express RiflesPushing a lead ball or conical bullet down a rifled barrel provides greater stability (and therefore greater accuracy) than pushing one down a smooth bore. Its damage against non-player targets is sporadic. Jon has done radio, television, magazine and newspaper interviews on various issues, and has traveled extensively, having lived in Britain, Australia, China and Hong Kong. .242 Rimless Nitro Express.243 Winchester.243 Winchester Super Short Magnum.244 H&H Magnum.244 Remington.246 Purdey.303/25.25 Remington.25-45 Sharps.25-21 Stevens Manufactured Circa 1900, Blued finish. During the 1990s however the making of some of the old British big game rifles and cartridges, including the .500 Nitro Express, resumed. It also features a casehardened trigger plate, blued triggers, articulated front trigger, blued trigger guard with gold inlaid serial number, and casehardened pistol grip cap with hinged trap cover. Though the Nitro Express has a short range, its shot is incredibly powerful, with an . A good indication of the performance improvement cordite provided is the .577 Magnum Express (Black Powder) rifle, one of the most powerful BPE cartridges ever devised. Please call us at (920) 897-3149 to discuss They were loaded to higher pressures and not intended to be fired in rifles designed for black powder, which by comparison were not as strong. & L. Wilkins .700 (Nitro Express) Double Barrel Sidelock Ejector Dangerous Game Rifle with CaseThe British brand J.& L. Wilkins was the result of a collaboration between the late Chris Soyza, well -respected gun enthusiast and hunter who went on to become production manager at Westley Richards, and British gunsmith Bob Harvey. The problem with having two rifles where one might have been better is of course that a hunter might just have need of their emergency stopping rifle unexpectedly and simply not have the time or opportunity to retrieve their big cannon from the gun-bearer in time. The well-figured pistol grip stock has a 1 inch leather wrapped recoil pad, carved drop points, raised cheekpiece, checkered grip and forearm, blued Anson push-button forearm release, and a blank gold oval initial escutcheon and blued sling eye on the underside of the butt, and the corresponding sling eye is fitted beneath the barrels. Govt get out of our lives NOW! How much is a 700 Nitro Express rifle cost? The bullets had to be rammed carefully down the barrel to seat correctly, making loading a relatively slow process but once correctly seated, the benefits were obvious to a sporting or target shooter. The 480 grain bullet with which the .475 was generally loaded, was pushed at 2,175 feet per second. I hope you enjoy the video and thanks. As an example the Holland & Holland double-rifle pictured above tips the scales at 10lb 13oz. Merkel uses a combination of modern manufacturing or tooling with hand fitting, polish and barrel regulation. The rifle currently sits in my gun room, awaiting its next adventure. WILKINS in gold on each side and has blued removable firing pin bushings, a blued toplever, a blued manual safety with gold inlaid SAFE, a long upper strap extending to the comb, and NITRO EXPRESS/700 H&H inlaid in gold on the underside. Typ 56 SKS; SIG Assault Rifle 522 (KK) SIG Assault Rifle . What resulted was a rush by British rifle and ammunition makers to develop a substitute, Holland & Holland created the .500/465 Nitro Express, Joseph Lang the .470 Nitro Express, an unidentified firm the .475 Nitro Express, Eley Brothers the .475 No 2 Nitro Express and Westley Richards the .476 Nitro Express,[2] with the .470 NE becoming the most popular. The fences are stippled in the manner of some pigeon gun ribs, a feature designed to omit the glare that you get from polished metal under direct sunlight. 114 Asia articles Read articles on African Want to share your own .500 Nitro Express Rifles (1 Products) Filter By . Chin. If you are interested in Double Rifles, Classic and Vintage Guns, Big Game Hunting, Safaris, Muzzle velocity was 1,298 fps, and while still very potent, it produces comparatively mild recoil. In other words, one load may cause bullets to cross then diverge while other loads may produce parallel groups or begin to diverge soon after leaving the muzzle. .577 Nitro Express 650 Grain Cutting Edge Solids- The .577 Nitro Express is a large bore centerfire rifle cartridge designed for the purpose of hunting large game such as elephant.This cartridge is used almost exclusively in single shot and double express rifles for hunting in the Tropics or hot climates in general and is a cartridge associated with the Golden Age of African safaris and Indian . Boasting its own specialty ammo, it has the capability to kill a healthy hunter in a single shot within close to medium ranges. Includes pivot scope mount. Today, expect to pay $400,000 and upwards for a basic .700 rifle, depending on order . I've seen its effects first-hand, and it is a true stopping rifle. Olympic) target. Twin-hammer action with Universal Trigger System and Combi-Cocking Device Set trigger integrated in the front trigger Slim compact steel action with reinforced sidewalls for extra strength Small Arabesques engraving Ergonomically shaped Kickspanner manual cocking device providing safe and simple operation Today, if you order a new rifle from Westley Richards or Holland & Holland for the purpose of hunting elephant or buffalo, it will be a Nitro Express in .470, .500 or .577. After Purdey built their first Express Rifle in 1851, the term gained traction and became universal. Both problems were remedied by adding a 1.5-inch custom lace-on leather pad, and the extra length of pull made a huge difference. Weight of 10.5lb and LOP 14 7/8. A 500 grain load is also available, at a slightly slower 2,125 fps. Designed by Jeffery in 1903, the .600 Nitro Express was the largest and most powerful commercial hunting calibre in the world until 1988, when it was surpassed by the staggeringly powerful .700 NE. Watson Bros were one of the London firms who made use of the skills of Harry Kell, and the scrolls on this rifle are similar to the style Kell often employed, quality is very high and the rifle retains a lot of original colour and finish. You can make up your own practice courses of fire but the ones created for the SSAA Big Game rifle clubs in Australia are good. Enter the Forums - Join the Forums. Those after African big game exclusively may prefer a .470 or a .500 and those with a serious liking for horsepower may even opt for a .577, if buffalo and elephants are the quarry. It is noteworthy that there are three distinct versions of this cartridge, including the .500 Black Powder Express (.500 Express), which appears to have been developed during the 1860s and features a 3.25-inch case length. When it does (officially with the introduction of pin-fire in 1851 but practically not until the mid 1860s, when breech-loaders finally won the argument and production of muzzle-loaders fell off significantly) express rifles moved into their next phase of development. Regular bullet weight is 400 grains, but 350s can also be found. A bullet may be listed as .450NE (Nitro Express) or a rifle as a .577 BPE. To increase durability and strength, it features the famous Greener cross bolt and conventional double bottom bite locking system. Some useful phrases for the Modern Teacher; Stuff you NEVER do in Class! We are the first and best forum for Double Rifles. Over the following two weeks, 20 to 30 rounds were fired each day without any real discomfort. 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