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.
Holland & Holland created the .500/465 Nitro Express by necking down the .500 Nitro Express 3 1⁄4 in.
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, ISBN 0-695-80326-3.
- Kynoch Ammunition, Big Game Cartridges, kynochammunition.co.uk.( Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine 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( Archived 2014-12-24 at the Wayback Machine 2015-01-01), retrieved 30 Dec 14.
