Cartridges

This cartridge was patterned on the 45 2.6" Sharps in the 1880's for use in target rifles. Proprietary loadings were by Rigby and Fraser.      

This is the proprietary load for Cogswell & Harrison's CERTUS bolt action rifle. It had an odd looking "long throw" bolt with the operating handle in front. Otherwise the same as the normal 450 3 ¼" NITRO.

This was a Rigby development during the late 1890’s and was first introduced as the .450 Black Powder Express. The invention of smokeless propellant and the British version (cordite) led to firstly the introduction of nitro-for-black powder loads and later fot full...

   This version has the European Taper Base style and is in all probability European made, maybe RWS. The 450 3 ¼" NITRO is also known in Europe as the 11.6 X 82.5R E EXPRESS (E = English).    

      Scholefield Goodman & Sons, Birmingham was a UK retailer and exporter and had a long relationship with the seal hunting fleet based in Newfoundland and traded directly with them for many years. Cartridges were made for them by Kynoch. The...

I am not 100% sure about this one. There is no mention in Fleming of a 3" version of this cartridge. Case has a pronounced crimp.   

This is the version that is listed on p. 84 of Hoyem. It is based on the 450 3 ¼" case shortened to 2 ¾". The case therefore has a slight bottleneck

Don't have much info on this cartridge. Hoyem list a 450 2 ½" version on p.77, but those specimens all have coiled cases.   

The drawn case was probably intended for sporting rifles and would have appeared after the Military Rifle trails.

This is the shorter version of the 2½" case

Except for the bullet that differs from the one shown in Fleming, the measurements are exactly the same. Fleming states that it was developed around 1866 by William Soper to be submitted to the 1866 British Rifle trials. It was a competition to find a rifle to replace...

Longer version of the 2 5/16" case. Might have preceded it as this is a foil case with brown cardboard wrap.   

The following from Fleming: "The 450 2-5/16" NEW SOUTH WALES should actually be called the "450 short chamber Boxer-Henry carbine cartridge". It was designed around 1870 for use in a Henry Cavalry Carbine. This carbine was used extensively by Australia's Military and...

Loaded with a 270gr. bullet which was standard on the drawn case loads. Hoyem Vol. 3 p.76 shows a box label that state they were loaded for kangaroo rifles used down under.

Coiled case version of the 450 №.1 RIFLE, this is the specimen with the .528" rim. There is also a version with the .626" rim      

This is the 450 Revolver with 0.85" case length. Some rook and rabbit rifles were chambered for it as well.   

Interesting development by Joseph Needham, but it was not a commercial success. The rifle had a tubular magazine with a 2 chamber cylinder which pivoted on a central pin, much like a revolver. Loaded by National Arms and Ammunition Company as can be seen by the waffle...

Made for Rook or Kangaroo rifles and was listed until 1914.  

Developed as a rook or kangaroo rifle in the late 1800's (1877 - 1881)

This cartridge is covered by a Kynoch factory drawing dated 04/01/1913. It shows a rimless case with a length of 2.90" with a 410gr. round nose bullet. This specimen was made by OPM in South Africa for collectors from a 416 Rigby case. The headstamp is basically what...

Introduced by Westley Richards in 1909. It has a rebated rim to fit the standard Mauser boltface.      Interesting case by Harold Wolf Mastergunworks, stating 425 Westley und Richards   Wolfgang Romey Germany   These headstamps with W R are thought to have been made...

Proprietary development by P. Webley & Son. Used mainly in Australia in "Kangaroo Rifles" The waffle primer is by National Arms & Ammunition Company, Birmingham  

The name of Rigby has always been synonymous with the finest quality rifles. Irish gunmaker John Rigby started the firm of John Rigby & Co. in 1775 in Dublin, manufacturing high quality flintlock rifles and muskets. In 1816, two years before his death he brought...

This was a WJ Jeffery development but there are differences of opinion as to exactly what year it was introduced. Some sources state 1909, but there is a gun dating from 1907, so it might have been as early as 1905. It was developed as a rimless alternative to the...

Proprietary load for Cogswell & Harrison by Kynoch for use in their bolt action magazine rifles.

Proprietary load for Fraser of Edinburgh with the Fraser oblique Ratchet Bullet            

                    The specimen below has a paper patched Lead bullet and the charge states LC (Light Cordite)

This is the specimen listed on p. 91 of Fleming with the Lead Round-Nose Wax Filled Hollowpoint bullet loaded for Fraser   

Based on the 450 3 ¼" necked down.    

Introduced by gunmaker James Purdey during the late 1880's. Cartridges were loaded for Purdey by Kynoch and Eley         

Holland & Holland introduced the .400 H&H Magnum in 2003 with the intended purpose of hunting large and dangerous game animals. Holland & Holland didn’t make the .400 H&H Magnum cartridge available until 2008 in the United States. The cartridge works...

Only found with a shot charge in this case length. The case mouth is uncrimped.                             

Probably from the late 1880's, this one has a rolled brass case and laquered iron base disk.

Developed in the early 1900's this was a very popular sporting cartridge in Africa and India. Loaded by various manufacturers and double rifles for it are still made. The meaning of the "S" denotes "STRENGTHENED" as it had a reinforced base for Nitro loads This very...

Not entirely sure about this one. According to the lists, the 400 Jeffery 3" was never loaded as a Nitro for Black cartridge. There is also no mention in Fleming about a Lead RN paper patched load. It might be a shortened 3¼" case. The bullet is not crimped in the...

Experimental load by Kings Norton, but there is vitually no information available on this. The originals are very rare. The specimen below is a replica made for collectors by OPM in South Africa. The headstamp would be K.N.M.Co.

Probably by Purdey, it was developed sometime during the late 19th century. Fleming lists 2 loads, namely a 230gr. and a 255gr. bullet

This is the Nitro version of the 450/400 2⅜" NITRO FOR BLACK POWDER. According to Fleming p. 111 it was still listed in the 1955 ICI catalogue.