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This cartridge was never produced, however there is a drawing that was made but never adopted. The specimen below is a replica that was made for collectors by OPM in South Africa. The headstamp is per the original drawing   

British development to replace the .450" calibers when it was banned in India and the Sudan to stop rebels aquiring components for their rifles. Horneber Germany Early load using the 500 Nitro 3" case. Bullet is the round nosed LT Cap        ...

Another development to circumvent the British prohibition of the 450" in India and the Sudan. The 475 No.2 Jeffery was loaded with the 500gr. bullet as opposed to the 475 No.2 which was the "standard" load with the 85gr. cordite load and 480gr. bullet  ...

Another development to circumvent the British prohibition of the .450" in India and the Sudan. The 475 No.2 was the "standard" load with the 85gr. cordite load and 480gr. bullet as opposed to the 475 No.2 Jeffery which was loaded with the 500gr. bullet. These 2...

One of several British developments during the early years of the 20th century when the British banned all .450" rifles in Africa and India. Proprietary loads for Cogswell & Harrison. The latter specimen does not have the "·475 E" in the headstamp. There is no...

The .470 Nitro Express was designed in 1900 by Joseph Lang of England and it was released to the commercial market in 1907 for large and dangerous game hunting. Contrary to most of his contemporary gunmakers he chose not to make it a proprietary cartridge and...

Developed around 1907 by Holland & Holland. Also known as the 465 India. Cartridge and label from Romey (Germany)             

Designed by Holland & Holland in 2003 together with the 400 Holland & Holland to provide greater stopping power on dangerous African game      

Second Gibbs cartridge, but with the neck extended to 2 ¾".   The specimen below is the same one as described by Hoyem on p.75 where Eley used the No.1 EXPRESS headstamp to circumvent the Gibbs trademark

Developed by George Gibbs during the late 1870's for his single shot falling block Farquharson-action rifles. It was a poular match cartridge as can be seen by the variety of match loads.        

This was an experimental multi-ball load, probably by W.W Greener, based on the 577 2 ¾" case. 3 lead bullets were nestled on top of each other and the bottom one would have been held in place by stab crimps on the juncture of the neck and shoulder. The first specimen...

Developed in 1993 by Paul Roberts, the proprietor at Rigby at the time by necking up the 416 Rigby case to .458" in order to give better penetration and knock down power than the 416. Horneber Germany 450 Rigby made up by Ken Stewart in South Africa from modified 416...

Listed in the 1910-11 WJ Jeffery & Co catalogue for their New Model 3 rifle.      The dummy round above was once part of a cartridge board. The missing "N" does not seem to be as a result of a broken bunter, but rather seemed to have been...

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Based on the 500 3 ¼" necked down. The original was in coiled brass which originated probably during the late 1870's  

Longer case and the shoulder moved forward but the loadings were the same as for the 500/450 №.1 MUSKET. In all probability a replacement for the №.1 MUSKET and was listed well into the 20th century by British cartridge manufacturers. unknown, probably Westley...

Developed ca. 1873 by Westley Richards for the Deeley & Edge single shot action rifle.  ...

Still under construction. British manufacturers produced ammunition for the Peabody-Martini on contract, as well as the Americans and the French. The specimen below is American made, probably by UMC. It has been sectioned to show the typical UMC "folded head"...

      This last specimen is a proof load  

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A little more powerful than the No. 1 Carbine, this cartridge was made for P. Webley & Son for a single shot rifle. There is some damange to the primer on the first specimen, which is a reload in all probability but you can still make out the waffle pattern by...

Developed during the 1870's for falling block single shot rifles by Westley Richards made under the Deeley & Edge patents.       The blank is by Eley (headstamp is ELEY  - № 1 CARBINE  -)   Also listed as a Cadet round. The Braendlin...

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.

                      Kynoch Tropical Tin to protect the cartridges from moisture in humid climates    

   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...