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.577 Nitro
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 shikars. Design The .577 Nitro Express is a straight rimmed calibre cartridge designed for use in single-shot and double rifles. It has been made in three case lengths based on their respective black-powder .577 Black Powder Express cartridges. 2-inch The .577 Nitro Express is a conversion of the .577 Black Powder Express -inch, it fires a projectile at over . Never as popular as the 3-inch version, today it is only available by special order. 3-inch The .577 Nitro Express is a conversion of the .577 Black Powder Express 3-inch, it fires a projectile at over . This cartridge was to become the most popular of the three and a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22 CB
The .22 CB cap (conical breech cap) is a more powerful version of the .22 BB cap (aka: 6mm Flobert) rimfire metallic cartridge, which was invented by Louis-Nicolas Flobert in 1845. The .22 BB cap and .22 CB cap are interchangeable and are relatively quiet, low velocity cartridges, designed for indoor target shooting. History Designed to be a cross between the .22 BB and .22 Short, and first catalogued in around 1888 (though probably first made before that), it "managed to combine about all the disadvantages... f bothinto one generally useless cartridge",Barnes, p.273, ".22 CB Cap". being no more accurate than either while being noisier than the .22 BB cap, and penetrating much deeper, requiring a backstop as strong as for the .22 Short, thereby negating the CB cap's advantages for shooting indoors. American ammunition manufacturers dropped the .22 CB cap in the 1940s. In Europe, the .22 BB cap and .22 CB cap are both called "6mm Flobert" and are considered the same cartridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
