The .350 Rigby and .350 Rigby No 2 are proprietary medium bore rifle cartridges developed by John Rigby & Company.

Design

The .350 Rigby and .350 Rigby No 2 are both bottlenecked

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.350 Rigby

The .350 Rigby, also known as the .350 Rigby Magnum and the .350 Rigby Nitro Express, is a

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cartridge intended for use in

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magazine sporting rifles, it fires its bullet at a muzzle velocity of .

.350 Rigby No 2

The .350 Rigby No 2 is the rimmed version of the .350 Rigby, intended for use in single shot and

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s, it shares the same cartridge case as the Rigby's earlier .400/350 Nitro Express, but fires the lighter 225 grain bullet of the .350 Rigby at a muzzle velocity of .

History

John Rigby & Co introduced both cartridges in 1908, intended for use as an all-round African hunting rounds, they were somewhat overshadowed by the arrival of the .375 Holland & Holland in 1912, although some sportsmen preferred these cartridges to the latter as the Rigby cartridges had less recoil.

Use

The .350 Rigby and .350 Rigby No 2 have been used successfully as general purpose African hunting cartridges on most African game species. Famous users included Denys Finch Hatton, Pete Pearson and

John "Pondoro" Taylor John Howard "Pondoro" Taylor (1904–1969) was a big-game hunter and ivory poacher of Irish descent. Born in Dublin as the son of a surgeon he developed an urge to go to Africa and become a professional hunter. Taylor mainly hunted for his own ...

. In his ''African Rifles and Cartridges'' Taylor wrote of the .350 Rigby "There is nothing spectacular about this cartridge; it has never had the write-up that the .318 and .375 Magnum get from time to time; nevertheless, it is a splendidly effective shell and at ranges of up to at least 150 yards kills as instantaneously as the .375 Magnum. In addition, it has an appreciably lighter recoil."

References

External links

Ammo-One, ".350 Rigby Magnum", ''ammo-one.com''
retrieved 8 November 2017.
Peter Carr, ".350 Magnum Rigby", ''sahunters.co.za''
retrieved 6 August 2014.
Cartridgecollector, ".350 Rigby Magnum", ''cartridgecollector.net''
retrieved 8 November 2017.

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