Английская Википедия:.450/400 Black Powder Express
Шаблон:Notability Шаблон:Infobox Firearm Cartridge Шаблон:Infobox Firearm Cartridge The .450/400 Black Powder Express cartridges were black powder rifle cartridges introduced in the United Kingdom in the 1880s.
Design
The .450/400 Black Powder Express cartridges are bottlenecked centerfire black powder express rifle cartridges produced in two case lengths, 2Шаблон:Frac inches (60.3 mm) and 3Шаблон:Frac inches (83 mm). Both cartridges were later loaded as "Nitro for Black" cartridges, the same cartridges loaded with mild loadings of cordite carefully balanced through trial to replicate the ballistics of the black powder versions.[1]
.450/400 2Шаблон:Frac inch Black Powder Express
The .450/400 2Шаблон:Frac inch Black Powder Express was loaded with a bullets from Шаблон:Convert driven by Шаблон:Convert of black powder. The .450/400 2Шаблон:Frac inch Nitro for Black was loaded with a jacketed 270 grain round nose bullet driven by Шаблон:Convert of cordite.[1]
.450/400 3Шаблон:Frac inch Black Powder Express
The .450/400 3Шаблон:Frac inch Black Powder Express was loaded with a bullets from Шаблон:Convert driven by Шаблон:Convert of black powder. The .450/400 3Шаблон:Frac inch Nitro for Black was loaded with bullets of Шаблон:Convert driven by Шаблон:Convert of cordite.[1]
Nitro Express loadings
The .450/400 Black Powder Express cartridges served as the parent cases for the .450/400 Nitro Express cartridges, the same cartridge cases loaded with greater loads of cordite and heavier bullets to produce far more powerful rounds.[1][2]
History
The .450/400 Black Powder Express in both cartridge lengths were developed in the 1880s by necking down the .450 Black Powder Express, the .450/400 2Шаблон:Frac inch Black Powder Express simply a shortened version. The .450/400 3Шаблон:Frac inch Black Powder Express was listed in the Kynoch catalogue of 1884 as the .450 reduced to . 400.[1]
Whilst obsolete, .450/400 3Шаблон:Frac inch Black Powder Express ammunition can still be purchased from ammunition manufacturers such as Kynoch.[2]
Use
The .450/400 Black Powder Express in both case lengths were considered good deerstalking cartridges and was usually chambered in a lightweight stalking rifle.[1]
See also
References
External links
- Ammo-One, ".450/400 B.P.E. 3Шаблон:Frac inch", ammo-one.com Шаблон:Webarchive, retrieved 8 November 2017.
- Cartridgecollector, .450/400 2 Шаблон:Frac" Black Powder Express, cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 17 Dec 16.
- Cartridgecollector, .450/400 2 Шаблон:Frac" Nitro for Black Powder, cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 17 Dec 16.
- Cartridgecollector, .450/400 3 Шаблон:Frac" Black Powder Express, cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 17 Dec 16.
- Cartridgecollector, .450/400 3 Шаблон:Frac" Nitro for Black Powder, cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 17 Dec 16.
- The Spanish Association of Cartridge Collectors, ".450-400 Express 2Шаблон:Frac inch", municon.org Шаблон:Webarchive, retrieved 8 November 2017.
