The .500/465 Nitro Express is a large bore centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Holland & Holland and introduced in 1907.
Development The .500/465 Nitro Express is one of several rounds (including the .470 Nitro Express, .475 Nitro Express, .475 No. 2 Nitro Express and .476 Nitro Express) developed as a replacement for the .500/450 Nitro Express following the British authorities' 1907 ban of military caliber ammunition in India and the Sudan, all with comparable performance.Barnes & Amber, p 229.
Holland & Holland created the .500/465 Nitro Express by necking down the .500 Nitro Express in.Wieland.
The .500/465 Nitro Express is designed for use in single-shot and double rifles.
See also Nitro Express 12 mm caliber List of rifle cartridges
References Footnotes
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