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The prototype had done well in a performance trial and went on to win the trophy [4] at the 1948 International Six Days Trial, two Bullet riders won gold medals. [5] In 1952 Johnny Brittain won the Scottish Six Days Trial on a Royal Enfield Bullet and in 1953 he also won the International Six Days Trial without losing a single point.
The .500 Bushwhacker is a .50 caliber semi-rimmed revolver cartridge developed by TII Armory for the Magnum Research BFR revolvers. It is currently the most powerful revolver cartridge in the world, offering a similar level of ballistic performance to African stopping rifles , such as the .416 Rigby and .470 Nitro Express .
500 Twin 500 cc OHV twin 1948-1958 The first post-war twin cylinder in a swingarm frame with telescopic forks. It was simply called '500 Twin' and most non-engine parts were shared with the new Bullet. Its factory photograph is often mistakenly called 'Bullet' on various websites. [5] Bullet 350: 350 cc single 1948–1960 [6]
The .500 BPE was never highly regarded for hunting in Africa, [1] yet it was a popular cartridge in India, considered a good general purpose rifle cartridge popular for hunting tigers. [4] Jim Corbett was a user of a .500 BPE rifle prior to switching to a .400 Jeffery Nitro Express double rifle, [ 5 ] shooting cordite Nitro for Black loadings ...
Although the Bullet 500 was discontinued due to poor sales, The Next Generation Bullet 350 was launched on 1 September 2023. It has a retro style and is priced at ₹1.74 lakh (US$2,090) in India. In January 2024 Royal Enfield Bullet 350 was launched in two new colors- Military Silver Black and Military Silver Red. [29]
It was available in a number of loadings with bullets weighing from 270 to 365 grains (17.5 to 23.7 g), all driven by 120 grains (7.8 g) of black powder. [1] [3] The .450 Nitro for Black is the same cartridge loaded with mild loadings of modern smokeless powder, carefully balanced through trial to replicate the ballistics of the black powder ...
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All bullet/cartridge combination are advertised with a muzzle velocity of 2470 ft/s (753 m/s) and muzzle energy of 8127 ft lbf (11019 J). In comparison: the parent cartridge, the .460 Weatherby Magnum as commercial loaded with a 500 gr (32.4 g) Monolithic Solid has a muzzle velocity of 2580 ft/s (786 m/s) and muzzle energy of 7389 ft lbf (10018 J).