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The .600 Nitro Express Zeliska revolver is an Austrian single-action revolver produced by Pfeifer Waffen.Except for the Giant 1859 28mm Remington revolver, the Zeliska may be the largest handgun in the world, weighing in at 6.001 kilograms (13.230 lb) and having a length of 55 centimetres (22 in).
The unveiling of the .450 Nitro Express by John Rigby & Company in 1898 heralded the beginning of the modern big-game cartridge. Created from loading the already popular .450 Black Powder Express with cordite, the .450 NE was a fast and accurate cartridge capable of taking all African and Indian dangerous game.
The .600 Nitro Express is a slightly tapered walled, rimmed, centerfire rifle cartridge designed for use in single-shot and double rifles. [4]The cartridge fires a .620 in (15.7 mm) diameter, 900 gr (58 g) projectile with three powder loadings: the standard being 100 gr (6.5 g) of cordite at a muzzle velocity of 1,850 ft/s (560 m/s); a 110 gr (7.1 g) loading which generates a muzzle velocity ...
The .700 Nitro Express (17.8×89mmR), also known as .700 H&H, is a big-game rifle cartridge.The cartridge is typically charged with around 250 grains of powder, in addition to a two-grain igniter charge (to reduce the tendency of the cartridge to hang fire from such large powder charges). [3]
Pfeifer Zeliska .600 Nitro Express revolver: Pfeifer Waffen.600 Nitro Express: 5 Austria: c.2007-? [citation needed] Medusa Model 47: Phillips & Rodgers Inc. Various 9 mm caliber: 6 United States: 1996-2001 Pirlot Frères Ordonnanzrevolver 1872: Pirlot Frères .41 Rimfire: 6 Switzerland: 1872-? Rast & Gasser M1898: Rast & Gasser: 8mm Gasser: 8 ...
The .500 Nitro Express / 13x76mmR is a rifle cartridge designed for hunting large and dangerous game animals in Africa and India. [1] This cartridge was primarily designed for use in double rifles though various single shots were produced on the Farquarson action and at least one major company (Heym) produced it in bolt-action configuration.
The early express cartridges used a heavy charge of black powder to propel a lightweight, often hollow point bullet, at high velocities to maximize point blank range. Later the express cartridges were loaded with nitrocellulose-based gunpowder, leading to the Nitro Express cartridges, the first of which was the .450 Nitro Express. [2]
Pages in category "Revolvers of Austria" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Pfeifer Zeliska .600 Nitro Express revolver; R. Rast & Gasser ...