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The Federal FireStick is a proprietary polymer-hulled blank cartridge, introduced in 2020 for the Traditions NitroFire rifle. Containing 100 to 120 grains of Hodgdon 888 black-powder substitute and neither a primer nor a bullet, the round and the rifle designed for it were devised as a way of creating a gun that functions as closely to a modern rifle as possible whilst still being legal in ...
The .700 Nitro Express (17.8×89mmR) 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 ]
Muzzleloading artillery evolved across a wide range of styles, beginning with the bombard, and evolving into culverins, falconets, sakers, demi-cannon, rifled muzzle-loaders, Parrott rifles, and many other styles. Handcannons are excepted from this list because they are hand-held and typically of small caliber.
The W.J. Jeffery & Co developed the .400 Jeffery NE from the .450/400 3-1 ⁄ 4-inch Nitro Express, following extraction problems with the latter cartridge.. The .450/400 3-1 ⁄ 4-inch NE was recreated by loading the old .450/400 3-1 ⁄ 4-inch Black Powder Express with cordite, transforming a low-velocity deerstalking cartridge into a genuine big-game hunting round capable of tackling even ...
The .600/577 Rewa is derived from the .600 Nitro Express necked down to accept the .582 in (14.8 mm) calibre bullet of the .577 Nitro Express. The .600/577 Rewa fires a 750 gr (49 g) bullet driven by 110 gr (7.1 g) of cordite .
Despite being a similar size, the .577/500 NE is not nearly as powerful as the .500 Nitro Express and is not suitable for such thick-skinned game as elephant. Like the .500 Black Powder Express , the .577/500 NE was never highly regarded for hunting in Africa , yet it was popular in India .
Theodore Roosevelt with a Holland & Holland double rifle in .500/450 Nitro and bagged elephant. [1]An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, rifled or smoothbore, originally developed for use by big-game hunters for elephant and other large game.
2012 NASCAR truck with GunBroker.com decals. GunBroker.com has been a sponsor for various NASCAR teams since 2004. [11] GunBroker.com was the primary sponsor of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Jason White, [12] driver of the No. 23 Truck from 2008-2012.