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The .700 Nitro Express develops an approximate average of 8,900 foot-pounds force (12,100 J) of muzzle energy with a 1,000 gr (65 g) bullet at 2,000 ft/s (610 m/s). Handloaders can push the cartridge to generate as much as 15,000 foot-pounds (20,000 J) of energy in a modern bolt action, by using a 1,000 gr (65 g) bullet fired at 2,600 ft/s (792 ...
.500/450 Nitro Express.450 Rigby.450 Dakota.450 Watts Magnum.458×2-inch American.458 Express.458 HAM'R.458 Lott.458 SOCOM.458 U.S. Silent Sniper.458 Winchester Magnum.460 Steyr.460 Weatherby Magnum.461 Gibbs.465 H&H Magnum.500/465 Nitro Express.470 Nitro Express.475 Nitro Express.475 No 2 Nitro Express.476 Nitro Express.499 Leitner-Wise
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.
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load ...
.50 BMG Accuracy International AX50 United Kingdom: 2010 Bolt-action .50 BMG Cyclone HSR United Kingdom: 2017 Bolt-action .50 BMG SC-127 Thunderbolt United Kingdom: Bolt-action .50 BMG Anzio 20mm rifle United States: 2006 Bolt-action 20x102mm Vulcan: Barrett M82 United States: 1989 Semi-automatic .50 BMG Barrett M90 United States: 1990 Bolt ...
The .50 BMG (.50 Browning Machine Gun), also known as 12.7×99mm NATO, and designated as the 50 Browning by the C.I.P., [1] is a .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber cartridge developed for the M2 Browning heavy machine gun in the late 1910s, entering official service in 1921.
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The side-by-side double rifle was among the earliest and most popular, but by the early 20th century the bolt action began to replace it. The double rifle has two barrels, either in a side-by-side or over-and-under configuration, and with either a single or double trigger. Most parts of the firing mechanism of the gun are duplicated for the ...