• The .450 Rigby is a rifle cartridge designed in 1994 by John Rigby & Co. for the hunting of large, thick-skinned dangerous game animals in Africa. The...
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  • The .416 Rigby is a rifle cartridge designed in 1911 by London based gunmaker John Rigby & Company, for hunting dangerous game. It is the first cartridge...
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    John Rigby & Company (or John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd) is a gunmaking firm founded by John Rigby in 1775 in Dublin. The company was established by...
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    .458 Lott (redirect from .450 Ackley Magnum)
    (410 m/s). What the .458 Lott lacks in velocity and energy compared to the .450 Rigby or the .460 Weatherby Magnum, it more than makes up for by virtue of its...
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    11 mm caliber (redirect from .450 Revolver)
    Grand Island, Nebraska: Hornady Manufacturing Company. 2003. p. 597. ".450 Rigby rimless / MUNICION.ORG". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved...
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  • available in 5 different calibers from the .375 H&H Magnum to the powerful .450 Rigby. Rather similar in appearance to the Karabiner 98k (even if more massive...
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    Nitro Express .500/450 No 1 Black Powder Express .450 No 2 Nitro Express .454 Casull .500/450 Nitro Express .450 Rigby .450 Dakota .450 Watts Magnum .458×2-inch...
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  • The .450 Nitro Express was the first Nitro Express cartridge, developed around 1898 by John Rigby. This cartridge was based on the then popular .450 Black...
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  • "Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with...
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  • completely new, mammoth .450 No 2 Nitro Express, Holland & Holland followed Rigby's example and loaded the old black powder .500/450 Magnum Black Powder Express...
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  • 375 Holland & Holland Magnum with a 5+1 magazine capacity, .416 Rigby, and .450 Rigby with a 4+1 magazine capacity. "The Mauser M98 Current Production"...
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    Mag .338 Win Mag .375 H&H Mag 7 mm Rem Mag Extra large (XL): .416 Rigby .450 Rigby .500 Jeffery The bolt has three locking lugs, a 70 degree bolt lift...
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  • the .450 3¼-Inch Nitro Express and .416 Rigby. In addition, he collaborated with Mauser on redesigning the G98 to accept magnum cartridges. Rigby was also...
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    of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. The unveiling of the .450 Nitro Express by John Rigby & Company in 1898 heralded the beginning of the modern big-game...
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  • Magnum, .375 Holland & Holland, .404 Jeffery, .416 Remington Magnum, .450 Rigby, .500 Jeffery and .505 Gibbs. The rifles chambered in .505 Gibbs and ...
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  • 416 Rigby and the .470 Nitro Express, two cartridges with similar muzzle energy but different bullet weights. Taylor states that the .416 Rigby will...
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    H&H Magnum .404 Jeffery .416 Ruger .416 Rigby .416 Taylor .416 Remington Magnum .425 Westley Richards .450 Rigby .458 Lott .500 Jeffery .505 Gibbs .22-250...
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  • pistol. John Rigby & Company developed distinct rounds for its Mauser safari big-game rifles .350 Rigby, .416 Rigby, and the .450 Rigby). Česká Zbrojovka...
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    The original .378 Weatherby Magnum parent case was inspired by the .416 Rigby. The .460 Weatherby Magnum was designed as an African dangerous game rifle...
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    7×57mm Mauser (redirect from .275 Rigby)
    the ".275 Rigby", However, the original John Rigby & Sons never referred to the cartridge by that name, nor did any of UK gun trade; the Rigby association...
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  • 450 Rigby, rifle longarm ammo No. 450 Squadron RAAF, Royal Australian Air Force 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force No. 450 (Fleet...
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  • Weatherby Magnum, .404 Jeffery, .416 Rigby, .416 Weatherby Magnum, .416 Remington Magnum, .425 Express, .450 Ackley, .450 Rigby, .458 Winchester Magnum, .460...
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    Remington Magnum .416 Ruger .416 Rigby .44 Remington Magnum .45-70 Government .450 Bushmaster .450 Marlin .450 Nitro Express .450/400 Nitro Express .454 Casull...
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    current wildcats, like the popular .338 Edge. All but one (.450 Dakota, based on .416 Rigby) of the proprietary cartridges of Dakota Arms such as .375...
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  • Black powder version. In 1898 John Rigby & Company loaded the .450 Nitro Express cartridge with cordite to create the .450 Nitro Express, the first Nitro...
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    decades". The cartridge was conceived as a less costly alternative to the .416 Rigby cartridge and was intended to replace the latter. While today the .416 Remington...
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  • extraction problems encountered with the revolutionary .450 Nitro Express which had been created by John Rigby & Company in 1898, Eley took the unusual step for...
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  • John Rigby & Company loaded this cartridge with smokeless cordite to create the .450 Nitro Express, the first Nitro Express cartridge. The .450 31⁄4-inch...
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  • elephant hunting career with a Jeffery built .450/400 double rifle prior to moving to his famous .275 Rigby. Jim Corbett switched from a .500 Black Powder...
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  • Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with "Eleanor Rigby". Written as a children's song by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, it was...
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