.450 Nitro Express
 
.450 Nitro Express
 
 

Another cartridge introduced by John Rigby as a smokeless round in 1898 the .450 Nitro Express has a straight, rimmed case derived from the original black powder cartridge. It was a standard calibre offered by the English Gun Trade. 

This text is based on information from “Cartridges of the World”, Hodgdon reloading manual, the cartridge designer and/or own resources.

   
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480 grs
Hornady DGX
RL 15
480 grs
Hornady DGS
RL 15
500 grs
Hornady RN solid and soft nose
H4831
500 grs
Hornady RN soft and solid
H4831
350 grs
Woodleigh sp
aR2207 (H4198- Hogdon)
300 grs
Hornady hp
Reloader 7