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banned all .450 calibre (as well as .303 and .577, two other military calibres) sporting rifles and ammunition from importation into India and East Africa, the two major destinations for .450 NE rifles and ammunition. Whilst the .450 cartridges could not be loaded into a
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23:.450/400 Jeffery Nitro Express bullet and cartridge
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340:.375 Belted Rimless Nitro Express
290:.303 British Rimmed Nitro Express
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254:List of Nitro Express cartridges
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450:.700/500 Rafiki Nitro Express
350:.400/375 Belted Nitro Express
118:.450/400 Black Powder Express
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455:.700/577 Sahar Nitro Express
440:.600/577 Rewa Nitro Express
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420:.505 Rimless Nitro Express
415:.500 Jeffery Nitro Express
365:.404 Rimless Nitro Express
355:.400 Jeffery Nitro Express
345:.375 Flanged Nitro Express
305:.333 Flanged Nitro Express
300:.333 Rimless Nitro Express
295:.318 Rimless Nitro Express
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270:.242 Rimless Nitro Express
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260:.240 Belted Nitro Express
126:.577 Black Powder Express
122:.500 Black Powder Express
91:.450 Black Powder Express
310:.350 Rigby Nitro Express
87:John Rigby & Company
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400:.475 No 2 Nitro Express
375:.450 No 2 Nitro Express
325:.360 No 2 Nitro Express
240:.475 No 2 Nitro Express
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575:The .450 Nitro Express
563:kynochammunition.co.uk
553:www.johnrigbyandco.com
547:John Rigby & Co, “
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425:.577/500 Nitro Express
385:.500/465 Nitro Express
380:.500/450 Nitro Express
360:.450/400 Nitro Express
330:.400/360 Nitro Express
315:.400/350 Nitro Express
224:.500/465 Nitro Express
212:.577/450 Martini–Henry
172:.400/350 Nitro Express
130:.450/400 Nitro Express
102:.500/450 Nitro Express
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561:Big Game Cartridges
559:Kynoch Ammunition,
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460:.700 Nitro Express
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435:.577 Nitro Express
430:.510 Nitro Express
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228:.470 Nitro Express
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138:.577 Nitro Express
134:.500 Nitro Express
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