A. Hollis 577 Nitro Express Double Rifle


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The lettering describes the load: '.577 Nitro Express, Regulated for 750 grain Bullet'. The ramp foresight is covered by our own patent flip-over protector and it is distinguished by a bright-red synthetic bead for enhanced visibility in low light. The Deeley & Edge catch, when activated to remove the forend, reveals the Deeley patent.


Lot Detail (C) HOLLAND & HOLLAND ROYAL DOUBLE RIFLE .577 NITRO EXPRESS.

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The British army had no armour piercing ammunition in 1914, and found itself faced with sniper shields, gun shields and trench works. A number of heavy calibre sporting rounds were tried, including .470 Nitro Express, .577 Nitro Express and .600 Nitro Express. Their bullets were designed for rapid transmission of energy to dangerous game.


577 Nitro Express by Bate, Prewar, Full Charge Nitro Express

The .577 Nitro Express is a large-bore centerfire rifle cartridge designed for the purpose of hunting large game such as elephant. This cartridge is used almost exclusively in single-shot and double express rifles for hunting in the Tropics or hot climates in general and is a cartridge associated with the golden age of African safaris and Indian shikars.


577 Nitro Express by Bate, Prewar, Full Charge Nitro Express

The detachable rifle-scope is a Hensoldt-Wetzlar Diasta 4×32 scope with Holland & Holland markings numbered to match the rifle. The manual tang safety is marked "Safe" in gold inlay so the rifle can be visually verified as being on or off safe. The Holland & Holland Royal .577 3″ Nitro Express in our pictures is coming up for sale by.


Holland & Holland Royal Double Rifle .577 Nitro Express Revivaler

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A. Hollis 577 Nitro Express Double Rifle

The .577 Nitro Express is a large-bore centerfire rifle cartridge designed for the purpose of hunting large game such as elephant. This cartridge is used almost exclusively in single-shot and double express rifles for hunting in the Tropics or hot climates in general and is a cartridge associated with the golden age of African safaris and Indian shikars.


Holland & Holland Royal Double Rifle .577 Nitro Express Revivaler

The .577/500 3 + 1 ⁄ 8-inch Nitro Express is a British centerfire fire rifle cartridge. Development [ edit ] The .577/500 NE was developed by loading a 3 + 1 ⁄ 8 -inch variant of the .577/500 Black Powder Express with smokeless cordite .


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The most recoil I've ever taken came from a .577 Nitro Express double rifle. I was invited by Bill Ward, who then ran Griffin & Howe, to test shoot a .577 Jeffrey double at G&H's little range.


Holland & Holland Royal Double Rifle .577 Nitro Express Revivaler

A few years after delivering this rifle we were asked by the same customer to make a similar rifle but with the bullet in .577 calibre. We had Woodleigh make us a 900 grn. 577 bullet in both soft nose and solid. This variation was named the Sahar 700/577 after Rafik's son Saad. The .500 Rafiki and .577 Sahar Cartridges.


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The .577 however, is quite an uncommon calibre and there are, to my knowledge, only a handful of gunmakers remaining who undertake to make this and other similar 'large' bore double rifles. These makers are the ones with a long and solid history of making double rifles, ones who bring years of experience to the bench and ultimately to the rifle.


Nitro Express rifles a history

A good indication of the improvement in performance that cordite offered is the .577 Magnum Express black-powder rifle, one of the most powerful BPE cartridges ever devised. It threw a 502gr conical bullet at 1,530 fps from a double rifle, while the .500 Nitro Express, loaded with cordite and a heavier 570gr bullet, managed 2,150 fps.


A. Hollis 577 Nitro Express Double Rifle

.577 Nitro Express Unlike the other two, which started life in the smokeless era, the .577 Nitro Express 3-inch was a smokeless adaptation of a blackpowder cartridge. It thus dates back the 1890s, and was the first big-bore Nitro Express. There was also a much milder 2.75-inch smokeless version, apparently popular among tiger hunters in India.I.


**Custom .577 Nitro Express Single Shot Rifle on a Ruger No. 1 Lot

577 NITRO EXPRESS. These 577 NE loads are made to original 100 grs. of cordite velocity specs, which is 2050 FPS with a 750 gr. bullet in 26-28 inch barrels, but ours are made with modern propellants. Like the 600 NE, the 577 NE is effective because of bullet diameter (.585 inch, the 600NE is .620 inch). While muzzle energy does not take into.


FARQUHARSON 577 NITRO EXPRESS for sale

The .577 Nitro Express, originally a popular black powder cartridge of the 1880's had a 2.75" case which was later altered to 3". Shortly before the turn of the century the current 3" smokeless version was introduced and for a period the shorter version was also loaded as a smokeless round.


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The term "Express" was coined by James Purdey in 1856, derived from the express train, to publicise the bullet velocity of his double rifles and became common parlance for many rifle cartridges. The addition of the word "Nitro" stemmed from the propellant used in these cartridges, cordite, which is composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine .

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