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  2. .450 Black Powder Express - Wikipedia

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    It was available in a number of loadings with bullets weighing from 270 to 365 grains (17.5 to 23.7 g), all driven by 120 grains (7.8 g) of black powder. [1] [3] The .450 Nitro for Black is the same cartridge loaded with mild loadings of modern smokeless powder, carefully balanced through trial to replicate the ballistics of the black powder ...

  3. .500/450 Magnum Black Powder Express - Wikipedia

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    The .500/450 Magnum BPE was created by necking down the .500 Black Powder Express to .45-inches. [2]For some time after the turn of the century, the .500/450 Magnum BPE was loaded with cordite to become the .500/450 Magnum Nitro for Black, the same cartridge loaded with mild loadings of cordite, carefully balanced through trial to replicate the ballistics of the Black powder version.

  4. .500/450 Nitro Express - Wikipedia

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    The .500/450 Nitro Express is a rimmed bottlenecked cartridge designed for use in single-shot and double rifles. It is based on the old black-powder .500/450 Magnum Black Powder Express. It fires a .458-inch (11.6 mm) 480-grain (31 g) projectile at over 2,175 feet per second (663 m/s). [1]

  5. .450 Nitro Express - Wikipedia

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    .450 Nitro Express also known as the .450 Nitro Express 3 1 ⁄ 4-inch is a rifle cartridge designed for hunting dangerous game such as elephant, rhino, cape buffalo, lion, and leopard. This cartridge is used almost exclusively in double rifles for hunting in the tropics or hot climates in general and is associated with the Golden Age of ...

  6. Bell 525 Relentless - Wikipedia

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    Bell announced its new project after the Bell 429 and Bell V-22, the super medium Bell 525, previously it was known as Project X or Magellan. The Helicopter is overall designed for trips of 50 to 500 nautical miles, and has a 5-blade main rotor powered by twin engines, digital controls and Garmin G5000H screen, with planned seating for 16-20 people. [3]

  7. .450/400 Nitro Express - Wikipedia

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    The .450/400 3 1 ⁄ 4-inch NE conversion was not initially entirely successful, under the increased pressures of the cordite loading the long neck could stick in the chamber causing the rim to pull off at extraction, [2] a problem not encountered under the milder black powder loadings. To counter this, the rim was increased in thickness to ...

  8. .500/450 No. 1 Black Powder Express - Wikipedia

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    The .500/450 No. 1 Nitro for Black was the same cartridge loaded with mild loadings of cordite, carefully balanced to replicate the ballistics of the black powder version. Unlike other similar black powder cartridges, such as the .450 Black Powder Express and .500/450 Magnum Black Powder Express , the .500/450 No. 1 Express never became a Nitro ...

  9. Blackhill Engineering - Wikipedia

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    Blackhill Engineering Ltd has existed in various forms since the 1950s, its main role was originally to be an engineering support services provider for English China Clays PLC (Quarries Division), looking after capital and revenue repairs, modifications, projects and servicing, for sites all over the United Kingdom and Channel Islands.