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The double rifle, also known as a double-barreled rifle, is a rifle with two barrels mounted parallel to each other that can be fired simultaneously or sequentially in quick succession. Synonymous with big game hunting found primarily in Africa and Asia , the double rifle is a sporting weapon with very little military heritage.
Unlike other London gunmakers, W.J. Jeffery & Co offered modern big-game hunting rifles in the medium price bracket. In order to compete with his biggest competitors, John Rigby & Company and Westley Richards, Jeffery outsourced to several Birmingham based rifle manufacturers including Saunders, Ellis, Webley, Tolley and Leonard bros, as well as Turners of Reading, John Wilkes and others in ...
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.
The .600 Nitro Express is a slightly tapered walled, rimmed, centerfire rifle cartridge designed for use in single-shot and double rifles. [4]The cartridge fires a .620 in (15.7 mm) diameter, 900 gr (58 g) projectile with three powder loadings: the standard being 100 gr (6.5 g) of cordite at a muzzle velocity of 1,850 ft/s (560 m/s); a 110 gr (7.1 g) loading which generates a muzzle velocity ...
They were used to target British armored cars, as Italian forces suffered from a lack of anti-tank guns during the campaign. The Lahti L-39, a Finnish-made 20 mm caliber anti-tank gun, was nicknamed the "elephant gun" by Finnish Army troops during the Continuation War because of its stopping power, as was the British-made Boys anti-tank rifle.
The .500 Nitro Express / 13x76mmR is a rifle cartridge designed for hunting large and dangerous game animals in Africa and India. [1] This cartridge was primarily designed for use in double rifles though various single shots were produced on the Farquarson action and at least one major company (Heym) produced it in bolt-action configuration.
The double rifle was a .577 Nitro Express. [ 24 ] James H. Sutherland , the noted elephant hunter who shot between 1,300 and 1,600 elephants, used a Westley Richards single-trigger Droplock .577 Nitro Express double rifle for most of his hunting, along with a bolt action .318 Westley Richards which he used in open country where the quarry was ...
Bailey machine gun: Winchester Repeating Arms Company.32 rifle cartridge United States: 1874 Caldwell machine gun.303 British Australia: 1915 Colt Mk 11 cannon Colt's Manufacturing Company: 20x110mm USN United States: EX-17 Heligun: Hughes Aircraft Company 7.62x51mm NATO United States: 1962 Feldl gun 11x50mmR Bavaria: 1867 Fokker-Leimberger