.350 Rigby
| .350 Rigby | ||||||||
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| Type | Rifle | |||||||
| Place of origin | England | |||||||
| Production history | ||||||||
| Designer | John Rigby & Company | |||||||
| Designed | 1908 | |||||||
| Produced | 1908 | |||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Case type | Rimless, bottleneck | |||||||
| Bullet diameter | .358 in (9.1 mm) | |||||||
| Neck diameter | .383 in (9.7 mm) | |||||||
| Shoulder diameter | .455 in (11.6 mm) | |||||||
| Base diameter | .517 in (13.1 mm) | |||||||
| Rim diameter | .534 in (13.6 mm) | |||||||
| Case length | 2.742 in (69.6 mm) | |||||||
| Overall length | 3.44 in (87 mm) | |||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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Test barrel length: 24 in Source(s): municion.org [1] & kynochammunition.co.uk [2] | ||||||||
| .350 Rigby No 2 | ||||||||
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| Specifications | ||||||||
| Case type | Rimmed, bottleneck | |||||||
| Bullet diameter | .358 in (9.1 mm) | |||||||
| Neck diameter | .379 in (9.6 mm) | |||||||
| Shoulder diameter | .419 in (10.6 mm) | |||||||
| Base diameter | .468 in (11.9 mm) | |||||||
| Rim diameter | .518 in (13.2 mm) | |||||||
| Rim thickness | .050 in (1.3 mm) | |||||||
| Case length | 2.749 in (69.8 mm) | |||||||
| Overall length | 3.685 in (93.6 mm) | |||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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Test barrel length: 26 in Source(s): municion.org [3] & kynochammunition.co.uk [4] | ||||||||
The .350 Rigby and .350 Rigby No 2 are proprietary centerfire rifle cartridges developed by John Rigby & Company and introduced in 1908, intended for use as an all-round African hunting round. They fire a .358" diameter 225 grain bullet at an advertised speed of 2600 fps.[2]
.350 Rigby
The .350 Rigby, also known as .350 Rigby Nitro Express, is a rimless bottlenecked magnum-length cartridge designed by Rigby for use in their Mauser bolt action sporting rifles.
Famous users include the elephant hunters Denys Finch Hatton[5] and John "Pondoro" Taylor. In his African Rifles and Cartridges, Taylor wrote of the .350 Rigby: "There is nothing spectacular about this cartridge; it has never had the write-up that the .318 and .375 Magnum get from time to time; nevertheless, it is a splendidly effective shell and at ranges of up to at least 150 yards kills as instantaneously as the .375 Magnum. In addition, it has an appreciably lighter recoil."[6]
.350 Rigby No 2
The .350 Rigby No 2 is the rimmed version of the .350 Rigby, intended for use in double rifles. The .350 Rigby No 2 shares the same case as the Rigby’s earlier .400/350 Nitro Express, but is the ballistic twin of the .350 Rigby, the .400/350 fired a heavier 310 grain projectile at around 2000 fps.[4]
See also
References
Footnotes
- ↑ "Municon 350 Rigby". Archived from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kynoch, .350 Rigby
- ↑ "Municon, 400-350 Rigby". Archived from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kynoch, .400/350 NE & .350 Rigby No 2.
- ↑ Wheeler, p 159.
- ↑ Taylor.
Bibliography
- Carr, Peter, .350 Magnum Rigby, sahunters.co.za.
- Kynoch Ammunition, Big Game Cartridges kynochammunition.co.uk.
- John Rigby & Co, History, johnrigbyandco.com.
- Municon 350 Rigby Magnum (Archived 2015-01-01), municion.org.
- Municon, 400-350 Rigby (Archived 2015-01-01), municon.org.
- Taylor, John, African Rifles and Cartridges, first published 1948.
- Wheeler, Sarah, Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton, Random House, London, 2006.