| 400NitroExpress |
| (.400 member) |
| 01/08/07 01:09 AM |
Re: New Double Cartridge needed??
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If one had to invent a new double load, I think the best option would be a 35 cal with ballistics in between the 358 winchester and the 350 remington magnum. A good 200 grain bullet moving at 2600 fps would be a perfect double rifle american load. It takes anyting in the lower forty eight, doesn't have much recoil, and puts a nice big hole in the target. This wouldn't be a long range cal, but who shoots a double past 2 hunsky anyways?
You wouldn't be "inventing" anything. The cartridge described above (it's actually a bit better) has been around for 100 years. The .350 No. 2 is a flanged cartridge firing a 225 grain .35 caliber bullet at 2550 fps. Intended for doubles, Rigby and Gibbs chambered rifles for it for many years. The No. 2 case is identical to that of the .400/.350 2 3/4" Nitro Express, it just uses a different load. Cases are easily formed from 9.3X74R. In British double rifles, the .350 No. 2 seems to have been more common than the .400/.350 was. It was quite successful. Factory ammunition is currently loaded by Kynoch.
Another good example of why we don't need any new DR cartridges.