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eagle27
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Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle
02/02/24 12:28 PM

Mike, that's a beautiful double you have been lucky enough to acquire in an interesting old cartridge that should be very useful for a good range of game today; pig, deer, etc.

My copy of COTW sits handy so I can pick up and read anytime I'm relaxing in my favourite chair. I recalled the old .242 cartridge being listed under the British cartridge section so checked again when your post came up just to see exactly what sort of ballistics the old girl produces.
COTW lists the cartridge as the .242 Rimless Nitro Express which was originally called the .242 Manton after the Calcutta based company of J. Manton & Co for whom the cartridge was developed by Kynoch in 1923.

I note you also refer to the cartridge as the .242 Vickers. Out of curiosity, where did the Vickers nomenclature come from?

Vickers did make up Mauser 98 rifles for various cartridges, the .242 Nitro Express/Manton being one and also the 404 Jeffery as another example, but the cartridges were not themselves given the Vickers nomenclature?

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.242 Vickers Double Rifle	3DogMike	30/11/23 03:34 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	93x64mm	30/11/23 07:11 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	Waidmannsheil	30/11/23 10:46 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	3DogMike	30/11/23 11:12 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	NitroX	30/11/23 06:42 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	degoins	01/12/23 12:51 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	lancaster	02/12/23 07:08 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	3DogMike	02/12/23 12:14 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	NitroX	02/12/23 05:39 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	lancaster	02/12/23 10:00 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	3DogMike	31/01/24 03:12 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	mckinney	01/02/24 02:31 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	DarylS	01/02/24 06:43 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	eagle27	02/02/24 12:28 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	3DogMike	03/02/24 03:51 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	eagle27	03/02/24 07:33 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	Hendo	03/02/24 03:19 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	eagle27	04/02/24 10:02 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	Hendo	05/02/24 02:44 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	eagle27	05/02/24 05:47 PM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	3DogMike	09/02/24 09:57 AM
Re: .242 Vickers Double Rifle	eagle27	09/02/24 01:31 PM

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