The .369 Nitro Express, also known as the .369 Purdey Nitro Express, is a
centerfire
Two rounds of .357 Magnum, a centerfire cartridge; notice the circular primer in the center
A center-fire (or centerfire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms, where the primer is located at the center of the base of its casing (i. ...
, rifle
cartridge developed by
James Purdey & Sons
James Purdey & Sons, or simply Purdey, is a British gunmaker based in London, England specialising in high-end bespoke sporting shotguns and rifles. and introduced in 1922.
Overview
The .369 Nitro Express is a
rimmed
A rim is an external flange that is machined, cast, molded, stamped, or pressed around the bottom of a firearms cartridge. Thus, rimmed cartridges are sometimes called "flanged" cartridges. Almost all cartridges feature an extractor or headspaci ...
cartridge originally designed for use in Purdey's own
double rifle
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 an ...
s. The cartridge offers almost identical ballistic performance to the
.375 H&H Flanged Magnum, firing a projectile of the same caliber.
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As is common with cartridges for double rifles, due to the need to regulate the two barrels to the same point of aim, the .369 Nitro Express was offered in one loading, firing a projectile at .][
In his ''African Rifles and Cartridges'', ]John "Pondoro" Taylor
John Howard "Pondoro" Taylor (1904–1969) was a big-game hunter and ivory poacher of Irish descent. Born in Dublin as the son of a surgeon he developed an urge to go to Africa and become a professional hunter. Taylor mainly hunted for his own ac ...
said of the .369 Nitro Express that you "would need to go a very long way to get a better general purpose weapon".[Taylor.]
See also
*List of rifle cartridges
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, Caliber, calibre and name.
File:Cartridge Sample 2.jpg, 350px, From left to right: 1 .17 Hornady Mach 2, 2 .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, 3 .22 Long Rifle, 4 .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, 5 .17/23 SMc, 6 5mm ...
* 9 mm rifle cartridges
*Nitro Express
The Nitro Express (NE) series of cartridges are used in large-bore hunting rifles, also known as elephant guns or express rifles, but later came to include smaller bore high velocity (for the time) British cartridges.
Name
The term "Express" was ...
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
* Barnes, Frank C., ''Cartridges of the World'', Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2012, .
Kynoch Ammunition, ".369 Purdey Nitro Express", ''kynochammunition.co.uk''
1 January 2015.
* Taylor, John, ''African rifles and cartridges'', Sportsman's Vintage Press, 2013, .
External links
retrieved 30 April 2017.
Cartridgecollector, ".369 Purdey", ''cartridgecollector.net''
retrieved 12 February 2017.
, retrieved 1 January 2015.
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