.600 Nitro Express
The .600 Nitro Express is a large bore Nitro Express rifle cartridge developed by W.J. Jeffery & Co for the purpose of hunting large game such as elephant.
| .600 Nitro Express | ||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||
| Place of origin | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||
| Service history | ||||||||||||||||
| In service | 1915–1916 | |||||||||||||||
| Used by | British Army | |||||||||||||||
| Wars | World War I | |||||||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||||||
| Designer | W.J. Jeffery & Co | |||||||||||||||
| Designed | 1899 | |||||||||||||||
| Produced | 1900–present | |||||||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
| Case type | Rimmed, tapered | |||||||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .620 in (15.7 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Land diameter | .606 in (15.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Neck diameter | .648 in (16.5 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Base diameter | .700 in (17.8 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rim diameter | .810 in (20.6 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rim thickness | .065 in (1.7 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Case length | 3 in (76 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Overall length | 3.70 in (94 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Case capacity | 211.4 gr H2O (13.70 cm3) | |||||||||||||||
| Primer type | Kynoch No. 40 | |||||||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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| Test barrel length: 28 Source(s): Barnes, Kynoch and C.I.P Data | ||||||||||||||||
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