.425 Westley Richards
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| .425 Westley Richards | ||||||||
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| Type | Rifle | |||||||
| Place of origin | England | |||||||
| Production history | ||||||||
| Designer | Westley Richards | |||||||
| Designed | 1909 | |||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||
| Case type | Rebated rim, bottleneck | |||||||
| Bullet diameter | .435 in (11.0 mm) | |||||||
| Neck diameter | .456 in (11.6 mm) | |||||||
| Shoulder diameter | .540 in (13.7 mm) | |||||||
| Base diameter | .543 in (13.8 mm) | |||||||
| Rim diameter | .467 in (11.9 mm) | |||||||
| Case length | 2.64 in (67 mm) | |||||||
| Overall length | 3.30 in (84 mm) | |||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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| Source(s): "Cartridges of the World" [1] | ||||||||
The .425 Westley Richards is one of the classic African big-game rounds. It is a cartridge invented by Leslie Taylor of Westley Richards, a gunmaking firm of Birmingham England in 1909 as a proprietary cartridge for their bolt-action rifles. The round has the unusual characteristic of having a rebated rim, one that is smaller in diameter than the case body. This allowed it to be used in converted Mauser 98 magazine rifles with a standard (7x57 / 7mm Mauser (.30-06) size bolt face) magazine length and bolt face. The rebated rim also allowed government game officers to use stripper clips for rapid reloads when culling rogue animals.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Barnes, Frank C. (2006) [1965]. Skinner, Stan (ed.). Cartridges of the World (11th ed.). Iola, WI, USA: Gun Digest Books. pp. 396, 408, 411. ISBN 0-89689-297-2.
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- A picture of a cartridge Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
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