.577/450 Martini–Henry
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The .577/450 Martini–Henry is a black powder, centrefire rifle cartridge. It was the standard British service cartridge from the early 1870s that went through two changes from the original brass foil wrapped case (with 14 parts) to the drawn brass of two parts, the case and the primer. The .577/450 Martini–Henry was introduced with the Martini–Henry, in service it succeeded the .577 Snider cartridge and was used by all arms of the British armed forces as well British colonial forces throughout the British Empire until it was itself succeeded by the .303 British cartridge after an unsuccessful trial of a .402 calibre.[2]
- Also known as 11.43x60R (61R)
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.577/450 Martini–Henry | ||||||||
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Place of origin | UK | |||||||
Service history | ||||||||
Used by | British Empire | |||||||
Wars | Anglo-Zulu War Mahdist War First Boer War Second Boer War World War I | |||||||
Production history | ||||||||
Designed | 1871 | |||||||
Specifications | ||||||||
Parent case | .577 Snider | |||||||
Case type | Rimmed, bottleneck | |||||||
Bullet diameter | .455 in (11.6 mm) | |||||||
Neck diameter | .487 in (12.4 mm) | |||||||
Shoulder diameter | .628 in (16.0 mm) | |||||||
Base diameter | .668 in (17.0 mm) | |||||||
Rim diameter | .746 in (18.9 mm) | |||||||
Rim thickness | .05 in (1.3 mm) | |||||||
Case length | 2.34 in (59 mm) | |||||||
Overall length | 3.12 in (79 mm) | |||||||
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Source(s): Cartridges of the World.[1] |
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