So..Gentlemen...wich .450 - 476NE cartridge must be considered the best of the lot..?

[Pondoro]

And please...keep you answer within those mentioned..

My take is the .470NE.. It is a very balanced cartridge..5000 foot - pounds + and low pressure. You could argue that the .500/465 is very much the same..but where is the ammunition today..? You could, as Boddington does, argue that a double can be built somewhat slimmer in .450NE..but again..ammo is scarce..

So..simply because ammo is plentyful...and otherwise it is very well proven and popular...I say .470 Nitro Express..

Opinions..?

 

[SRvet]

So I have heard opinions that the 450NE is better for a client than the 470NE as the 500 grain bullet of the 470 has a reduced sectional density and therefore penetrates less deep given similar muzzle energy. I have always thought that at some stage you must reach a point where a bullet penetrates sufficiently well to achieve the task and my suspicion is that the 470NE is more than adequate for the job. Has anyone experienced the 470NE being inadequate??

 

[Certus]

If it was more common the .476 would win - best SD of the lot.

If I could have one I’d get a Coggie in .475 3 1/4”.

In todays day and age - .470 has won.

 

[Pondoro]

Certus..I have a double in .475 3 1/4...a nice round that..

 

[Certus]

Certus..I have a double in .475 3 1/4...a nice round that..

Are you offering? I have…about $12 on me

 

[Pondoro]

Sorry..mine is a keeper..

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I really like the look of the 450 No.2. But as you say, where is the ammo.

 

[IvW]

In that class for me it would be 450 No.2 3 1/2" NE

 

[analog_peninsula]

The one you already own.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

And please...keep you answer within those mentioned..

My take is the .470NE.. It is a very balanced cartridge..5000 foot - pounds + and low pressure. You could argue that the .500/465 is very much the same..but where is the ammunition today..? You could, as Boddington does, argue that a double can be built somewhat slimmer in .450NE..but again..ammo is scarce..

So..simply because ammo is plentyful...and otherwise it is very well proven and popular...I say .470 Nitro Express..

Opinions..?

I completely agree with you.
.470 Nitro Express takes the cake, hands down.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Sorry..mine is a keeper..

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Big beautiful Webley & Scott PHV-1 action. The workhorse of pre War British gun trade.

 

[rifletuner]

There is no "best". They are all great. Gives you an excuse to own one of each to check them out yourself.

 

[Saul]

I have a peculiar dislike of NE cartridges that do not have straight walls. For me, that makes the 475 NE to be ideal.