​The Nitro Express here has its current bid over $1000, with the buy now price set at $6500. The .700 Nitro Express was used as the basis for the .500 Rafiki and .700/577 Nitro Express cartridges. One customer for a Holland & Holland .700 Nitro Express double rifle commissioned it with engraving by Phillippe Grifnée in an African Elephant theme. Once JavaScript is enabled please refresh the current page. These auto shotguns […], Copyright © 2020 - All rights reserved The .700 Nitro Express is a big game rifle cartridge made by Holland & Holland, London, England. *. The front sight is an easy to see bead with a flip-up Moon Sight. On the right side of the action the Black Rhino is featured. He has studied the Japanese sword arts and has a long history of involvement in the shooting sports, which has included authoring submissions to government on various firearms related issues and assisting in the design and establishment of shooting ranges. However, when Bell and Feldstein created the .700 Nitro Express cartridge, it attracted the interest of Holland & Holland, which, at the time, was looking for a new big game hunting cartridge. Rifle calibers comparable to the .700 Nitro Express in terms of power and recoil include the following: People of the American Civil War by state, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, http://www.gunsandammo.com/content/700-nitro-express, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/.700_Nitro_Express?oldid=5027669. Sure, you may cough up a little more cash for the price of shipping if it does have to be ordered in store, but for a piece of equipment like this, it is worth it. Even if you don’t spot one of these cartridges at a store known for big-game equipment, check their catalog or ask if it can be specially ordered. These two unique locations are lumped together in one category for one reason – both have a tendency to rack up eye-popping items. MAXIMUM ORDER ON THIS ITEM IS 2 CARTRIDGES. Rifle cartridges can be as powerful if not more – especially if they are built for big-game hunting. Here are three main sources to check: While it isn’t likely you’ll find one of these cartridges sitting in the shelves of a tiny gun store, major locations may have them. 700 Nitro Express . Giving them the chance to use such firepower would truly constitute a once-in-a-lifetime experience. William Feldstein had originally wanted a Holland & Holland .600 Nitro Express double rifle but the story goes that Holland & Holland declined to build him one because they had agreed with a previous customer that his would be the last they would ever make. The classic 9mm and .22 handgun options make for a great concealable line of defense, but they don’t do much in terms of massive stopping power. Many ranges like to add in unique twists at times and keep their customers guessing. Gun Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. You will find the sale page for this graceful Tyrannosaur stopping work of art if you click here. Feldstein had tried unsuccessfully to get H&H to build a .600 Nitro Express for him, but they had already ceased production. Not all locations would be open to this request, and thus it could cost an even higher price. The .700 Nitro Express is a very rare gun. but it was so lively to handle and bring to the shoulder that it felt as if it only weighed 12-13 lbs. It is also an equally complex investment for someone to get comfortable using such a type of artillery. The Phillipped Grifnée Holland & Holland .600 Nitro Express was done on a rhinoceros theme, a celebration of a fascinating family of animals. This unit can also be reloaded by hand, making it more functional than some big-game gun cartridges. Two years after Holland & Holland’s successes in “The Field” trials Colonel George Fosbery VC invented and patented his “ball and shot gun” system which incorporated rifling into the choke of a shotgun barrel so that the barrel would produce a decent shot pattern but would also spin and stabilize a bullet.