I was at the other shop and was paid a visit by Don S_____ of Waynesboro with his father's cartridge collection, or rather, a part of the collection. Some neat things one doesn't often see. Among those was a tin of Kynoch .470 Nitro Express cartridges. Unopened. Mint label. No corrosion or staining. WOW! I'm including a photo of an opened tin just so you can have an idea what this is.
Gosh! Too bad they couldn't have photographed a dollar bill or a quarter on the same table, so people would get some idea of how BIG these rounds actually are. I keep some old "Cartridges of the World" books around, and on a whim, I looked up the .470 Nitro Express. That sucker's 4 inches long, and measures about a half-inch wide at the widest. Kind of like loading your index finger into a rifle. That just might thump you a little bit when you touch one off...
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