Type Rifle Designer John Rigby & Company Produced 1927 | Designed 1927 | |
Parent case .375 Flanged Nitro Express | ||
The .275 No 2 Magnum, also known as the 7mm Rigby Magnum Flanged and the .275 No 2 Rigby, is an obsolete centerfire rifle cartridge developed by John Rigby & Company.
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Design
The .275 No 2 Magnum is a rimmed cartridge intended for use in double rifles. It fired a 140 gr (9.1 g) bullet with a listed speed of 2,675 ft/s (815 m/s).
History
Rigby introduced the .275 No 2 Magnum in 1927 by necking down the .375 Flanged Nitro Express, it was still available in the early 1960s.
Use
The .275 No 2 Magnum's performance was almost incomparable to the .275 Rigby.
John "Pondoro" Taylor rated the .275 No 2 Magnum as his favourite of all the small bore cartridges.
References
.275 No 2 Magnum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA