.275 No 2 Magnum | |
Origin: | United Kingdom |
Type: | Rifle |
Designer: | John Rigby & Company |
Design Date: | 1927 |
Production Date: | 1927–present |
Parent: | .375 Flanged Nitro Express |
Case Type: | Rimmed, bottleneck |
Bullet: | .284 |
Neck: | .318 |
Shoulder: | .450 |
Base: | .510 |
Rim Dia: | .582 |
Case Length: | 2.5 |
Length: | 3.26 |
Case Capacity: | 75.2 |
Primer: | Berdan 217 |
Bw1: | 140 |
Vel1: | 2675 |
En1: | 2230 |
Balsrc: | "Barnes."[1] |
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 in 1927.
The .275 No 2 Magnum is a rimmed cartridge intended for use in double rifles. Rigby introduced the .275 No 2 Magnum by necking down the .375 Flanged Nitro Express,[2] it was still available in the early 1960s.[1] The .275 No 2 Magnum's performance is comparable to the .275 Rigby.[1]
As is common with cartridges for double rifles, due to the need to regulate the two barrels to the same point of aim, the .275 No 2 Magnum was offered in one loading, firing a 140gr bullet with a listed speed of 2675ft/s.[1]
In his African Rifles and Cartridges, John "Pondoro" Taylor rated the .275 No 2 Magnum as his favourite of all the small bore cartridges.[3]