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The rebated rim also allowed Government Game Officers to use stripper clips for rapid reloads when culling rouge animals.

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  • .425 Westley Richards
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  • The rebated rim also allowed Government Game Officers to use stripper clips for rapid reloads when culling rouge animals.
  • The .425 Westley Richards Magnum is one of the classic African big-game rounds. It is a cartridge invented by Leslie Taylor of Westley Richards, a gunmaking firm of Birmingham England in 1909 as a proprietary cartridge for their bolt action rifles. Often referred to as the "Poor Man's Magnum" the round has the unusual characteristic of having a rebated rim, one that is smaller in diameter than the case body. This allowed it to be used in converted Mauser 98 magazine rifles with a standard (.30-06 size) magazine length and bolt face.
  • |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | .425 Westley Richards |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Type | colspan="2" | Rifle |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Place of origin | colspan="2" | England |- |- |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Production history |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Designer | colspan="2" | Westley Richards |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Designed | colspan="2" | 1909 |- |- |- | Specifications |- mm ) mm ) mm ) mm ) mm ) |- mm ) mm ) |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- " | gr (
  • The .425 Westley Richards (11×84mm) is one of the classic African big-game rounds. It is a cartridge invented by the Westley Richards gun making firm of Birmingham England in 1909 as a proprietary cartridge for their bolt action rifles. This cartridge is often referred to as the "Poor Man's Magnum" because it was chambered in custom built, large ring, Mauser 98, bolt actions rifles. The round had an unusual rebated rim. This design was to take advantage of stripper clip ammunition that had the “standard” bolt face [.473 in (12 mm)] from the 8 x 57mm Mauser cartridge.
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  • The rebated rim also allowed Government Game Officers to use stripper clips for rapid reloads when culling rouge animals.
  • |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | .425 Westley Richards |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Type | colspan="2" | Rifle |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Place of origin | colspan="2" | England |- |- |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Production history |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Designer | colspan="2" | Westley Richards |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Designed | colspan="2" | 1909 |- |- |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Variants | colspan="2" | .425 Westley Richards Semi-rimmed Magnum |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Specifications |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Case type | colspan="2" | Rebated, bottleneck |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Bullet diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Neck diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Shoulder diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Base diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Rim diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Case length | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Overall length | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Ballistic performance |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; background: #DEDEDE;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" ! Bullet weight/type ! Velocity ! Energy |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" | style="vertical-align:middle; border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; " | gr (g) SP||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft/s (m/s) ||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft·lbf (J) |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- | colspan="3" style="text-align: center; padding-top: 5px; font-size: 90%;" | Source: "Cartridges of the World" |} The .425 Westley-Richards or .425 Westley Richards Magnum is one of the classic African big-game rounds. It is a cartridge invented by the Westley Richards gunmaking firm of Birmingham England in 1909 as a proprietary cartridge for their bolt action rifles. Often referred to as the "Poor Man's Magnum" the round has the unusual characteristic of having a rebated rim, one that is smaller in diameter than the case body. This allowed it to be used in converted Mauser 98 magazine rifles with a standard (.30-06 size) magazine length and bolt face.
  • The .425 Westley Richards (11×84mm) is one of the classic African big-game rounds. It is a cartridge invented by the Westley Richards gun making firm of Birmingham England in 1909 as a proprietary cartridge for their bolt action rifles. This cartridge is often referred to as the "Poor Man's Magnum" because it was chambered in custom built, large ring, Mauser 98, bolt actions rifles. The round had an unusual rebated rim. This design was to take advantage of stripper clip ammunition that had the “standard” bolt face [.473 in (12 mm)] from the 8 x 57mm Mauser cartridge. Another particularity to this cartridge is that despite its name “.425” it uses a .435 in (11.05 mm) diameter bullet.
  • The .425 Westley Richards Magnum is one of the classic African big-game rounds. It is a cartridge invented by Leslie Taylor of Westley Richards, a gunmaking firm of Birmingham England in 1909 as a proprietary cartridge for their bolt action rifles. Often referred to as the "Poor Man's Magnum" the round has the unusual characteristic of having a rebated rim, one that is smaller in diameter than the case body. This allowed it to be used in converted Mauser 98 magazine rifles with a standard (.30-06 size) magazine length and bolt face.
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