The .369 Nitro Express, also known as the .369 Purdey Nitro Express, is a centerfire, rifle cartridge developed by James Purdey & Sons and introduced in 1922.
Overview The .369 Nitro Express is a rimmed cartridge originally designed for use in Purdey's own double rifles. The cartridge offers almost identical ballistic performance to the .375 H&H Flanged Magnum, firing a projectile of the same caliber.
As is common with cartridges for double rifles, due to the need to regulate the two barrels to the same point of aim, the .369 Nitro Express was offered in one loading, firing a projectile at .
In his African Rifles and Cartridges, John "Pondoro" Taylor said of the .369 Nitro Express that you "would need to go a very long way to get a better general purpose weapon".Taylor.
See also List of rifle cartridges 9 mm rifle cartridges Nitro Express
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Bibliography Barnes, Frank C., Cartridges of the World, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2012, . Kynoch Ammunition, ".369 Purdey Nitro Express", kynochammunition.co.uk, 1 January 2015. Taylor, John, African rifles and cartridges, Sportsman's Vintage Press, 2013, .
External links Ammo-One, "369 Nitro Express (Purdey)", ammo-one.com, retrieved 30 April 2017. Cartridgecollector, ".369 Purdey", cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 12 February 2017. Municon, ".369 Purdey Nitro Express", municion.org , retrieved 1 January 2015.