- Source: .242 Rimless Nitro Express
The .242 Rimless Nitro Express, also known as the .242 Vickers and initially called the .242 Manton, was a rimless bottleneck centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Kynoch for J. Manton & Co of Calcutta and introduced in 1923.
The .242 Rimless is very similar to the .243 Winchester in performance, although the cartridge is significantly longer. It fired a 100 gr projectile at 2800 fps.
See also
Nitro Express
List of rifle cartridges
6mm rifle cartridges
References
External links
".242 Rimless Nitro Express (Vickers)", cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 12 February 2017.
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- .242 Rimless Nitro Express
- Nitro Express
- List of rifle cartridges
- Express (weaponry)
- .240 Apex
- Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
- .240 Weatherby Magnum
- .246 Purdey
