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I have a close friend that recently asked me about a Wesley Richards double in the 500- .465 caliber. I know it is probably way more pricey than other options out there but $$ is not his first concern. Complete reliabilty is. He is worried about chamber pressure etc..... I told him it is not my specialty but I know some guys that do know. I don't imagine anyone out there has an opinion on this?

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Keith, the 500/465NE is a 14 ton pressure round, that pushes a 480 gr bullet at 2150 fps, produceing 4930 fpe at muzzle. it is a 73.0 gr cordite load, and is faily low pressure round, close to the pressure of the 470NE.



A Westley Richards, origenally chambered for this round is a fine rifle, though brass, bullets for handloading will be easy, factory ammo will not!



By the way, How is Niki?

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I have a close friend that recently asked me about a Wesley Richards double in the 500-.465 caliber. I know it is probably way more pricey than other options out there but $$ is not his first concern. Complete reliabilty is. He is worried about chamber pressure etc..... I told him it is not my specialty but I know some guys that do know. I don't imagine anyone out there has an opinion on this?

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I don't understand his concern. I am sure Westley Richards didn't make rifles that were not strong enough for the ammo for which they were chambered.



All those cavernous old British Nitro-Express rounds were made large so they would produce the needed velocity with very low pressures. Cordite, which is the propellant that was used in these back when, was pretty sensitive to heat. Consequently, they loaded them to low pressures so the round would not go over the top pressure-wise when fired in hot climates like Africa!



The question I WOULD have, however, is how difficult is it to get ammo for it these days??