Talk:.577/450 Martini–Henry

Categorisation
This doesn't seem to fit with the other contents of the Ammunition category. Mike Wilson 22:51, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Removed it from Ammunition cat. Mike Wilson 07:39, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Use on game
I would love to see some more information about the cartridge's use against dangerous game/wildlife. My great grandfather worked on a project to lay telegraph lines in Rhodesia in the early part of the 20th Century. A fellow Briton was attacked by a young lion during the night and my relative shot the creature just below the right eye socket with a .577 Martini Henry. The lion dropped the man and turned on my relative. Fortunately, the lion was speared to death by native workers before it could inflict serious injury to him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.226.104.225 (talk) 20:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Have a Martini Heney Rifle The recoil is something with this cartridge
The recoil from the blackpowder cartridge I had to order espcially is something! Wondered how Gurkas in british Armay handle this weapon!?BRANCUSIMOI (talk) 23:01, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Have a Martini Heney Rifle The recoil is something with this cartridge
The recoil from the blackpowder cartridge I had to order espcially is something! Wondered how Gurkas in british Armay handle this weapon!?BRANCUSIMOI (talk) 23:01, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Aren't the numbers reversed? Shouldn't this be the .450/.577 Martini-Henry?
Granted, I'm no "expert" but, I've always heard this round referred to as the .450/.577 Martini-Henry round. How did the numbers get reversed?Al Lowe (talk) 14:39, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

I'll second that
Can/will somebody better at this than I/me please reverse/swap the numbers. It's confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.101.38.242 (talk) 04:48, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Early British cartridge designations are often this way around, (.500/450 Nitro Express, .450/400 Nitro Express, .400/350 Nitro Express etc), that is what they called it and what all of the sources still call it, it should not be swapped around. Cavalryman (talk) 06:33, 18 January 2020 (UTC).

Late to the party I know, but the official British designation was .45 calibre. When in British army service it was not known as 577/450. Fdsdh1 (talk) 21:16, 14 April 2021 (UTC)