Ammunition
During the heyday of hunting every major manufacturer of British dangerous game rifles produced ammunition for the .500 Nitro Express rifles. However, by the 1960s only Kynoch was left producing ammunition. Due to the lack of interest Kynoch ended production of the Nitro Express cartridges in 1970.
As African hunting safaris became more popular from the 1990s onward there has been a renewed interest in the cartridge. Whereas before mainstream American ammunition manufacturers hardly ever showed an interest in the British big bore ammunition, demand created by American hunters spurred on companies such as A-Square, Federal and Hornady to offer Ammunition for these cartridge types. Ely which had purchased Kynoch, licensed the brand name to Kynamco of the United States. Kynamco now offers British sporting cartridges including the nitro express cartridge for sale using the Kynoch brand name. Norma of Sweden has also begun to offer this cartridge for sale.
Read more about this topic: .500 Nitro Express