.41 Action Express | ||||||||||||||||
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Type | Handgun | |||||||||||||||
Place of origin | United States Israel | |||||||||||||||
Production history | ||||||||||||||||
Designer | Evan Whildin | |||||||||||||||
Designed | 1986 | |||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Action Arms | |||||||||||||||
Produced | 1986–2005 | |||||||||||||||
Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
Case type | Rebated, straight | |||||||||||||||
Bullet diameter | .410 in (10.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Neck diameter | .434 in (11.0 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Base diameter | .435 in (11.0 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Rim diameter | .394 in (10.0 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Rim thickness | .045 in (1.1 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Case length | .866 in (22.0 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Overall length | 1.17 in (30 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Case capacity | 21.60 gr H2O (1.400 cm3) | |||||||||||||||
Rifling twist | 1 in 14.2 in (360 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Primer type | Small pistol | |||||||||||||||
Maximum pressure | 35,000 psi (240 MPa) | |||||||||||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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Source(s): Hodgdon [1] |
The .41 Action Express is a pistol cartridge developed in 1986 to reproduce the performance of the .41 Magnum police load (which is a reduced load) in semi-automatic pistols.[2]