I have a Brit. rifle that is chambered in 360 2 1/4 express and need some help on loading information.  I haven't been able to find out much on the cartridge.  Does any one have one of these and worked up loads for it.  Just need some guidelines to work with jacketed bullets and cast bullets.  Thanks in advance, John.

For "old black powder rifles", Cartridges of the World shows a load of 23 grains of 4198. Bullet listed with this load is 190 grain. MV = 1650
For modern rifles, the listed load is 26 gr. 4198 using a 250 gr. jacketed bullet giving the MV at 1700.
I'd suggest that you compare loads from several sources then start light and work your way up. Better to be safe than sorry,......... just my 2 cents worth.

Here you can find some loading information although they are for Husqvarna rifles. 

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It seems the 360 2 1/4 was also called 9,3x57R/360 or 9,15x57R/360, depending where the rifle was made.

Does anybody know how to get or make brass for this caliber?

Hello john,
I've got my book back and looking up the .360 2 1/4" round. You wouldn't believe just how many different cartridges there are. 

However, as your rifle has nitro proofing marks then it is likely to be either the .360 2 1/4" Nitro for Black Powder Express or the 2 1/4" Nitro Express. All the Powders shown are at least 90 years old and are no longer made. 

The Bullet Weight in the .360 2 1/4" Nitro for BP Express are between 190 and 200 grains.

For the .360 2 1/4" Nitro Express again none of the powders are in production. The bullet weights were either 250 or 300 grains maximum. A great variety of bullets were available for both the Nitro for BP Express and the Nitro Express. It is stated that the Nitro for BP Express dates from before 1892, and the Nitro Express version dates from pre 1902. The original BP cartridge dates way back to before 1878.

There are a plethora of other .360 2 1/4" rounds as well, each by different British Gun Makers a total of 23 different rounds and loadings. Attributed to Purdey 4 types, Gibbs 2 types, Westley Richards 4 types. All fitted with different bullet types from lead, paper patched to lead, round nose, copper tubed. Virtually all loads are about 1600 fps or less.

Personally, if the rifle was mine, I'd load a duplex load using Black Powder with a small charge (perhaps 10% weight of a bulk US shotgun powder) over the primer. This would cut fouling to a minimum and not overstress the rifle. Clean up afterwards is very easy.
You might be able to get cases from Kynamco here in England, I believe their brass is Boxer Primed these days. Try 'Googling' their name, you'll get their website easily enough. Good luck.

Harry

There was an article back in the Summer 1994 of The Double Gun Journal written by Mel Swanson and titled Loading English Black Powder Cartridges, Part I which contained some loading data.
I can't locate my copyright now, but maybe someone may have a back issue somewhere.

Wow, thanks everyone for the information!  This at least gives me a starting point for looking.  I wasn't having any luck in any of the places I was looking at.  I am in the process of making a hammer for the Farquharson at the moment.  The original was broken, but I at least had the pieces to work from.  Also needs a front sight, but that should not present a problem.  Best regards, John.

I don't believe the Swift case will work.  My chamber is .428 at the head, and the rim diameter is .482.  Thanks for the offer anyway.  Best regards, John