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Old 09-03-2017, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Skeetr57 View Post
I have an 1899 from the Navy contract, SN 5208. It has British commercial proof marks for the .38-200 British cartridge and is stamped on the right side of the barrel ".38 .710 4 tons" and the chambers have been reamed to accept .38 S&W cartridges.
It's a little surprising to find an 1899 rechambered to accept the .380 cartridge, but it is well-known that the British did that to other revolvers originally chambered in .38 Special they came into by various ways during WWII, so as to allow the use of the standard British military round.

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