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Old 06-06-2019, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave_n View Post
I reload for Webleys (0.455 and 380) and also for Enfield Mk 1 and the Enfield in 0.455. If you can get 180 grain 0.362 or 3 heads in lead, then you basically have the 380/200 or the old Colt Police load. What people may not realize is that Enfield built a direct mimic of the Webley Mk VI in 0.455 after WWI Somewhere close to 25K were made between roughly 1920 and 1926. They will have either an "A" or "B" prefix. Just as good as the Webley MKVI. Be careful and do not use 0.45 ACP in the cut 0.455 pistols as that load is close to the Webley proof load. Download to give ~700 fps. I use 0.45 AR in my cut Webley's with a Colt 0.454 sized 255 grain lead head. I do have the correct 265 grain heads from JET Bullets in Alberta and they work in either 0.45 AR or in 0.455 cases from Starline (used in my 1935 Commercial MK VI). Dave_n

Probably ought to add that those Enfield .455's of the 1920's are exactly like MK VI Webleys. You have to look on the right side of the frame to see the Enfield marking! I owned one and I've also had a std. MK VI Webley, actually my first handgun, age 13.


They were NOT the older Enfield .476 pattern that was not well received in the 1880's.

Last edited by Texas Star; 06-06-2019 at 01:48 AM.
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