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Old 11-01-2019, 02:17 AM
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Jim,

Thanks for your efforts . . . please include in your study data the following .455 Mk II s/n 41893 that shipped February 3, 1916 to Remington UMC for the British Government. It does not have a factory caliber stamp but is stamped on the left side of the barrel .45 COLT by whoever did the caliber conversion.

Russ
Yes it's there in group 3. It surely was marked 455 because it's in the middle of the period when they all were. It looks like it was removed, the nice 45 Colt stamp added and then cold blued which has worn off.
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