Thread: .455 British Svc Revolver Research Thread
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Old 05-25-2021, 10:29 AM
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...It's a 2nd variation - “.455 Mark II HE - 1st Model TL” in the new .455 British serial # range 1 to over 5800* shipped 1914-15. Thus creating 67** duplicate serial #s with the 666 1st version in the “.44 HE 1st Model TL” .455 factory conversion serial number range.


Go to post #223, page 5 where I added it to my database, in this thread (updated 5/24/21)...
So, guessing it may have been in the October 1914 shipment to Remington UMC? Why R UMC, where they agents for the British procurement process?

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