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Originally Posted by Jack Flash
II ... This is the Second Model S&W Revolver accepted into service, the first being the S&W "Triple Lock"[/FONT][/COLOR]
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Jack,
It is made by S&W on its 2nd model frame, but the Mark II is the 3rd version of 455 accepted into service by the British:
1. “.44 HE - 1st Model”, ‘Triple Lock’, .455 Mark II chambering: 812 factory reconfigured, unassembled or unsold ".44 Spl HE 1st Models", often not stamped .455, original chamberings unknown. Most or all were likely originally .44 Spl, 666 for the British #1104 thru 10417 (obviously not all serial #s in this range were used for the 666). The extra 146 in serial range #9858-10007 went to the commercial market; 123 in England and 23 in the US [N&J pgs. 204-205]. These 812 .455 TLs were serial #’d in the .44 1st Model serial # range of 1 to 15375.
2. “.455 Mark II HE - 1st Model”, TL in the new .455 British serial # range 1 to #5461 [H of S&W pg. 201] made 1914-15; thus creating a possible ~ 68 duplicate serial #s of the 812 “.44 HE 1st Model TLs”, also chambered in .455 in 1. above.
Duplicate numbers of the 666 .44 HE TLs chambered in .455 (#1104-10417 in the 44 HE range - not all inclusive, are known and published) + 146 (#9858-10007 .44 HE range - not all inclusive, are published as well), can exist with 68 of the .455 HE 1st Model TLs (#1–5461 in the Brit contract # range), and with the .455 2nd Models (#5462 and up to #15375 - the last .44 HE 1st Model serial #) in the Brit range.
3. “.455 Mark II HE - 2nd Model” (sans extractor barrel shroud and 3rd lock), but with slightly larger cylinder/frame window dimensions from versions 1. and 2. above, the ".44 HE 1st Model Triple Lock" factory converted to .455, and the ".455 HE 1st Model TL" produced in .455, respectively.
The 2nd Model continued in the .455 1st Model TL Brit serial range beginning #5462 to #74755, shipped 1915-17.