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Old 03-27-2020, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Muley Gil View Post
The seller doesn't know much about Lend-Lease guns. The .455 S&Ws were bought by the British starting in 1916 to supplement their supply of handguns. L-L didn't come into being until WW II.

Hopefully, the buyer won't shoot a bunch of .45 ACP +P rounds in this revolver.
The British started purchasing these revolvers before 1916. I have an unconverted .455 S&W that shipped in 1915 to Remington Arms, the British Army purchasing agent. It was carried by a British officer in the RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) in France. I shoot a few hundred rounds per year through the gun and it works perfectly.
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