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Originally Posted by HKSmith
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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Which Model 455s are your referring too, 1st or 2nd models? Or just in general? I believe Muley Gil is referring in general to the subject of this thread, the 2nd Model.
The very first 812, (146 of which are commercial guns [S&W N&J pgs. 203 - 205]), were new .44 TLs factory converted to .455.
There were 666 shipped earliest in 33 different groups ranging from 4/8/14 to 4/28/16 with the majority delivered 10/21/14. The extra 146 in serial range #s 9858-10007 went to the commercial market; 123 of those commercial guns went to England Oct 1,1914.