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Originally Posted by lamarw
I picked up a couple of more this afternoon to make for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years. One is a .455 Mark II Hand Ejector 1st Model Triple Lock and the other is a .455 Mark II Hand Ejector 2nd Model. They both look presentable from the auction house pictures. The triple lock has the wrong stocks and the 2nd Model is missing the lanyard ring. I have a spare lanyard ring but will be looking for the proper stocks for the triple lock in case anyone can part with a set. I will provide more for Hondo's data base once I receive the revolvers. The triple lock serial number is 2934 and the 2nd Model SN is 30825.
Below are a few pictures. OOPS! I missed the post above from MRCVS.
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lamarw & mrcvs,
Thank you both for the additions to the research study!
Congrats!! Those are both extremely nice examples at a very fair price!
The Triple Lock has the wrong stocks, it's true. But they are much more scarce, worth more than the correct stocks, and are from the 1930s with flat silver medallions. The correct stocks with recessed gold plated medallions are not hard to find since there were ~90,000 produced.
It's misrepresented in the auction description as being in the 44 HE 1st model serial range of 15,000. But it's actually #2934 British Svc Revolver serial range of the 2nd version:
“.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 #1. above in the “.44 HE 1st Model TL” .455 factory conversion serial number range.
*Previously reported as 1 to 5461. After this shipment there were some of this model sold commercially all in the 5502 - 5857 range, but including a few military issues in that range as well.
The revolver #30825 BSR of the 3rd version:
3. “.455 Mark II HE - 2nd Model” (sans extractor barrel shroud and 3rd lock), and the cylinder ctr pin hole in the extractor star is reduced .020” with the associated Ext Rod rear tip reduced .020” in diameter from the TL versions, the ".44 HE 1st Model Triple Lock" factory converted to .455, and the ".455 HE 1st Model Triple Lock" produced in .455 (documented in Neal & Jinks Pg. 215-16.) This version was referred to as the MK II revolver by the British and stamped ‘II’ by them, upper left rear side of frame. The 2nd Model continued in the .455 1st Model TL Brit serial range and beginning ~ after #5857 (previously thought to be 5462) to #74755, shipped 1915-17.
The grips don't fit properly and may be off the TL; check penciled serial # on the back of the right grip to verify if it matches the TL #2934.
It's interesting that both are stamped "Simpson LTD" on the butt.