03-04-2024, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Hondo44
To avoid confusion especially for novice readers:
With regard to the British contract service revolvers, the cartridge is more commonly labeled the .455 Mk II in S&W sources like the original boxes and in the books discussing these, rather than .455 Webley, especially when acknowledging they were all chambered for the longer .455 Mk I cartridge.
"<20 Bisley Target Models, for use at Bisley, England. Fixed front sight, adjustable rear sight." For clarity should be described as windage-adjustable-only rear sight.
"Only 1: In SCSW4, a pre production revolver in .45 Special (probably.45 Frankfort) serial number 09. Edit: For practical reasons, more than one of these existed, at least one of which was scrapped. Guess here, but 5 or less?" Rather than "scrapped", destroyed during army trials rust testing is a more informative description. I seem to recall sources indicating only two guns in .45 Frankfort were submitted to the Army for testing.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you, Jim. Post #1 edited to reflect these changes.
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