I currently have half dozen .45 cal. Revolvers. (2 Webley Mk6’s, a 1st and 2nd Model S&W and 2 1917s (a S&W and a Colt))
Interesting that the revolvers made in Britain are shaved for .45ACP and the American made 1st (triplelock) and 2nd models were exported to England and Canada are still in the original .455.. Both 1917’s are .45ACP.
Makes it confusing as just what ammo to take to the range..
Here is my solution:
First Pic is a die & punch set I made to make the fiber shim shown in the next picture.
Next picture shows a steel spacer that I bought some time ago. Next is an aluminum shim made on my die set. (and practically ruined it.) Die set needs to be made of steel for this. Lastly is a fiber shim from the die. The difficulty is finding fiber shim material the is the right thickness.
The bottom two are a loaded shim with .455 brass and the other is a full moon with 45ACP.
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Dean
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