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Swissman: I would try to see if you can develop a load using only lead bullets and size them to .454 or .455 and even .456 inches to allow the bullet to seal the chambers and bore better to prevent the blow back you have seen. The jacketed rounds will wear that older steel barrel down much faster.

Wow, I did not know there were so many options now for .455 Webley/Eley/Colt handloaders.

YOU GOT A SUPER DEAL!!! Hornady makes brass or you could thin the rims of .45 Colt from the front and cut the brass down to the proper size to chamber in an unaltered gun. Use .454" sized 250 grain lead bullets from Remington and you are in business. Fiocchi makes loaded ammo, but it should be...

I wonder if the rifling in these .455 conversions to .45 ACP/AR have shallow or sharp rifling for lead bullets. In my experience they shoot lead bullets in the .454" range the best and softer seems to be better, but the hard cast bullets shoot well too. Heavier bullets in the 250-270 grain...

Clang444: That is a good way to look at this. If the value is rather low because of its poor condition from neglect, then a proper restoration may not make it as desireable as a 100% NIB gun or even one with 60% original finish with no pits and rust, just honest holster wear, it still should...

Putting a silencer on a revolver is like putting a screen door on a submarine.

In the spirit of clarifying facts, there is no such thing as the "English Army" either. Rather it is the British Army and each has units from all the countries in the UK, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Not all are chartered by the crown, that is why it is not called the Royal...

+1 on restoring it. Think of it this way, if you purchased a vintage Rolls Royce that was rusted, with flat tires and torn leather on the seats, but runs, would you really feel good about driving it around so you could be seen in it? I think you would probably try to get it restored.

I have come to like some of these lend-lease guns as they are so nicely defaced by our allies with interesting little stamps. Too bad they didn't send them back to us in decent condition as many of them look like they were dragged behind the ship on their way back stateside.

The British, like other combatants in WWII were more interested in function and durability over looks which is really what matters in wartime. No one will care if your gun is beautifully polished with carbonia blue with checkered walnut grips when you are putting rounds through the enemy in an...

Except for a few marks on the barrel, the gun looks like it is in excellent shape. The grips look new, but so what,it is a shooter to be enjoyed! Nice Brazilian 1917 indeed.

If you handload get some .45 Auto-Rim brass and supporting accessories for reloading it and the moon clips are history. Kind of like having a short .45 Colt if you load it with heavy .45 Colt bullets. If loaded on the light side it is like having a .455 Webley too. You can also use .45 ACP...

Mike: My Mom who is 67 had some facial cosmetic surgery done and my Dad (71) seems to be smiling a little more these days. She was not refinished, merely restored! Seriously, I think it made her happier too and that is what is important. Likewise if the gun looks like a dog with no...

Handejector: There are infact a few true restorers that still do oven bluing like the S&W carbonia process and Colt heat blue. They also know how to properly polish a gun and even have the correct roll marks for the addresses etc. They can restore a gun to factory perfection, HOWEVER, like...

Here is the problem with gun collecting, it lies somewhere between coin collecting and car collecting, where one is leave as is at all costs and the other is restore to make like new in most cases. Guns that look like a train wreck need some level of restoration, I guess it depends on who you...

Nice find to leave as is since it has so much finish remaining.

I would send it in to be restored to someone like RGS Restorations that can not only polish it properly, but keep the roll marks sharp, the edges and rounds without sacrificing the original dimensions, plus they can do the proper "carbonia blue" and re-case color the hammer and trigger. It will...

Very nice, shoot lead bullets in the 250-270 grain range sized to .454-455" out of it at low velocity,@ 650-720 fps preferably with .45 Auto-Rim brass and it may surprise you how accurate it is.

I have one of these and it shoots best with .45 Auto-Rim loads with 250-270 grain lead bullets sized to .454-455. I fire form the .45 Auto-Rim cases in the chamber and then use .455 Webley/Colt/Eley dies to reload the cases. The accuracy is much, much better this way and it is as close to how...

If I am not out of line, what did you get it for?