There were also S&W 1917s in .455 – I’ve seen one online that was Canadian-marked, as I recall, and someone converted/attempted to convert it to .45 ACP w/moon clips. (Last I heard, they owner was trying to puzzle out the proper cartridge headspacing, as the numbers were off.)
October 11th, 2012 at 6:44 pm
455…maybe a Webley on steroids?
October 11th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
1911s were made in .455 for the British market.
October 12th, 2012 at 12:49 am
Dang, beat me to it on the Webley and 1911 thing.
October 12th, 2012 at 10:29 am
He was probably trying to imitate a British cop with a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.455_Webley
October 12th, 2012 at 11:29 am
There were also S&W 1917s in .455 – I’ve seen one online that was Canadian-marked, as I recall, and someone converted/attempted to convert it to .45 ACP w/moon clips. (Last I heard, they owner was trying to puzzle out the proper cartridge headspacing, as the numbers were off.)
October 12th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Give that man his Obamaburger!
October 12th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Yeah, pick a number with four or fewer digits, and it probably relates to some gun model or caliber somewhere along the way.
October 13th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
.455, sure. But the article said 455-caliber. No decimal.
That’s a bore size of roughly 38 feet, by my calculations. I don’t think they’ve ever made em that big….