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Clint F.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:39 pm    Post subject: Feeding a Webley Reply with quote

As Jim could tell you, I'm nuts for the old Webley revolvers and have a couple of MKVI service revolvers that had been converted to fire .45acp rounds. For a long time, I'd been searching for a better way of shooting these, since the typical .45 acp generates about double the pressures of the old .455 British round. Mine digested the .45s fine, but there was always the worry about overstressing them. Finally after much searching on reloading forums and looking at load charts, I found an ideal load.

I use salvaged brass, Winchester or CCI primers, 250 grain .454 caliber lead round nose bullets and .7cc Trail Boss powder. The grains of this powder are really big, and oddly, shaped like little donuts. This makes it take up a lot of space, and reduces the chance of over-charging a round. For the moment, I'm loading each by hand using an old Lee Loader kit, but I'm hoping to get a press some day. So far I've found these rounds to be really mild-shooting and fairly quiet. I haven't had the chance to do a proper shooting session with them, but they easily busted old milk jugs at 20 paces.




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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a nice looking revolver. Was that made or used by the British Army at one point?
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Clint F.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jdougn - Right you are. This one was made in England in 1917. The British used the Webley revolvers from the late 19th century through WWII. The Mark VI, like this one was the last of the big .455 caliber. When I bought both of mine, the prices were still relatively low. I think I spent a whole $300 on this one and I believe $250 for a nickel plated one which looks awesome, but I need to tighten up the cylinder some.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very cool! Is the cylider long enough to fit .45LC in it?

Looking at it... maybe not.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stomper - Hey man. No, unfortunately the cylinder is just a little too short for .45 Long Colt. For a Webley that is not converted to .45 acp it is fairly common for people to make brass from shortened .45 Long Colt, though.

Oddly, it is long enough to fit a .44 Special, though I'd not want to try it out.
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