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.455 Webley is a British handgun cartridge, most commonly used in the Webley top break revolvers Marks I through VI. It is also known as " .455 Eley " and " .455 Colt ". The .455 cartridge was a service revolver cartridge, featuring a rimmed cartridge firing a .455 in (11.5 mm) bullet at the relatively low velocity of 650 ft/s (190 m/s).
The Webley Self-Loading Pistol was an early magazine-fed pistol. The gun was designed in 1910 by the Webley & Scott company. The Mk. 1 entered police service in 1911 in a .32 ACP model for the London Metropolitan Police. The .455 version was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1912 as the first automatic
Webley & Scott immediately tendered the .38/200 calibre Webley Mk IV revolver, which as well as being nearly identical in appearance to the .455 calibre Mk VI revolver (albeit scaled down for the smaller cartridge), was based on their .38 calibre Webley Mk III pistol, designed for the police and civilian markets. [29] (The .38 Webley Mk III ...
In 1879 Webley developed & sold commercially a rugged and powerful revolver intended for the British military, the WG or Webley Government in .455/.476, the WG's cylinder was long enough for .44 Russian & .45 Colt length rounds [Jim Farmer has seen .45 Colt chambered WG models, but is unsure if they were converted .455s- further research is ...
Webley further developed the design and the Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver was introduced at the matches at Bisley in July 1900. [2] In civilian use, the Webley–Fosbery was popular with target shooters. Because the trigger mechanism did not rotate the cylinder, shots were smooth and consistent, permitting rapid and accurate shooting.
Remember, the Enfield No 2 MK I revolver was just a knock-off of the .38/200 Webley Mk IV. Some places- notably New Zealand and Australia- still used the .455 Webley throughout the war, as well as the Enfield and whatever else they could get. Commander Zulu 03:51, 17 May 2006 (UTC) "Some call the creation of Webleys by Enfield, the Webley War.
The .455 Webley refers to two different cartridges. One is the .455 Webley Automatic (which currently is a redirect to this article. The other is the .455 Revolver MK I or .455 Colt which is what this article talks about. Shall we make a different page for the auto, and rename this one appropriately, or handle both on one page with judicious ...
New Service revolvers, designated as Pistol, Colt, .455-inch 5.5-inch barrel Mk. I , chambered for the .455 Webley cartridge were acquired for issue as "substitute standard" by the British War Department during World War I. [ 10 ] British Empire Colt New Service Revolvers were stamped "NEW SERVICE .455 ELEY" on the barrel, [ 11 ] to ...