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The .450 Adams was a British black powder centrefire revolver cartridge, initially used in converted Beaumont–Adams revolvers, in the late 1860s. [1] Officially designated .450 Boxer Mk I, and also known variously as the .450 Revolver, .450 Colt, .450 Short, .450 Corto, and .450 Mark III, and in America as the .45 Webley, [2] it was the British Army's first centrefire revolver round.
It featured a 2.5-inch (64 mm) barrel and was chambered for .442 Webley or .450 Adams cartridges, with a five-round cylinder. Webley produced smaller scaled .320 Revolver and .380 calibre versions later, but did not mark them with the British Bull Dog name.
.450 Adams centerfire cartridge. Adams breechloading 6-shot revolver Mark II, made in 1869. The most visible difference is the addition of the loading gate and the ejector rod with its sleeve. The same revolver, from the top. Ejector rod and the loading gate are clearly visible. The same revolver, from the back.
Officially, .450 Adams, .476 Enfield, and .455 Webley cartridges can all be fired in the Webley Mark III British Government Model revolver; [4] [page needed] although case length, bullet weight and shape, and powder charge differ, all three cartridges feature a case diameter of .476 inch with a bullet diameter of .455 inch, which can be fired ...
The Beaumont–Adams revolver is a black powder, double-action, percussion revolver. Originally adopted by the British Army in .442 calibre (54-bore, 11.2 mm) in 1856, it was replaced in British service in 1880 by the .476 calibre (11.6 mm) [ 1 ] Enfield Mk I revolver .
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Cartridge Chambers Country Production date ALFA Steel Revolvers: ALFA - PROJ spol. s r.o. .22 WMR (2330, 2331, 2341, 2361, 2363 Sport) ... .450 Adams.500 Tranter 6
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