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Self Loading .455

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Bullet Mick

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Hello i picked this up the other week thinking it was a .45acp but ive just compared it against one i already have and found it is bigger. Ive looked online and identified it as a Self loading .455 which im happy with as i dont have one. It is stamped R/l\L I 41 the qustion i have is when did these rounds become obsolete as i assumed they would no longer be manufactured in 1941. Cheers Mick.

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The .455 inch Self Loading remained in service for most of WW2, mainly with Colt Government Model pistols used by the RAF.

The last date manufactured at Royal laboratory was I think 1943.

Regards
TonyE
 
The cartridge shown is also called .455 Webley & Scott Automatic MK I M. 1913 type 5. Produced from 1913 to about the middel of WWII. this is a semi rimmed cartridge for the Webley & Scott Self loading pistol. Regards Hans
 
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