In the 1940 era whta Break Top Revolvers were available in .45 Caliber ?
1. Webley
2. S&W
3. ????
4. ????
1. Webley
2. S&W
3. ????
4. ????
1940 era Break Top .45 Revolver
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Ivan the Butcher
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By WWII England had gone to the Enfield Top Break in 38-200 (38 S&W). I had a WWI Webley that had been "Cut" (milled) to use 45 ACP on 1/2 Moon clips.
Any S&W No 3 Schofield guns were 65+ years old and made for Black Powder loads with lead bullets, so they wouldn't be issued to any Military, but some civilians might still have some.
The old Single Action Army and Colt New Service & 1909's had 45 Colt Chambers, but the 1909 AMMO was a Schofield length case with a Colt rim diameter. I have samples with both lead or jacketed bullets in my collection, and pretty much 45 ACP ballistics. All the M&H guns in 45 were 45 Colt Chambered, never heard of any chambered in 450/455, like the S&W Triple Locks were.
Most of the large bore Irish and Continental revolvers in centerfire were in a 44-caliber similar to 44 Russian. Every country had their own name and loading but it was surprising how many were actually interchangeable. (except for Montenegro, theirs was bigger than a 45 Colt!) Plus, there were between 3/4 and well over 1 million actual, licensed, and unlicensed copies of the No 3 in 44 Russian. (Before the 1911 The No 3 was the most manufactured handgun in the world! Accurate quantities from Belgium and Russia have never been established.)
Ivan
Any S&W No 3 Schofield guns were 65+ years old and made for Black Powder loads with lead bullets, so they wouldn't be issued to any Military, but some civilians might still have some.
The old Single Action Army and Colt New Service & 1909's had 45 Colt Chambers, but the 1909 AMMO was a Schofield length case with a Colt rim diameter. I have samples with both lead or jacketed bullets in my collection, and pretty much 45 ACP ballistics. All the M&H guns in 45 were 45 Colt Chambered, never heard of any chambered in 450/455, like the S&W Triple Locks were.
Most of the large bore Irish and Continental revolvers in centerfire were in a 44-caliber similar to 44 Russian. Every country had their own name and loading but it was surprising how many were actually interchangeable. (except for Montenegro, theirs was bigger than a 45 Colt!) Plus, there were between 3/4 and well over 1 million actual, licensed, and unlicensed copies of the No 3 in 44 Russian. (Before the 1911 The No 3 was the most manufactured handgun in the world! Accurate quantities from Belgium and Russia have never been established.)
Ivan
As used guns you had Webley revolvers (various Marks) in .455 caliber. No longer British government standard though many were still in service at that time. Webley MAY still have offered new made ones, not sure on that but demand wouldn't have been high. Most surviving examples went to the surplus market in the 1950's and many were converted to use 45ACP ammo for US sales at that time.
S&W had discontinued their large caliber top break models many years before and the only 45 caliber ones would have been the Schofield in 45 Schofield caliber. The only common 45ACP caliber revolvers were the S&W 1917 and Colt 1917 models which were swing out cylinder guns. Due to the large number made in WWI a number of these were released to the civilian market as well as some post war production for civilian sales.
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