Cant get a straight answer on wether .455 modified to 45 acp are legal or not ?

[Chps2]

Theres one guy who regularly sells them on his site and says theyre fine.. another saying he talked to rcmp directly and they said its not fine and makes it a restricted. So which is it?

 

[Lookingforantiques]

Did you try googling to find out what the antique regulations say?

 

[Chps2]

Yes but like many gun laws, its not easy to discern

 

[tiriaq]

Is the .45ACP on the list of calibers which negate antique status?

"Talked to the RCMP"? To whom in the RCMP did this nameless person talk? Someone who actually knew something? Or the first person who answered the phone at the CFP?

The important question is why would anyone bubbify an antique .455 revolver, permanently altering it and destroying its originality?

 

[53Izzy744]

Is the .45ACP on the list of calibers which negate antique status?

"Talked to the RCMP"? To whom in the RCMP did this nameless person talk? Someone who actually knew something? Or the first person who answered the phone at the CFP?

The important question is why would anyone bubbify an antique .455 revolver, permanently altering it and destroying its originality?

The american ones are pretty much all like that. 45acp is such a common round down there they ended up shaving down the cylinder to fit the moon clips that hold the 45acp because nobody could get the oddball 455. (Back when they imported tons of them back in the day) An unshaved cylinder is pretty rare down there.

And yes legal if the gun was manufactured prior to 1898 even if it shoots 45acp because 45acp is not on the list.

 

[Milanczar]

Legal but not smart

People miss that the use of jacketed bullets and non 455 loads can be problematic

 

[Ironheart]

legal but not smart

people miss that the use of jacketed bullets and non 455 loads can be problematic

wow!

 

[53Izzy744]

Yes, do not fire off the shelf 45acp in any old gun. Use those cases to reload your own for what i am assuming is a webley.

 

[tiriaq]

I can remember when the Webleys were $12.95. Facing the cylinders on a lathe so that they could accept .45ACP was a common procedure. .45 Auto Rim was generally available then, and was probably a lot safer to use in a converted Mk. I or II revolver.
Nowadays, we know that this is a stupid, unnecessary bubba modification.

 

[caramel]

I would never modified my pair of unicorns ( 2 X MK1** ) to shoot 45 ACP.

 

[53Izzy744]

I can remember when the Webleys were $12.95. Facing the cylinders on a lathe so that they could accept .45ACP was a common procedure. .45 Auto Rim was generally available then, and was probably a lot safer to use in a converted Mk. I or II revolver.
Nowadays, we know that this is a stupid, unnecessary bubba modification.

True, but are they still doing that today i wonder? I can see back then when they were pretty limited by the availability of 455 brass.

 

[BurlewLLB]

Fiocchi has new .455 cartridges available.

 

[caramel]

Fiocchi has new .455 cartridges available.

This is good ammo and safe for an upgraded Webley ( Proofed ), i shoot them often in my Webley's.

 

[Sir Plus]

Fiocchi has new .455 cartridges available.

My friend called them and they told him not to fire it in a mk1 or a mk2

 

[BlackPowderBurner]

They are 100% fine. The FRT used to say that a French 1873 converted to .45acp was restricted, I called their tech branch and it was changed to antique shortly after. The wording of the regs is clear: that which is not specifically listed, is allowed.