So, my understanding talking to my French father-in-law (and I've seen it online as well) is that MAS 1873 revolvers were commonly reamed out to utilize .455 and .45ACP ammo provided by the Allies during WW2. So, were the French partisans using full-power smokeless-powder .45ACP loads in these things back in the day?? My father-in-law tells me that the French Resistance used whatever ammunition they could source, but this is second-hand info for him as it was HIS father that fought as a young man in the 1940s.
I don't think I'd personally want to risk firing a full-power .45ACP through my 150-year-old MAS revolver, I'm just curious as to whether the gun is built solidly enough to handle it if it was ever necessary. Modern full-power .45ACP isn't producing much more muzzle energy than the Fiocchi .455 ammo I've used for years in my RIC and more recently in the MAS, so in theory I suspect it'd be fine, though I'm not eager to try it.
I'm definitely going to source some lightly loaded .45ACP to try out though
I don't think I'd personally want to risk firing a full-power .45ACP through my 150-year-old MAS revolver, I'm just curious as to whether the gun is built solidly enough to handle it if it was ever necessary. Modern full-power .45ACP isn't producing much more muzzle energy than the Fiocchi .455 ammo I've used for years in my RIC and more recently in the MAS, so in theory I suspect it'd be fine, though I'm not eager to try it.
I'm definitely going to source some lightly loaded .45ACP to try out though
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