455 Webley Brass

That's a tough one. I'm looking for some myself. Had no luck with a WTB on the EE. One kind CGN'er gave me 49 once fired. I have been limping by on the 49 donated and 50 I obtained by consuming a $50 box of factory Fiochi. Gun shows may be your best bet. DoubleTap stocks StarLine brass, perhaps they would bring some in for you.

M
 
Ah yes, RustyWood. I recollect checking there for some Sharps brass once and never went back to check again. Outrageous prices.

M
 
Agree - bite the bullet, buy a couple hundred rounds of Fiocchi and never look back.

I found myself in this dilemma; collected as much brass as I could get and ended-up with a couple of boxes of weirdos and a whole lot of finickin'. Here's what I ended-up with:

100 rds of Fiocchi - 455 shellholder, small primers
~50 rounds of Hornady, plus a couple-odd rounds of D.C.Co 455 Colt; 455 shellholder, large primers
~100 rounds of cut-down .45 Long Colt; .45 LC shellholder, large primers.

And if you're making .455 out of .45 LC, they will not stay in the 455 shellholder (I tried) and you have to thin the rim (on a lathe or drill press, cutting from the cartridge-side because if you cut from the bottom you'll shorten the primer pocket). This is a must-do step, my Webley will not turn the cylinder if the rim is too thick. So you'll save yourself massive bother by just buying 300 rds of Fiocchi; they'll all fit and you'll only need one size of primer.

Your alternative is to find yourself an extra cut-down cylinder (it takes literally 30 seconds and a big coin to swap them) and shoot .45 Auto Rim, or .45 ACP with moon clips BUT!!! if you're shooting .45 ACP in a Webley, DO NOT use store-bought, and load yours very soft - Webleys will burst if you feed 'em too-hot .45 ACP's. I bought a spare cut-down cylinder for mine; standard load is a 230gr lead TC (Lee sells a 6-cavity mould) with 3.5gr Trail Boss; gives ~620 f/s and both our .45's will shoot this load well and cycle it. I've seen no load data for the Webley, but it hurts my knuckles against the back of the trigger guard with this load, and I'm shooting a 35gr lighter bullet 100 f/s slower than the stock Webley load, so I figger I'm pretty safe.

- and, enjoy the h@ck out of it!
 
Yup, loading data is pretty scarce.

I have had great results using 230gr 45LRN (I.E. 45ACP) and a mild dose of Win231. I tried Hornady 455 Webley 265 LHBRN and they were a disaster. Don't bother with them.

My 455 Webley shoots way better than my 38S&W Webley. It's great entertainment.

M
 
either gun shows, word of mouth or fiocchi factory. The annoying thing about the fiocchi is the small pistol primers for the size of case. I'm going to try some magnum primers next time.
 
I modified 50 rounds of 45 Schofield to 455. It's a PITA true, but Hornaday does make good brass.
Picked 100 rounds of 455 Hornaday (IIRC) brass but it's too short for 45 ACP dies ( the cylinder on my S & W is long enough to handle 45 ACP length brass...nope not AR either, requires the thinner rim).
Got 455 dies since then, just too busy to get at the reloading...at least til the snow flies.
 
Yep, Lee makes 455 dies.

A side-note of reloading 455 for Webley, I size all mine to 0.450". Webleys were all drilled with a 0.442" drill, then rifling to 0.004" was added, for a grand total of 0.450". They'll handle bigger - they've got massive forcing cones - but the original bullet was soft lead so I wouldn't recommend feeding hard lead or FMJ bullets through 'em if they're much bigger than that.

- and yeah - why they called them .455, beats me... :confused:
 
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