Anyone Seen a "ELEY'S 450" Bullet before?

[Wldfire]

Hello found some Old ammo when going through my dads stuff and was wondering if anyone could help identify it and give me an idea if its rare or not?
I have abunch that are marked "Eley's 450" on the bottom. They are a center fire with cast head. Approx as i have a crappy caliper - Brass is 12mm wide at main cylinder and 17mm tall.
Thank You Kindly
Ken

 

[piping]

Hi, they look like 450 Adams revolver rounds.

 

[Wldfire]

Hi there! Thank you for the info! I had no real idea! He has so many old old looking rounds in so many different calibers i have never even heard of.
Will have to keep going through them and see what else i can find.
Thanks!
Ken

 

[TonyE]

.450

Left hand round is a .455 Cordite Mark II military round made by Kynoch, Birmingham. Other two are as stated, commercial .450 Revolver rounds by Eley Bros, London.

These are equivalent to the Adams Mark III military round, and in fact some were bought in with commercial headstamps and then overstamped with a Broad Arrow.

Regards
TonyE

 

[tiriaq]

.450 was an established, popular cartridge in its day. Saw a whole collection of different .450 cartridges.