Eley Colt .455

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I am going to be inheriting a .445 Eley Col soon. What can you tell me about it?? My father bought it when it was discontinued by the RCMP. this one has NWMP stamped on it.

I know the history, sort of...but what about brass..bullets ect.
 
If you do a search, you will find a rather long thread dealing with the joys of acquiring a supply of .455 ammunition.
 
This thread is useless without pics!

Nightmare is looking for some ammo (455 Webley) for me and in his words "yeah, it's expensive, but so what? You need ammo to shoot the gun!" Truer word have never been spoken.

I'm also looking to get the dies and such for my Dillon. Just have to find a source of bullets (I really don't feel like casting for a plinker) and developing a load that will shoot to the sights.
 
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I have the same revolver, except mine has British Army and RFC proofs and marks on it. P&D had some of the Fiochhi ammo, and Hornady makes brass. Slug your barrel and cylinder and you'll see what diameter bullets you need, 455's do vary a fair bit (.453-.458 in the ones that I have owned). Dies are easy to come by, all the major makers make them (or have in the past). Bullets will depend on your bore and cylinder measurements, but a 260 gr UNSIZED 454 usually works very well. - dan
 
Hornady makes .455 MkII brass, a bit shorter than the .455 Colt brass, but works OK. Higginsons deal with Hornady, give them a call and see if they can bring any in for you.
 
I have a American rifleman that describes how to make a reamer and hone out the cylinder deep enough to shoot the 45 long colt outa them 455s

Now the artical talks about them S&W 455s but as long as the cylinder is long enough any 455 can be converted to shoot the 45 long colt more bang for your gun. :)

But thats for a 8.5 gr load of unique 250 gr bullet tho i think they load hotter loads than that in the post WWII guns.
 
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I just fired 12 rds out of my Enfield 1926 MkVI .455, I wanted to burn through the whole box, it's a nice gun to shoot!
 
dingus said:
I have a American rifleman that describes how to make a reamer and hone out the cylinder deep enough to shoot the 45 long colt outa them 455s

Now the artical talks about them S&W 455s but as long as the cylinder is long enough any 455 can be converted to shoot the 45 long colt more bang for your gun. :)

But thats for a 8.5 gr load of unique 250 gr bullet tho i think they load hotter loads than that in the post WWII guns.
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Only problem with that is that it pretty much ruins any collector value the gun may have had. Once it's rechambered, it's just an old revolver, worth $300 or so. - dan
 
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