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Friends, Many who know me, know I'm not much of a handgun shooter. Sure I have a few old worn our relics. But for the most part, I'm a long gun fellow. However, week before the Quemado gathering an older lady and her older kids brought in a rather eclectic hodge podge of firearms to sell. ( Astra 600 and Parabellum P-08 were loaded). And the MP28 ( or 18??? I'm not up on my early SMG's) was apparently operational. But that's another story for another time. What I got out of the deal was this; Webley #1 Royal Irish Constibulary in .450 Adams. I just couldn't pass it up!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Pretty slick, my friend. I think it has panache.
Good acquisition, in my opinion.
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Now, just need a bit of extra time from somewhere to manufacture a cartridge or two.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
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"Cattergizz" as my Granddaddy called them, are highly important.
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Friends, Many who know me, know I'm not much of a handgun shooter. Sure I have a few old worn our relics. But for the most part, I'm a long gun fellow. However, week before the Quemado gathering an older lady and her older kids brought in a rather eclectic hodge podge of firearms to sell. ( Astra 600 and Parabellum P-08 were loaded). And the MP28 ( or 18??? I'm not up on my early SMG's) was apparently operational. But that's another story for another time. What I got out of the deal was this; Webley #1 Royal Irish Constibulary in .450 Adams. I just couldn't pass it up! Those old Webley forty-fives are way cool. I always admire them when I see them in the movies about those bygone days. Zulu comes to mind.
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Well, that would be one cartridge I have not handloaded.
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"Get down Eden!" Patrick, apparently they are not that hard to construct. It's just finding the time.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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TRH - you just scored 100 points on the all time great Labor Day weekend movie scoreboard ... ZULU
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Yeah,as I recall,"Quigley"wasn't much for handguns either.
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"Get down Eden!" That guy did real well for about 4 rounds as I recall. One of my favorite movies. "What need I of guns that fire many times when I have men such as these?" "Machine guns?" "Well perhaps I don't believe it either."
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Great grab, sir! The lines on those Webleys are mega cool, and look to me like they would be pretty natural to point and shoot with.
You might try the old Western Scrounger for ammo. A google search would probably turn some up already loaded and ready to go.
Best of luck, and I hope we get a firing/range report back someday.
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Friends, Many who know me, know I'm not much of a handgun shooter. Sure I have a few old worn our relics. But for the most part, I'm a long gun fellow. However, week before the Quemado gathering an older lady and her older kids brought in a rather eclectic hodge podge of firearms to sell. ( Astra 600 and Parabellum P-08 were loaded). And the MP28 ( or 18??? I'm not up on my early SMG's) was apparently operational. But that's another story for another time. What I got out of the deal was this; Webley #1 Royal Irish Constibulary in .450 Adams. I just couldn't pass it up! Okay so I'm trying to recall this from memory (and I don't have a good memory anymore). I made 2 boxes of .450 Adams cartridges for a friend about 20 years ago. IIRC I used cut down .45 Colt cases and didn't have to do anything to the cases but we did have to turn down a .45 ACP crimp die to crimp the bullets. I used a 260 grain cast RNFP (RCBS 45-250-FN) that was sized to .451 to match the cylinders. I had always been told that the .450 Adams revolvers were .455, but when I slugged the barrel the diameter was .449, so I sized accordingly.
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Thanks Gungeek, that's just about ditto what I've been able to determine as well!
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I was in Lynnwood Guns [before Randy died] and a guy came in with guns he inherited from his grandfather.
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