.455 Webley Loading
So IF one was to shop around for a Webley in the New Year and IF said person was to be looking at feeding it well but IF said person was in Canada and was not about to spring for a $100 USD 265 grain...
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Colin,Let me see what I can find. It would have to be an authentic repro... Have you seen a cut away drawing of the bullet? Also, what is the rifling twist rate in them there Webly wrist rockets?"The...
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I have no idea on the twist Coyot. I hope somebody else might. If you were to repro any of the .455 bullets i would say copy the MkII design which I believe is the infamous Man-Stopper design.Colin
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Hi Colin the twist for Webley Mk1 through MkV1 is 1 turn in 20". 7 grooves RH twist. for Mk 1 through 111. the bore was min .441" no go .443" .004" deep rifling with a lead in of .460" . Mk1V through...
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Fellows,There are two types of the "Man Stopper" for the Webley. They were hollow based bullets, one in a wad cutter profile, the other, a conical... both had a large deep hollow point. They were...
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The 45 Colt bullet sounds like a great interim choice. I will probably try some and see how it goes. I can see though why this gun would like the big hollow base to expand...It's probably a good hole...
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Colin,That particular hole in the line of Lee Bullet Moulds, is there for a reason. The "man stopper" Webley bullet is a double plug design which will not work well in any of the standard Lee mould...
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Watch the auctions for Lyman 45468 at 175 gr., 45467 at 200, or even 454309 at 235. All three should work well when cast with the appropriate mix. Should be a little heavier with the softer than...
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I had not thought about the isues of producing a mould with both the hollow base AND the hollow nose.Probably the best bet then is to try and do the old "make it better, cheaper, faster" routine and...
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Simple reasoning for & from my simple mind! It's much easier to find a load that prints where the sights are pointing on a "very" fixed sight piece, such as your revolver, than to try to make a...
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Makes sense but now Im confused. (whats new they shout!)My planned purchase is actually a MkVI. So would it not prefer the heavy bullets for closer to spec loads?Perhaps I threw everyone off by asking...
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Colin,I think I'll have it worked out... it will mean making a modification to the nose end of the mould, no sprue cutter though... ...without the hollow point, it's a straight forward "piece of...
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The usual advice in the UK was to use a hollow-base bullet to maximize the powder space, so that you could use slower powders, such as Unique. When I started with a Mk VI I only had moulds for the .45...
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Hmm...I wonder how a .45 Minie would do??Has anybody tried one in the Webley?CRT
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Minnie' bullets are usually just under bore (land) diameter. If you can come up with a Lyman #445599, the hollow base plug could be extended or replaced with a new one to shorten the bullet & the...
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