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Cannons of Stratford, Ontario 6/28/19
From: James Troust
I do not believe the British gun is a 24-pounder. The gun is altogether larger than the Russian gun, including the diameter of its mouth. There is a an incised indicator on the gun showing exactly what it is (36?).
Wilkinson Webley 6/25/19
From: Mitchell Booth
Asad: would you explain the difference between the .450 ( I assume is different than .45acp) and the standard .455 webley round...on my example the left panel in front of cylinder is stamped .450/.455....was this standard or indicative of cylinder alteration??
Thank you for the help. Mitch Booth
Short Magazine Lee Enfield Mk. III 6/25/19
From: Dennis Casanova
Jonathan sounds like you have a very rare Enfield mfg. for Thailand. I dont remember the story on it but I kind of think they were for the royal guard that was commanded by the King's son who later became King. I could be totally wrong just something to research before you get rid of it.
Webley & Scott Ltd. 6/19/19
From: Waqar Hameed
Hi there. I need to buy pairs of firing pins, ejectors and top leaf springs for my webley and Scott d/b box lock shotgun. Could someone recommend a stockist in London? Moreover since I have inherited a pair of webley from my father thus I do not know the modle for sure. How do I determine that ? Can it be determined by the numbers?
Short Magazine Lee Enfield Mk. III 6/6/19
From: Jonathan Edwards
Good morning
I have a SMLE Mk111 but the serial No is in Sanscrit and is sumunted with, what I believe to be, a Tiger's Head proof mark. Were these rifles produced in India under licence?
Thank you
Jonathan
The Snider Bullet 11/20/17
From: John
Apologies for such a long delay Jesse but I lost the site. The use of 0.600" bullets is the modern choice but we have modern knowledge of how to do these things. Colonel Boxer had to work forwards from the previous muzzle loading bullets. It is hard to get that design to expand into the rifling when it depends upon the lead obturating upon itself with inertia when given the initial kick and the plug forcing forwards. It at this exact time that it is being restrained within the mouth of the case and then enters a throat wider than the bullet.
But for a reproduction of the original you have to go down that road. The 0.600" comes out of the case sized ready to enter the throat which is of similar diameter and is simply mechanically swaged down to 0.585" groove diameter at the rear of the rifling and emerges at 0.580" as the rifling groove depth reduces. I use the 0.600" in the brass Brazilian 24 bore shotgun case. FWIW at 50 metres I have yet to do better than a cut down 24 bore Fiocchi plastic shotgun case with a .600" round ball........
Swiss No4 powder seems to do the best job ob the original design these days but I use No5 now in the modern style. Your problem in making reproduction bullets is getting a mould that will give you the nose cavity which is essential in making them fly as they did back then. They first filled the cavity with a Sycamore plug, then just spun the nose lead over the cavity hole. William Metford developed the cavity to hold an explosive charge but filled it with charcoal powder for target shooting to show the shot more clearly. One can get a lightweight wall filler from DIY shops that would be a simple material to fill an open cavity. If you ever track down a mould make who can do both the base cavity and the nose cavity there are shooters who would gladly join in buying one I dare say.
The PHSADC Webley Fosbery 11/19/17
From: George
.455 no longer available from Fiochi or Hornady in the U.S. Unless someone starts making it available it's going to be a tough sell if you cannot purchase ammo off the shelf. HMS Tiptoe, where are you now? 11/9/17
From: Anne Adams
HELLO,
I remember the incident very well. My husband was in Tiptoe when she ran aground up the Clyde in 64. He was a leading operator. I also remember the article as well and the title. I thought it was written by the Sun newspaper but that did not launch until September of that year. The only newspapers that I remember the family having were the Mirror, The Mail and Express.
I did have a cutting in a scrapbook of the Tiptoe and also the other submarines my husband served on.
I will have a search but I think with the moving we did It may have got lost. If I find it I will certainly let you know. 150 pounder Armstrong Gun at West Point
From: John
Apologies for such a long delay Jesse but I lost the site. The use of 0.600" bullets is the modern choice but we have modern knowledge of how to do these things. Colonel Boxer had to work forwards from the previous muzzle loading bullets. It is hard to get that design to expand into the rifling when it depends upon the lead obturating upon itself with inertia when given the initial kick and the plug forcing forwards. It at this exact time that it is being restrained within the mouth of the case and then enters a throat wider than the bullet.
But for a reproduction of the original you have to go down that road. The 0.600" comes out of the case sized ready to enter the throat which is of similar diameter and is simply mechanically swaged down to 0.585" groove diameter at the rear of the rifling and emerges at 0.580" as the rifling groove depth reduces. I use the 0.600" in the brass Brazilian 24 bore shotgun case. FWIW at 50 metres I have yet to do better than a cut down 24 bore Fiocchi plastic shotgun case with a .600" round ball........
Swiss No4 powder seems to do the best job ob the original design these days but I use No5 now in the modern style. Your problem in making reproduction bullets is getting a mould that will give you the nose cavity which is essential in making them fly as they did back then. They first filled the cavity with a Sycamore plug, then just spun the nose lead over the cavity hole. William Metford developed the cavity to hold an explosive charge but filled it with charcoal powder for target shooting to show the shot more clearly. One can get a lightweight wall filler from DIY shops that would be a simple material to fill an open cavity. If you ever track down a mould make who can do both the base cavity and the nose cavity there are shooters who would gladly join in buying one I dare say.
The PHSADC Webley Fosbery 11/19/17
From: George
.455 no longer available from Fiochi or Hornady in the U.S. Unless someone starts making it available it's going to be a tough sell if you cannot purchase ammo off the shelf. HMS Tiptoe, where are you now? 11/9/17
From: Anne Adams
HELLO,
I remember the incident very well. My husband was in Tiptoe when she ran aground up the Clyde in 64. He was a leading operator. I also remember the article as well and the title. I thought it was written by the Sun newspaper but that did not launch until September of that year. The only newspapers that I remember the family having were the Mirror, The Mail and Express.
I did have a cutting in a scrapbook of the Tiptoe and also the other submarines my husband served on.
I will have a search but I think with the moving we did It may have got lost. If I find it I will certainly let you know. 150 pounder Armstrong Gun at West Point
150 pounder Armstrong Gun at West Point
150 pounder Armstrong Gun at West Point
150 pounder Armstrong Gun at West Poin The Snider Bullet 11/5/16