Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Handgun Ammo
455 Webley
The .455 Webley (.455 Revolver Mark II) was developed in 1897 and adopted by the British Army in the same year. It has a shorter (.7677-inch) case than the previous .455 Mark I to more efficiently burn Cordite powder. Obviously associated with several generations of the Webley top-break double-action revolver, the .455 Mark II remained in service until after WWII, when it was replaced by the 9mm as part of NATO standardization. The original load was a heavy 265-grain round-nose bullet at a mild 600 fps. Although never popular in the United States, the .455 Mark II is a classic military revolver cartridge that provided good service in countless conflicts small and large. — Craig Boddington
