.450 Adams

Revolver cartridge .450 Adams .450Adams.jpg 150px .450 Adams cartridge United Kingdom Revolver 1868–1880 British military, North-West Mounted Police, colonial military, police forces 1868 rimmed straight .455 .475 .477 .510 .69 1.10 1:16 in boxer 225 ball (Kynoch black powder) 650 211 225 ball (Kynoch smokeless powder) 700 245 Barnes & Amber 1972 The .450 Adams was a British black powder centrefire revolver cartridge, initially used in converted Beaumont–Adams revolvers, in the late 1860s.Maze Robert J. Howdah to High Power 2002 Excalibur Publications Tucson, AZ 1-880677-17-2 Officially designated .450 Boxer Mk I, and also known variously as the .450 Revolver, .450 Colt, .450 Short, .450 Corto, and .450 Mark III, and in America as the .45 Webley,Barnes, p.173, ".450 Revolver" it was the British Army's first centrefire revolver round. History The .450 was adopted for the Adams revolver in November 1868, and served until it was replaced in service in 1880 by the .476 Enfield (in the Enfield Mark 1 and 2), which was in turn supplanted by the .455 Webley cartridge in 1887. thumb|left|From left to right: .450 Adams, .455 Webley Mk I, .455 Webley Mk II cartridges Originally loaded with 13 gr g of black powder under a 225 gr g on bullet, it was later also offered in a smokeless powder loading. Despite the different designations, the .450 may be fired in any weapon chambered for .455 Webley,Maze, Robert J. Howdah to High Power (Tucson, AZ: Excalibur Publications, 2002), p.32. .455 Colt, or .476 Enfield.Barnes, p.174, ".455 Revolver MK-1/.455 Colt". While not considered a suitable military round, the .450 Mark III cartridges did serve in reserve for the British armed forces as late as the First World War. The .450 Adams also proved popular among civilian users of Webley RIC and British Bulldog revolvers, being loaded in Europe, and persisting in the United States until around 1940. Both Colt and Smith & Wesson offered revolvers in .450 Adams. It was roughly similar in power to the contemporary .38 S&W,Barnes, p.163, ".38 Smith & Wesson". .41 Colt,Barnes, p.165, ".41 Long Colt". and .44 S&W American.Barnes, p.167, ".44 Smith & Wesson American". Handloaded ammunition can be made from shortened .455 Webley brass. Dimensions center center horizontal 450 Adams MkI dimensions.gif 200 Adams Mk I. 450 Adams Mk II dimensions.png 170 Adams Mk II. 450 Adams MkIII dimensions.gif 200 Adams Mk III. See also Table of handgun and rifle cartridges Notes 2 Sources Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".450 Revolver", in Cartridges of the World, pp. 170 & 177. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".38 Smith & Wesson", in Cartridges of the World, p. 163. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber.. ".41 Long Colt", in Cartridges of the World, p. 165. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".44 Smith & Wesson American", in Cartridges of the World, p. 167. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber.. ".455 Revolver MK-1/.455 Colt", in Cartridges of the World, p. 174. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. Maze, Robert J. Howdah to High Power. Tucson, AZ: Excalibur Publications, 2002. 1-880677-17-2. External links Revive your antique English .450 (.455 - .460) black powder revolvers Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:World War I weapons of the United Kingdom Category:British firearm cartridges