.442 Webley

Revolver cartridge .442 Webley 442 Webley.JPG 300px .44 Bull Dog (Peters), .442 Webley (UMC) and .442 Revolver (Eley) British Empire Revolver 1868 1868–1950s rimmed, straight .436 .47 .472 .503 .033 .69 1.1 1:20 Large 200 (Kynoch ball, factory load) 700 239 200 (Remington factory load) 715 230 Barnes & Amber 1972 The .442 Webley (also known as the ".442 Revolver Centre Fire" in Great Britain, the .442 Rook long (kangaroo) in Australia,Calibres of Ammunition No Longer Commercially Available New South Wales Police January 2012 14 police.nsw.gov.au 10 March 2025 https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/158169/Calibres_No_Longer_Commercially_Available.pdf the "10.5x17mmR" or ".442 Kurz" in Europe, and ".44 Webley" or ".442 R.I.C." in the United States)Barnes, p. 170, ".44 Webley/.44 R.I.C." is a British centrefire revolver cartridge. History Introduced in 1868, the .442 (11.2mm) Webley round was used in the Webley RIC revolver. This was the standard service weapon of the Royal Irish ConstabularyBarnes, p. 170, ".44 Webley/.44 R.I.C." (RIC, hence the revolver's name), which were also chambered in (among others) .450 Adams and 476/.455.Dowell, William Chipchase. The Webley Story (Kirkland, WA: Commonwealth Heritage Foundation, 1987), p. 62. Lt. Col. George Custer is believed to have carried a pair of RIC revolvers (presented to him in 1869 by Lord Berkley Paget)Elman, Robert. Fired in Anger: The Personal Handguns of American Heroes and Villains (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968), p. 232. at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.Elman, p. 231.http://www.geocities.com/burntumber60/MPdoerner.html Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn Doerner John A Martin Pate 2006-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20091021091626/http://geocities.com/burntumber60/MPdoerner.html 2009-10-21 dead http://www.westernerspublications.ltd.uk/CAGB%20Guns%20at%20the%20LBH.htm Guns at the Little Bighorn Gallear Mark 2006-08-03 2001 Custer Association of Great Britain https://web.archive.org/web/20060908225428/http://www.westernerspublications.ltd.uk/CAGB%20Guns%20at%20the%20LBH.htm 2006-09-08 dead A black powder round, the .442 originally used a 15–19 grain (gr) (0.972–1.23 g) charge behind a 200–220 gr (13–14.3 g) bullet.Barnes, p. 170, ".44 Webley/.44 R.I.C." This loading was later joined by a smokeless variety. At one time, the .442 Webley was a popular chambering in self-defence or "pocket" guns (so named for being designed to be carried in a pocket, what today might be a known as a snubnose or carry gun), such as the widely copied Webley British Bulldog pocket revolver.Dowell, p. 68.http://www.phelbs.com/HRFTX/tbbd.htm Webley's The British Bull Dog Revolver, Serial Numbering and Variations Ficken Homer R. 2011-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120223210553/http://www.phelbs.com/HRFTX/tbbd.htm 2012-02-23 dead The cartridge was moderately effective,Barnes, p. 170, ".44 Webley". being roughly similar in power to the contemporary .38 S&W,Barnes, p. 163, ".38 Smith & Wesson". .41 Colt,Barnes, p. 170, ".44 Webley/.44 R.I.C.", and p. 165, ".41 Long Colt". or .44 S&W American,Barnes, p. 167, ".44 Smith & Wesson American", & p. 170, ".44 Webley/.44 R.I.C." and somewhat less potent than the later 7.65mm Parabellum,Barnes, p. 153, ".30 (7.65mm) Parabellum". .38 SpecialBarnes, p. 163, ".38 Smith & Wesson Special". or .45 ACP.Barnes, p. 171, ".45 Automatic". It was not very suitable at anything but close range. Smokeless .442 Webley loads continued to be commercially offered in the U.S. until 1940 and in the United Kingdom and Europe until the 1950s. thumb|left|Remington/UMC .442 Webley box labels See also 11mm caliber .44 Bull Dog List of rimmed cartridges List of handgun cartridges References Sources Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".44 Webley/.44 R.I.C.", in Cartridges of the World, pp. 170 & 177. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. ______ and _____. ".30 (7.65mm) Parabellum", in Cartridges of the World, p. 153. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. ______ and _____. ".38 Smith & Wesson", in Cartridges of the World, p. 163. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. ______ and _____. ".38 Smith & Wesson Special", in Cartridges of the World, p. 163. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. ______ and _____. ".41 Long Colt", in Cartridges of the World, p. 165. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. ______ and _____. ".44 Smith & Wesson American", in Cartridges of the World, p. 167. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. ______ and _____. ".45 Automatic", in Cartridges of the World, p. 171. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. Dowell, William Chipchase. The Webley Story. Kirkland, WA: Commonwealth Heritage Foundation, 1987. Elman, Robert. Fired in Anger: The Personal Handguns of American Heroes and Villains. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Ficken, H. R.. Webley's The British Bull Dog Revolver, Serial Numbering and Variations. Retrieved on 2006-08-03. Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Rimmed cartridges Category:British firearm cartridges Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1868