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« on: May 28, 2003, 06:09:58 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2003, 06:51:33 PM »
A guy who doesn't know how to play Russian roulette.
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2003, 07:36:09 PM »
A British soldier loading a Webley & Scott Mk. VI ?
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2003, 08:02:35 PM »
S&W "Hand Ejector" in .455 ? That or a M1917?
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2003, 11:08:17 PM »
Definately a S&W and it looks from the photo to be in .455 webley caliber. Unable to tell exact model but I'd lean towards the 1917.
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2003, 12:37:10 PM »
Smith and Wesson .38/200.


  This si what my refrence say's it is but, that realy look's like a .455.
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.38/200 it is
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2003, 04:56:11 PM »
I think your reference is right.  the .455 round had a very stubby bullet.  That one looks relatively long in relation to the brass.

Also, the pistol looks more like a model 10 "K" frame size than an N-frame "hand ejector".   The .38/200 was a k-frame.

Given the lack of shiny, I would guess it is one of the "victory models" we provided as lend-lease.
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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2003, 04:59:26 PM »
Oh, by the way, how DO I "come fly in the combat arena"?  I want to, but info is hard to find.
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2003, 06:07:45 PM »
When you go into fly in the MA, just select the theater bellow it, it says Combat Theater.:)
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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2003, 11:25:33 PM »
Brady and all, I still think it is a S&W "Hand Ejector" in .455. I went to the safe, and the pistol in the photo and the round in the Tommy's hand do not look my Victory model in .38/200 (aka .38S&W) in my hand, both are too small. My S&W 1917 looks right, as does the ammo 1942 dated Brit for my wife's Webley.
The .455 case is almost the same length as the .38, and the round in the photo looks too "squat" for the .38, but does look like the .455.
I vote for the book being wrong.
Or a small Brit.:D
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2003, 01:11:50 AM »
I used to own a 38 and I spnet a lot of time firing it and Thats why I thought it was the .455, and not the 38, the round looks to squat to be a .38 imo. as well.
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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2003, 06:06:20 AM »
if that's a .38 that guy has very tiny hands. the shell also looks too stubby to be a .38, could be an illusion (looking at it diagonally) but I don't think so.
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« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2003, 11:59:50 PM »
I hate to disagree, but in one hand I am holding my Colt "Offical Police" 38/200 (w/ brit proof marks and issue marks) whilst looking at the pic. It very well could be a Colt.

It would not be the first time they have been mixed up. The only reason I would lean to the S&W is the Colt tended to be blued not parkerized (or "parkers rust" as the brits call it)

And I agree, its not a 38/200. The 38/200 is known in the US as a .38 S&W Short (with a 200 gr bullet instead of the 140 gr) and in comparing a .38 short to the pic and the pistol in my hand......................it aint a .38
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