.455 Webley
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.455 Webley ammunition is most commonly used in the Webley .455 top break revolver (Marks I through to VI).
The .455 cartridge was one of the great service revolver cartridges. It was a rimmed cartridge that launched a 265-grain (17.2 g) .45 bullet at the relatively low velocity of 620 ft/s (190 m/s). The result was a cartridge and handgun combination with relatively mild recoil, but with good penetration and excellent stopping power.[citation needed] The .455 Webley was rated superior to the .45 Colt in stopping power in the famous Thompson-LaGarde Tests that resulted in the adoption of the United States .45 ACP cartridge.
The bullet of this cartridge goes slowly enough to be seen in flight under the right light conditions.
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