Thewebleyman Posted 7 May , 2012 Share Posted 7 May , 2012 I used to shoot various handguns and your mention of handgun loads caused me to dig back in my old notebooks. I did use Unique frequently because I considered it a versatile and moderate load for large calibre pistols. I used 6.9 gns with a 200gn SWC bullet in Colt .45 ACP for competition work, giving 930 ft/sec., and in 0.455 Eley Auto with a 225 gn lead bullet, either 5.7 gns of Unique or 4.0 gns of Bullseye. I used these latter loads for both Webley and Colt M.1911 pistols in this calibre. None of these loads gave any sign of pressure in these self-loaders and cycled the mechanism cleanly. Those were the days! SW Thanks Sommewalker , very interesting. Regards Webleyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewebleyman Posted 7 May , 2012 Share Posted 7 May , 2012 Sorry, but I have only just noticed your post above. I have to disagree, "8/15" is an issue date of August 1915. When weapon numbers are stamped in UK service they are always simply "rack" numbers and not in the form of "x of y" weapons. Here are a couple of RFC pistols with both an issue date and a rack number. Regards TonyE Tony , re my previous posting about the holster marking. I have managed to reduce the photo of it. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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