CHAPTER III_Pistol and Revolver Shooting

AMMUNITION

The degree of perfection that has been attained in the manufacture of

ammunition is remarkable. Generally speaking, the smaller the charge the

more difficult it is to make it accurate. Notwithstanding this, we have in

the .22 caliber ammunition a tiny cartridge the accuracy of which falls

little short of marvellous.

Until 1907 black powder ammunition was used almost exclusively for pistol

and revolver shooting. In central-fire ammunition smokeless powders are

now invariably used, especially in military shooting, where the regulation

full charge is required. In the .22 caliber pistols, the fouling of the

black powder is not a very serious matter, and it is not uncommon to shoot

fifty or a hundred rounds without the necessity of cleaning. In the larger

calibers, however, the fouling is frequently so excessive that it affects

the accuracy after the fifth shot. The incessant cleaning that is

necessary in order to get good results with black powder ammunition was a

great drawback, and detracted much from the pleasure of revolver shooting.

Fortunately this objection is now entirely eliminated by the use of

smokeless powders.

Nearly all the cartridges referred to in this chapter were originally

designed for black powder. The various manufacturers now supply them

loaded with smokeless powder at a very slight advance in price. The

cartridges are loaded so as to give approximately the same velocity as the

former black powder charges but the new charges are rarely the exact

equivalent of the old ones.

The accuracy and uniformity with the smokeless powder was not at first

equal to that of the black, but with a better knowledge of the action and

behavior of the smokeless powders, these difficulties have been overcome

and the smokeless ammunition now gives not only superior accuracy and

reliability, but also causes much less fouling and smoke and has a lighter

report. In “gallery” ammunition light conical bullets have entirely

superseded spherical bullets and smokeless powder is almost invariably

used.

To obtain the best results, the proportions of any charge must be adapted

to the caliber, length of barrel, and weight of the arm in which it is

to be used. These proportions are generally determined by experiment.

[Illustration: Fig 26 COLT AUTOMATIC POCKET PISTOL Seven shots; 2 inch

barrel; weight, 13 oz.: 25 cal.]

[Illustration: Fig. 27--SAVAGE AUTOMATIC POCKET PISTOL Ten shots; 4¼

inch barrel; weight, 1 lb. 5 oz.; .32 and .38 cal.]

[Illustration: Fig. 28.--SMITH & WESSON AUTOMATIC POCKET PISTOL Eight

shots; 3½ inch barrel; weight, 1 lb., 7¾ oz.; .35 cal.]

The accuracy of the cartridge depends largely upon the uniformity

exercised in the operations of loading, the fit of the bullet, its shape,

and the reliability and uniformity of the powder. The primer must be of

uniform strength also, especially in reduced charges. In ammunition for

military service the shells are crimped on the bullets to hold them in

place. This does not increase the accuracy in black powder ammunition, but

it is necessary and advantageous in all smokeless ammunition including

gallery charges, in order to confine the powder and produce uniform

results.

The following is a digest of the principal pistol and revolver cartridges

in use at the present time.

_Rim-fire Cartridges._--These are primed with a fulminate of mercury

mixture around the outer edge of the rim, or base of the shell, and are

generally loaded with Lesmok, semi-smokeless, or black powder.

[Illustration: Figure 29.]

The smallest and lightest charged ammunition in general use is the .22

caliber. In this caliber the “C. B.” or Conical Ball Cap loaded with

black powder is the smallest practicable cartridge. The charge is 1½

grains of powder and a lubricated conical bullet weighing 29 grains.

[Illustration: Figure 30.]

An excellent cartridge in this caliber is the .22 short, (Fig. 30). This

cartridge fouls very little and is almost equal in accuracy to the .22

“long rifle” up to 50 yards. On account of its lighter report it is

preferred by many for gallery shooting.

[Illustration: Figure 31.]

The .22 caliber “long rifle” cartridge is more extensively used for pistol

shooting than any other. It is the most accurate of the .22-caliber

cartridges, being well proportioned, the bullet well lubricated, and the

shell uncrimped. In addition to this, the ammunition is inexpensive and

has very clean shooting qualities. It is, therefore, particularly well

adapted for pistol shooting. This cartridge, fired from a 10-inch barrel,

will shoot regularly inside of a 2-inch circle, at 50 yards, and inside a

5-inch circle at 100 yards.

The .22-caliber Long Rifle “Armory” and the .22-caliber Smith & Wesson

Long are special makes of the long rifle cartridge that are furnished with

a crimped shell, preventing the bullet from becoming dislodged and thus

adapting this popular cartridge for use in revolvers of this caliber.

In all of the foregoing cartridges only the surface of the bullet outside

the shell is lubricated. Exposed in this way, the lubricant is easily

rubbed off, or melted if allowed to stand in the sunlight on a warm day.

Great care should be taken to prevent this, as, without lubrication, the

bullets will lead the barrel and cause inaccurate shooting.

[Illustration: Figure 32.]

The .22-caliber Winchester is a cartridge with inside lubrication. It is

more powerful than the .22 long rifle, and gives good results in the

pistol. The bullet has a flat point, making it suitable for game shooting,

and the lubrication being within the shell, these cartridges may be

carried loose in the pocket.

All of the .22 caliber cartridges can be had with hollow-pointed bullets,

which are to be preferred for game shooting. They are also furnished

loaded with smokeless powder. When this powder was first used in

.22-caliber ammunition the results were far from satisfactory, but as now

manufactured the smokeless ammunition approximates very closely in

uniformity and accuracy to that loaded with black powder.

There still remains, however, considerable difficulty with the rim-fire

smokeless cartridges on account of their liability to rust the inside of

the barrel.[7] The novice is therefore cautioned not to use this

ammunition until the difficulty of rusting is overcome.

The .25-cal. Stevens is a much more powerful cartridge than any of the

preceding, and gives excellent results in the pistol. It is selected by

those who wish a more powerful rim-fire cartridge than is furnished in .22

caliber.

[Illustration: Figure 33.]

Rim-fire cartridges in larger caliber than .25 are used for derringers

(large-bore, single-shot pocket pistols now seldom used) and inferior

grades of revolvers. These cartridges sometimes lack uniformity in caliber

when made by different manufacturers, are frequently defective, and

discharge occasionally in closing the action of the arm in which they are

loaded. They consequently lack the safety, reliability, and accuracy of

the corresponding calibers in central-fire ammunition. Rim-fire cartridges

cannot be reloaded.

_Central-fire Cartridges._--This type of cartridge has a brass or copper

primer fitted with a skeleton anvil of brass and charged with a small

quantity of priming composition containing a sensitive explosive for

igniting the powder charge. The primer fits water-tight in a socket in the

center of the base of the shell. After being discharged, the primer can be

renewed and the shell reloaded.

In all the central-fire cartridges the lubrication of the bullet is

inside of the shell, rendering the ammunition much more serviceable and

less liable to be damaged.

Mantled bullets designated as “metal pointed” and “full metal patched” can

be supplied by the ammunition manufacturers for all the central-fire

cartridges at a cost of one dollar per thousand more than the regular lead

bullets. The mantled bullets do not deform as readily in handling,

shipping, etc., and give slightly increased penetration in soft woods,

animal tissue, etc., as compared with the plain lead bullet with the same

powder charge.

[Illustration: Figure 34.]

[Illustration: Figure 35.]

The .32-caliber S. & W. cartridge is adapted to the Smith & Wesson, Colt,

or other pocket revolvers. Occasionally single-shot pistols are chambered

for this cartridge. It is fairly accurate at ranges up to 50 yds. A

gallery charge is furnished in this shell consisting of 4 grains of black

powder and a spherical or “round” bullet weighing 47 grains.

The .32-cal. S. & W. Long is more accurate and powerful than the preceding

cartridge. It gives excellent results in both the pistol and revolver.

The gallery charge is the same as that of the .32 S. & W.

The .32-caliber Colt New Police is also an accurate cartridge, and was

designed specially for the Colt New Police revolver. The flat point adds

to its effectiveness. A good gallery charge in this shell consists of a

powder charge of 1½ grains of Bullseye and the regular bullet.

[Illustration: Figure 36.]

The .32-44 S. & W. and the .38-44 S. & W. were special black powder

cartridges designed for the S. & W. Russian Model revolver bored for these

calibers. The shells were uncrimped and the bullets seated inside of the

shells flush with the mouth. A large variety of special bullets of varying

weights were designed for these cartridges and much experimentation was

done with them. The .38-44 Caliber was originally designed for and largely

used by Chevalier Ira A. Paine, the noted pistol shot in his exhibitions.

While these cartridges proved very accurate and were popular when black

powder was in general use they are entirely unsuited for smokeless

powders and consequently are now seldom used.

The .38 S. & W. is adapted to the Smith & Wesson, Colt, and other pocket

revolvers. It is much more powerful than the .32 S. & W., and is

consequently more practical and better adapted for a pocket revolver

charge. When shot from a 4-inch barrel, groups of ten shots can be made in

a 2-inch circle at 20 yards and in a 6-inch circle at 50 yards.

A good gallery or reduced load in this shell is Ideal Bullet No. 358242,

36072, or 360302 with 2 grains of Bullseye powder.

[Illustration: Figure 37.]

[Illustration: Figure 38.]

The .38 Colt New Police is almost identical with the .38 S. & W., the only

difference being a slightly heavier bullet with a flat point.

[Illustration: Figure 39.]

The .38 Long Colt is adapted to the Colt and S. & W. Military revolvers.

It was the regulation charge of the service weapon of the U. S. Army until

1911. Under service conditions the cartridge was found to have

insufficient power, was inaccurate and on account of the deterioration of

the powder with which some of the ammunition was loaded it proved most

unsatisfactory, especially in the Philippine war.

[Illustration: Figure 40.]

The .38 Smith & Wesson Special cartridge is more powerful than the .38

Long Colt and is exceedingly accurate. From a 6-inch barrel six shots may

be placed within a 5-inch circle at 100 yards. Numerous gallery and

mid-range charges with special bullets have been designed for this

cartridge. It is now the most popular of all the revolver cartridges for

target practice. Some of the special bullets are illustrated herewith, the

numbers being those used in the “Ideal Handbook”:

[Illustration:

358242 360345 36072

125 gr. 115 gr. 110 gr.]

[Illustration: Figure 41.

360302 360271 360363

112 gr. 150 gr. 70 gr.]

A powder charge of 2¼ to 2½ grains of Bullseye will give good

results with any of these bullets. Bullets No. 360345, 360302 and 360271

cut full-size bullet holes in the targets.

The following are some of the special charges supplied by the

manufacturers in this shell:

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Target |U. M. C. Co.| 2.6 |Bullseye| 130 |R. N.

Colt Special |U. M. C. Co.| 3.4 |Bullseye| 160 |F. N.

Mid Range |Winchester | 2.0 |Bullseye| 104 |R. N.

Gallery |Winchester | 8.5 |C. P. W.| 70 |R. N.

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The .44-caliber Smith & Wesson Russian[8] was the most popular revolver

cartridge for target shooting before smokeless powder was introduced.

Since smokeless charges have been adapted to it many expert shots prefer

this cartridge in the gallery contests as the large bullet hole is a

decided advantage over the smaller calibers at ranges of 20 yards and

under. Nearly all the great records in revolver shooting in the past have

been made with this cartridge and many important matches have been won

with it. A great deal of experimental work has also been done with it, and

many reduced charges have been evolved. The Ideal Manufacturing Company

can furnish moulds for bullets of the shapes and weights shown in Fig. 43.

[Illustration: Figure 42.]

[Illustration: Figure 43.

429336 429251 U.M.C. U.M.C. 429106

255 gr. 256 gr. 110 gr. 130 gr. 175 gr.

429348 429106 429239 429215 429220

176 gr. 160 gr. 125 gr. 205 gr. 175 gr.]

Bullets No. 429336, 429348, and 429220 cut clean, full-size holes in the

target. The weight of the powder charge and bullets in grains and the

accuracy of the various loads fired from 6½-inch barrel are about as

follows:

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Bullseye |Bullet|Diameter of Circle Enclosing Group of 10 Shots

Powder | |

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| | 20 yds. | 30 yds. | 50 yds. |100 yds.|200 yd.

4.1 | 256 |1 in. |1½ in. |1½ in. |6 in. |15 in.

2.3 | 110 |1 in. |2 in. | | |

2.7 | 130 |1¼ in. |2½ in. | | |

3.0 | 160 | |2 in. |3 in.| |

2.8 | 176 |1½ in. | | | |

3.0 | 175 | |2½ in. | | |

2.7 | 125 |1¼ in. |2½ in. | | |

3.2 | 205 | |2 in. |3 in.|7 in. |

2.6 | 175 |1¼ in. | |3¼ in. | |

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These various loads adapt this shell to almost any conceivable requirement

in revolver shooting.

[Illustration: Figure 44.]

The .44 S. & W. Special is the latest and most powerful of the .44-caliber

cartridges. It equals the .44 S. & W. Russian in accuracy and is the best

proportioned of the heavy revolver cartridges. The reduced and gallery

loads of the .44 S. & W. Russian will give equally good results in this

shell.

[Illustration: Figure 45.]

The .45 Colt Army is the most powerful of all the revolver cartridges. It

was formerly the United States army service ammunition. The charge was so

heavy, and the recoil so excessive that it was almost impossible to shoot

it without flinching. The smokeless powder charge of 5 grains of Bullseye

makes it much more practical and very similar to the .44 S. & W. Special

cartridge. Both of these are exceedingly powerful and accurate and

suitable for military service.

[Illustration: Figure 46.]

[Illustration: Figure 47.]

The caliber of the service ammunition for the revolver of the British army

is .455. This is a very accurate cartridge, but not as powerful as the

corresponding military cartridges used in this country. A special

cylindrical bullet with a deep convex hollow point is furnished in the

same shell and is known as the “man stopper.”

This form of bullet is used in the English .450 and .38 caliber cartridges

also.

The .450 Welby is another English cartridge that is accurate, and pleasant

to shoot. It is used largely at Bisley in the annual revolver competitions

of the National Rifle Association of Great Britain.

In order to avoid excessive fouling with black powders a self-lubricating

bullet has been invented and introduced by Smith & Wesson, which can be

furnished in all calibers above .32. The bullet has a hollow core open in

the rear. Lubricant is filled into the core, after which it is closed with

a lead plunger. Four small ducts communicate from the forward end of the

core to the exterior of the bullet just ahead of its bearing on the

barrel. At the moment of discharge the plunger is driven forward, forcing

the lubricant through the ducts into the barrel ahead of the bullet.

This bullet has given excellent results and will be found decidedly

advantageous when black powder is used. With it a hundred or more shots

may be fired with black powder without causing sufficient fouling to

impair the accuracy.

Revolvers are sometimes chambered for the .44-40-200, the .38-40-180, and

the .32-20-115 rifle cartridges. These charges in black powder load are

not as accurate as the corresponding revolver cartridges in these

calibers, but can be relied on to shoot inside a 5-inch circle at 50

yards. These cartridges are desirable for revolvers only when it is an

advantage to use the same ammunition in the rifle and revolver, or in

certain localities where only a few varieties of ammunition are to be had.

The large powder charge makes the recoil of the first two cartridges named

rather unpleasant. The .32-20-115 is the most accurate of these

cartridges, and gives the best results in the pistol or revolver. All

these cartridges having flat-pointed bullets are well adapted for game

shooting. None of these rifle cartridges loaded with smokeless powder will

give good results in revolvers because the brand of powder generally used

in rifle ammunition requires a long barrel to consume the charge. Fired

from a short barrel only part of the charge will be consumed and the rest

will be expelled unburned, thus reducing the velocity and power of the

charge and sometimes increasing the recoil. It is of course entirely

practicable to adapt a charge of bullseye or similar smokeless powder to

these shells which would make them much more satisfactory. Another

disadvantage of using the rifle cartridge in revolvers is the possibility

of inexperienced persons using the new high velocity rifle ammunition,

which would prove not only most unsatisfactory but extremely dangerous in

revolvers. There are no reduced or gallery loads supplied in these shells.

[Illustration: Figure 48.]

[Illustration: Figure 49.]

[Illustration: Figure 50.]

[Illustration: Figure 51.]

[Illustration: Figure 52.]

[Illustration: Figure 53.]

_Automatic Pistol Cartridges._--With the introduction of the magazine

pistol special smokeless cartridges have been devised that are rimless and

have a crease around the base of the shell by which they may be held and

manipulated by the mechanism. These cartridges are exceedingly

clean-shooting. Several hundred rounds may be fired without causing more

fouling than is apparent after the first few shots. This ammunition is

furnished loaded with “full-mantled” and “soft-nosed” bullets; the latter,

having the lead exposed at the point will mushroom on striking animal

tissue and are sometimes referred to as “dum dum” bullets and are intended

for hunting purposes.

[Illustration: Figure 54.]

[Illustration: Figure 55.]

[Illustration: Figure 56.]

[Illustration: Figure 57.]

The mantled or metal cased bullet has undoubted advantages in rifle

ammunition, in which low trajectory and extreme long range are

_desiderata_ that can be obtained only by high velocities. In ammunition

for magazine pistols and revolvers, however, the prime object is to

deliver the most effective blow possible at comparatively short range.

The velocities attainable in large calibers within the permissible weight

of an automatic pistol are comparatively low. The deformation of any

bullet on striking animal tissue is in direct proportion to its velocity.

It is, therefore, extremely doubtful that a metal cased bullet will ever

prove as effective and satisfactory in “stopping power” and for military

service, either in the automatic pistol or the revolver, as the large

caliber lead bullet.

The .25 cal. is the smallest of the American made automatic pistol

ammunition and is adapted for the Colt and other magazine pistols. It is

an accurate cartridge but the short length of barrel of the Colt weapon

makes it impossible to do accurate work with it.

Figures 49 and 50 are the well known Luger and Mauser cartridges adapted

to the pistols of that name. They are powerful charges, accurate and clean

shooting. These were among the first cartridges developed for automatic

pistols and are still extensively used.

The .32 Automatic Colt is adapted to Colt and other magazine pistols of

this caliber. It is an accurate, pleasant shooting cartridge with very

little recoil and excellent work can be done with it at the target.

The .35 S. & W. Automatic is adapted to the Smith & Wesson magazine

pistol. It is a very accurate cartridge, has no unpleasant recoil and like

the preceding is well adapted for target shooting.

Figure 53 is the .380 Automatic Colt cartridge designed to meet the

demand for a light charge in this caliber. It is adapted to the Colt and

other magazine pistols.

The .38 Automatic Colt is the best proportioned and most powerful of all

automatic pistol cartridges. It has a slightly flattened point and is

extremely accurate. When fired from regulation arms this ammunition is

capable of placing ten shots inside a 3-inch circle at 50 yards and inside

a 7-inch circle at 100 yards.

This was the ammunition of the first Colt automatic pistol introduced in

the United States.

Figures 55 and 56 are two cartridges adapted to the .45 Automatic Colt

pistol. Figure 56 is the new service charge of the U. S. Army. They are

exactly alike except that the service charge has a 230 gr. bullet (30 gr.

heavier than the other). The service charge when fired from the regulation

service arm is capable of placing 10 shots in a 3½-inch circle at 50

yards and an 8-inch circle at 100 yards.

A flat or blunt pointed bullet of about 185 gr. and a ten per cent.

heavier powder charge would improve the effectiveness and stopping power

of this cartridge wonderfully without materially affecting the recoil or

the accuracy.

Figure 57 is the service charge of the regulation magazine pistol (Webley

& Scott) of the British Army. It is an accurate cartridge but it lacks

sufficient power to fulfill the exacting requirements of present-day

military service.

Light or gallery charges in magazine pistol shells are impracticable on

account of not having sufficient recoil to operate the automatic

mechanism. Slightly reduced loads with lead bullets may be used in some of

the arms but seldom with satisfactory results. Reduced loads can be used

in most of the weapons if the mechanisms are hand operated for each shot.

The following ballistical table gives the charges, muzzle velocities,

etc., of the principal factory-loaded, smokeless pistol and revolver

cartridges. The factories aim to keep the muzzle velocities uniform for

each cartridge. To produce this result with the various brands of

smokeless powder, all of which differ more or less in strength, the weight

of the powder charge necessarily varies for the different brands of

powder. Even when purchased in large quantities, different blends and

packages of the same brand of powder occasionally vary somewhat in

strength. For these reasons it is impossible to designate the exact weight

or volume of any brand of powder which will in all cases produce the

muzzle velocities in the table, and the charges given must therefore be

considered as approximate only.

BALLISTICAL TABLE

KEY:

a. = BULLET: Exact diameter in inches

b. = BULLET: Weight in grains

c. = BULLET: Round or flat nosed

d. = Length of bbl. in arm tested

e. = Muzzle velocity (50 ft. from muzzle)

f. = Energy--foot lbs.: Wv{2} ÷ 2g

g. = Penetration (inches in white pine)

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CARTRIDGE | of Powder |------------|----|------|-----|------

| (Approx. only) | a. | b.|c.| d. | e. | f. | g.

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.22 Short | 1.6 Lesmok |.223 | 30|RN| 6 | 789 | 41.5| 3

.22 Long | 2.1 " |.223 | 35|RN| 6 | 770 | 46.2| 3½

.22 L. Rifle | 3.4 " |.223 | 40|RN| 6 | 765 | 51.8| 4

.22 W. R. F. | 3.5 " |.2275| 45|FN| 6 | 811 | 65.8| 4

.25 Auto Colt | 1.1 Bullseye |.251 | 50|RN| 2 | 733 | 59.7| 3

7.63 m.m. Mauser | 5.5 " |.3105| 86|RN| 5½ |1397 |373 |11

7.65 m.m. Luger | 4.1 " |.3095| 93|RN| 4⅝ |1173.5|284.3|10

9 m.m. Luger | 4.6 " |.3555|125|FN| 4 |1039.2|299.8|10

.32 W. C. F. | 10.0 Sharp- | | | | | | |

| shooter |.3125|115|FN| 5½ | 954 |232.4| 5

.32 Auto Colt | 2.5 Bullseye |.3125| 74|RN| 3¾ | 938 |144.8| 5

.32 S. & W. | 1.5 " |.315 | 85|RN| 4 | 606.7| 69.5| 3

.32 S. & W. | 1.5 " |.315 | 85|RN|10 | 902 |159 | 4

.32 Lg. Colt | 2.0 " |.313 | 90|RN| 4 | 641.4| 82.2| 3½

.32 Sht. Colt | 1.4 " |.315 | 80|RN| 4 | 657.2| 78.7| 3½

.32 S. & W. Long| 2.0 " |.315 | 98|RN| 4 | 706.9|108.6| 4

.32 Colt N. P. | 2.5 " |.314 | 98|FN| 4 | 706.3|108.6| 4

.35 S. & W. Auto| 1.9 " |.3195| 76|RN| 3½ | 809 |110.5| 4

.38 S. & W. | 2.4 " |.359 |145|RN| 5 | 579.3|108.2| 4½

.38 Auto Colt | 4.6 " |.359 |130|RN| 6 |1175 |398.0|10

.38 Colt N. P. | 2.4 " |.359 |150|FN| 4 | 579.6|111.7| 4

.38 Sht. Colt | 2.5 " |.375 |130|RN| 6 | 608 |107 | 4

.38 Long Colt | 3.0 " |.358 |148|RN| 6 | 786 |203 | 4½

| Walsrode |.358 |150|RN| 6 | 771.6|198.3| 6

.38 S. & W. Spl.| 3.4 Bullseye |.358 |158|RN| 6 | 856.7|257.5| 7

.38 Colt Spl. | 3.4 " |.358 |158|FN| 6 | 857.6|258 | 7

.38 S. & W. | | | | | | | |

Spl. Gal. | 8.5 C.P.W.[9] |.358 | 70|RN| 6 |1300 |263 | 5

Mid Range | 2.1 Bullseye |.358 |123|RN| 6 | 655 | 99 | 3

.38 W. C. F. | 15. Sharp- | | | | | | |

| shooter |.400 |180|FN| 5 | 983 |386.5| 6

.380 Auto Colt | 2.6 Bullseye |.357 | 95|RN| 3¾ | 887 |166 | 5½

.41 Sht. Colt | 2.5 " |.406 |160|RN| 6 | 707 |177 | 4

.41 Long Colt | 3.3 " |.387 |200|RN| 6 | 705.6|221.2| 5

.44 S. & W. | | | | | | | |

Russ. | 4.1 " |.431 |246|RN| 6 | 706 |272 | 6½

.44 S. & W. | | | | | | | |

Russ. Gall. | 2.5 " |.431 |115|RN| 6 | 685 |118 | 3

.44 S. & W. Spl.| 5.1 " |.431 |246|RN| 5 | 755 |311.5| 7

.44 W. C. F. | 16.5 Sharp- | | | | | | |

| shooter |.426 |200|FN| 7½ | 918.8|375 | 6

.45 Auto Colt | 4.7 Bullseye |.4505|200|RN| 5 | 910.2|368 | 8

(Govt.) | 4.7 " |.4505|230|RN| 5 | 809 |335 | 6

.45 Colt D. A. | 5.0 " |.455 |255|RN| 5 | 770.6|336.3| 5

.455 Colt | 4.5 " |.458 |265|RN| 5 | 756.6|336.5| 5

.455 Webley Auto| 7.0 Cordite |.455 |220|RN| 5 | 750 |280.6| 4½

Service | 5.5 " |.455 |265|RN| 7½ | 700 |288 | 4¼

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