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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:31 am 
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In the 1960s a huge number of WWII era firearms were brought in by various importers in the golden age of mail order firearm sales. Among them were a large number of Webley and Enfield revolvers. At one point one importer, Seaport Traders decided to make the .38/200 Enfield more marketable by having the barrels shortened. In 1960 they sold them for the princely sum of $16.95. The dollar had some real value in those days.

In modifying these revolvers they actually ended up creating a interesting bit of trivia, a link to the Kennedy assassination three years later. The link, the gun smith a Mr. LM Johnson, who shortened the barrels was the same gun smith the importer used to shorten barrels on a number of Smith and Wesson Model 10 revolvers that were also in inventory. One of those guns was used by Lee Harvey Oswald to shoot a police officer in the wake of the shooting of Kennedy in Dealey Plaza.

The gun actually shoots fairly well. The barrel shortening was very professionally done as was the re-crowning of the barrel. The previous owner used this for home defense and even had some hollow point ammo made up for the gun, but at less than 700fps I am not sure how well these slugs would open up.

http://www.nrvoutdoors.com/ENFIELD%20SN ... 20SNUB.htm

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 12:40 pm 
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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That looks interesting! Unless the spring has been changed out, I think you would soon get Popeye forearms shooting it DAO, though. I'd like to mess around with one some day.

If you reload, a low velocity round that will expand consistently is a 148 grain hollow base wadcutter loaded hollow side forward. SW

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 4:18 pm 
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Its clearly had a trigger job. I have had a number of Webley and Enfield .38 British revolvers over the years. When I bought it I thought it might not strike hard enough, but it works fine. Neat old beast.


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:58 pm 
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always thought i might grab one if i stumbled upon it at the right price , a mkI* might be able to be cocked but the mkI** will not , the DAO is not all that bad on these ,


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