Help me ID this gun please!

[Jtgarner]

A friend of the family just inherited a few guns and I was trying to help him ID them. One is a Webley Mark VI in 45ACP. and the other is this one:

Any help IDing this would be great, as well as any info on price and history is good as well.

Thanks INGO

 

[williamnewman1]

looks a bit like a nagant revolver to me ......but i am by no means an expert


amended : nope, ejecter is wrong

 

[STEEL CORE]

Webly? or S&W something maybe?!?

 

[williamnewman1]

ah hah , think i got it , Colt 1878 44-40 revolver

 

[sangamospecial23j]

Did anyone figure out what this really is? It's pretty cool looking.

 

[Jtgarner]

ah hah , think i got it , Colt 1878 44-40 revolver

This looks the most promising. I don't have the gun in front of me anymore, but what makes you say 44-40 over the other calibers the Colt 1878 came in?

 

[Liberty Sanders]

Definitely a Colt 1878, called the "Frontier." They were made in eight calibers.

It was kind of meant to replace the 1877 "Thunderer" & "Lightning" model double-actions, whose actions were proving to be a bit flimsy.

 

[williamnewman1]

This looks the most promising. I don't have the gun in front of me anymore, but what makes you say 44-40 over the other calibers the Colt 1878 came in?

definitly a colt 1878 , but i was trying to guess by ejecter length , also the 45 maybe, maybe 455 ....sorry cant help with caliber, but hey i found the model

 

[Jtgarner]

Thanks guys! I will pass the information along

 

[Doug]

A friend of the family just inherited a few guns and I was trying to help him ID them. One is a Webley Mark VI in 45ACP.

Thanks INGO

Uh, no, the Webley Mark VI was originally in .455 Webley. Many had the rear of the cylinder faced off to allow .45 ACP to be used with moon clips.

The .455 Webley has significantly lower pressure than the .45 ACP. Most standard .45 ACP loads are very near proof loads for the Webley cartridge. The Webleys are built strong so it may not be a problem, but they will do best with mild handloads and lead bullets. I think the Webley standard load was a 265 grain lead bullet at about 650 fps.

A .45 ACP +P would probably turn it into shrapnell.

 

[Jtgarner]

Uh, no, the Webley Mark VI was originally in .455 Webley. Many had the rear of the cylinder faced off to allow .45 ACP to be used with moon clips.

The .455 Webley has significantly lower pressure than the .45 ACP. Most standard .45 ACP loads are very near proof loads for the Webley cartridge. The Webleys are built strong so it may not be a problem, but they will do best with mild handloads and lead bullets. I think the Webley standard load was a 265 grain lead bullet at about 650 fps.

A .45 ACP +P would probably turn it into shrapnell.

True, I am aware of this. My dad had one that he sold to a member on here about 2 years ago.