"The British Enfield .476 Revolvers" Topic
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Tango01  | 02 Feb 2025 4:02 p.m. PST |
"In the latter portion of the 19th century, militaries across the world made the shift to the self-contained metallic cartridge, and that went for sidearms as well as rifles. When the British made the change, its military adopted the government-produced Enfield Mark I and Mark II revolvers. Watch our "American Rifleman Television" I Have This Old Gun segment above to see how these worked and why they weren't all that successful. "In the mid-19th century, British officers were required to privately purchase their sidearms, which meant that you saw a pretty wide variety of different arms being employed in the military, particularly in Indian service at the time," American Rifleman Executive Editor Evan Brune said. "But there were standardized arms."…"
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