I had an Enfield No.2 Mk.1 in the 90s. Surplus British ammo was plentiful then. I really enjoyed that thing. I had some custom wood grips made for it and S&W Model 10 speed loaders fit it perfectly. Wish I still had it... hell, I wish I still had a lot of my old guns.
Cool and interesting video. There were indeed concerns because low stopping power. So the 38/200 bullet was designed for tumbling after impact, in combination with a long twist. Greetings from 🇦🇹
That’s an aspect of the cartridge change I actually forgot to bring up, if I get an Enfield No2 I’ll have to make sure to mention it 👍🏻 Thanks for watching!
The bullet was originally a 200 grain lead bullet that was replaced by a 145 grain copper plated bullet because of The Hague Convention banned full lead bullets in combat. I have one of these and a MKVI in 455 too.
10:10 your wise counsel about handling with care while opening and closing the top frame is as sound as not wrist flicking and slamming shut a side swing cylinder revolver.
Thank you kindly! I actually plan on posting shorts on that topic with both break top and swing out cylinder revolvers, I just see too many people abusing these old gals
The Wbley MkIV is synonomous with the Britsh Commonwealth, British films and TV of the time, and British Police right up to the 1970's. The 'Tanker' is a misnomer. It was the ordinary MkIV , just the hammer bobbed so you could only use them double action, they were intended for general issue. not ony tank and vehicle crews. Note: They also made a .22 Target Version.
That’s why I did air quotes when calling it a tanker, I plan on getting into it more when I finally get one and make a video on it 👍🏻 Thank for watching once again! And I was actually unaware of the .22 Target version, I’ll have to do some research on that aspect
@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry Realy nice gun. Unfortunatley no longer legal to own one in the UK. You should do a shoot out against the S&W 'Victory' .38/200. they were the 2nd Standard issue for WW2.
That’s another one on my most wanted list, also stumbled across a Broad Arrow stamped Colt in .455 and a similar S&W in .455 at a local shop, may be trying to get one of those and pit it against my U.S. Army S&W 1917
Yup. .38/200 and .38 S&W are near dimensionally identical, only real difference is the weight, so you may notice that .38 S&W tends to hit high, but it won’t hurt your gun unless there’s something already wrong with it
